KOORUI G2412V 24" 180Hz VA Monitor

A 23.8-inch 1080p VA panel at 180Hz for around ninety dollars, and the reason to look at it is a number the listing undersells: TFTCentral measured 4,924:1 contrast against the 3,000:1 KOORUI advertises — roughly double the Samsung VA here and five times the two IPS panels. It is also the most stripped-back screen in this subcategory. One HDMI, one VGA, a tilt-only stand, and nothing else.

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Pros

✓ TFTCentral measured 4,924:1 static contrast on this exact model — KOORUI's own spec sheet claims 3,000:1, so the panel beats its own listing, and beats every other monitor in this subcategory on black depth
✓ 180Hz at this price, with response times TFTCentral found adequate in the Extreme overdrive mode and unusually little of the black smearing VA panels are known for
✓ 23.8 inches at 1080p is about 93 pixels per inch — sharper text than the 27-inch Acer here, which stretches the same resolution to 81
✓ A wide colour gamut plus a usable sRGB emulation mode, which at this price is normally the first thing cut
✓ Flicker-free backlight measured from 28 to 273 nits, so it goes properly dim for a dark room as well as bright enough for a normal one
✓ VESA 100×100 and an HDMI cable in the box, which is the port you will actually use
✓ 4.4★ across 14,348 ratings, and a top-hundred seller in Amazon's Computer Monitors

Cons

– Adaptive-Sync is on the listing and TFTCentral could not get variable refresh working from a PC at all — they call it "an issue and a gap in support right now". Buy this for the contrast and the refresh rate, not for tear-free sync
– One HDMI and one VGA, and that is the entire port list: no DisplayPort, no headphone jack, no USB. A console and a PC cannot both stay plugged in, and the VGA path tops out at 1080p60
– The stand tilts and nothing else, holds the bottom edge about 10cm off the desk, and TFTCentral describes the 2.75kg assembly as flimsy and basic. The VESA mount is the fix and it is not included
– The three-year warranty is not three years on the screen: Amazon's own warranty line says the display panel is covered for one year and only the accessories for three
– Out of the box the greyscale runs cool — about 11% off on the white point — so it wants ten minutes in the menu, on a menu TFTCentral found sluggish and driven by four buttons rather than a joystick
– The 14,348 ratings belong to a parent listing spanning twelve models, including 27-inch OLEDs, a 4K 32-inch OLED and a 34-inch ultrawide. A five-star review on that page may be about a monitor ten times the price
– Amazon's own details table calls this a 165Hz monitor while the title says 180Hz. TFTCentral tested it at 180Hz, so the table is the stale half — but it is the half a spec-checking buyer reads

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KOORUI G2412V 24" 180Hz VA Monitor

The most contrast per dollar of any screen here, if one HDMI port is enough

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KOORUI G2412V 24" 180Hz VA Monitor

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