My Review of The Kogan 40" 5120x2160 Monitor

Brotality on 26/05/2024 - 20:13
Last edited 26/05/2024 - 20:41 by 1 other user

Hey everyone,

I saw the 40" Kogan monitor the other week and thought it was super interesting, especially for the price.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/845569

I went ahead and bought it anyway even though it's Kogan 😅

I made a short review so we would have a point of reference if others are interested in getting one but were unsure

https://youtu.be/cr8ndYf13Hg

This is my first video of this kind, so suggestion are welcome!

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  CyberMurning on 26/05/2024 - 21:01

  +1

  Any tldr??

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    Brotality on 26/05/2024 - 21:18

    +2

    @$600
    - Very decent for productivity.
    - Good for RTS/simulator games
    - very bad for competitive games

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  MS Paint on 26/05/2024 - 21:04

  Great review. That power plug is weird that it doesn't penetrate further.

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  Brotality on 26/05/2024 - 21:26

  +3

  This monitor has no shortage of weird things.

  I found the other day that "warm" color is normal and "normal" is warm ¯⁠\_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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  SurprisedPanda on 27/12/2024 - 11:52

  hi hi @Brotality, any other hiccups with the monitor so far ? (it is discounted again https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/886147 and I am on the edge: should I ditch my dell38 wqhd+ or not)

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  Brotality on 27/12/2024 - 13:23

  +1

  @SurprisedPanda It's been running like a dream since day one. I honestly can't fault it.

  I don't know if it's a huge upgrade over your Dell. It's definitely more ppi, might make sense if you have another use for the Dell.

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  SurprisedPanda on 27/12/2024 - 20:50

  @Brotality, one more thing, can you control brightness, etc. via software or it is only via buttons on the monitor ? Thanks in advance.

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    Brotality on 27/12/2024 - 22:13

    +1

    I don't think so, some monitors you can turn on HDR and then change the SDR brightness in settings. I don't believe there is HDR at all on this model from memory.

    I believe by default one of the directions of the joystick at the back will do brightness.

    I can check that stuff next week when I'm back at the office.