ASUS TUF Gaming VG249Q 23.8” Monitor 144Hz Full HD (1920 x 1080) 1ms IPS ELMB FreeSync Eye Care DisplayPort HDMI D-Sub

VG249Q advertised as a 144hz, 1ms, IPS, Freesync display, but does any of that hold up, and is it all worth it? Lets start with the positives: +great picture quality quality, especially sRGB mode. +both the displays I used had agreeable blb. +Response time settings dont impact picture quality. +great stand! quite easy to put together. +Freesync and 144hz work flawlessly. Now, lets get to the negatives: -Bad tinny speakers, do not expect to be using this monitor without separate speakers. -confusing osd with limited options -you cant configure color profiles, monitor comes with preconfigured profiles, and if you dont like them, youre out of luck. -horrible quality control, the first monitor I ordered had dead, and stuck pixels, on top of washed out colors, although the blb wasnt too bad. thankfully, this is Amazon, so I sent it back for a replacement. the replacement monitor itself had good color recreation (what was advertised in the first place), minimal blb, much better than the first, but that was it, the replacement too had stuck pixels which wouldnt go away no matter what I tried. But seeing as theres a certain pandemic going on atm, and increased shipping times, I bit the bullet, and kept it as I didnt want to bother, or waste any more of my time. -build quality could be better. -worse overshoot than the 24g2 on max response times. Firstly, definitely not anywhere near the advertised response time (no surprise there), but it is still the slowest monitor, response time wise around this price range with my testing pegging it a good 2-3ms slower on avg. at 9.83ms than the 24g2 at 7.53ms, and this is on 100 trace free, its fastest setting, and combined with worse overshoot than the 24g2 at these settings as well, its not really enticing if youre a competitive gamer, though keep in mind that this display definitely has better picture quality at those settings than the 24g2. -overpriced. Overall, this monitor IS NOT WORTH the price premium, considering it costs around $80-100 on a good day compared to its competition. It is a ~$150 monitor masquerading around as a $249 monitor. If youre in the market for such a monitor, Id recommend looking into cheaper, and imo better alternatives such the AOC 24G2, MSI G241, the Acer Nitros around this price range, or the VP249QGR (which is this exact same display, with a worse stand for consideriably cheaper) before Id recommend buying the VG249Q. Sorry, ASUS, but this monitor truly is not worth its asking price especially when your competition is offering much better products at much cheaper prices.

The monitor worked great for just under one year. Unfortunately, horizontal lines started appearing across the screen even when it wasnt hooked up to a computer. ASUS support is absolutely useless. DO NOT BUY A MONITOR FROM ASUS!!! It is so frustrating to have a product under warranty and then get the runaround by a company like ASUS. Online support and telephone support took hours and hours of time simply to get a ticket number to repair.

poor picture quality with obvious sharpness issues. not worth the price imo. more like a $150 monitor.

I bought the VG249Q to replace a defective Sceptre E255B-1658A. I originally only bought the Sceptre to replace a Asus VG279Q which was too large for my desktop setup. If I could have found the VG249Q a month ago I would have just gotten it. Its basically my old VG279Q with a smaller panel. Some cosmetic changes but otherwise identical. Same great IPS panel with great picture quality. I use it on my Xbox One X at 1080p@120hz with zero issues. Games look and run great. The adjustable stand is really nice as well. Only nitpick which doesnt really affect me it that it only has 1 hdmi input. Would be hard to gave multiple devices connected simultaneously.

Havent experienced any issues with my monitor I love it!

I absolutely love this monitor. I chose this for a low-end gaming build just to fall in love with it and now I would like to purchase 2 more just for my mounted 3 screen gaming setup!

I loved my monitor and will be buying a second!

I’m an Asus guy. Not that, that’s all I use but, I tend to drift toward their products. This monitor, another fantastic product by them. It’s a 1080 monitor and it’s perfect for what I use it for. It’s a solid build and heavier that I expected. I’d say, it’s worth every penny. It helps that it does come with a display port but, having to manually switch between HDMI and Display Port does get a little annoying.

Love this gaming monitor so far so good no problems I recommend this for gamer

I bought this as my only option for a 144hz monitor with a non-TN PANEL. I am blown away by the quality. I only wish it had the updated control buttons as the GUI is kind of terrible