Samsung S27A600UUU – S60UA Series – LED monitor – 27″ – 2560
Samsung S27A600UUU – S60UA Series – LED monitor – 27″ – 2560 x 1440 QHD @ 75 Hz – IPS – 300 cd/m² – 1000:1 – HDR10-5 ms – HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C – black
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| Weight: | 6.5 kg |
| Dimensions: | 690 x 460 x 150 cm; 6.5 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Samsung |
| Model: | LS27A600UUUXXU |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Samsung |
| Dimensions: | 690 x 460 x 150 cm; 6.5 Kilograms |
Great look, super thin bezels, high-quality image, way too bright and the best part is USB-C if you’re mac user charing your mac through the screen you don’t need your own charging cable if your mac has typec input.
As a basic office monitor, this one does the job. It is easy to set up – I use it via USB-C and HDMI and both MacBook and iPad immediately recognise the connection. I also have a couple of USB-3 devices and a set of speakers permanently plugged in to the built-in hub. All good.
The main downside is the lack of brightness. No matter how I adjust the monitor, I cannot match the internal screen on my MacBook Air. It’s usable for basic office tasks, but certainly wouldn’t be acceptable for any colour-critical work.
But, for what it is, it is very cheap. It’s not a 1,000 monitor – and lacks some of the features which you would find on a high end monitor. If you can live without those, it’s a good purchase.
The resolution jump to QHD is also very nice giving crisp images on a 27″ display with only a hint of visible pixels compared to the old 27″ FHD display I was using before. No dead pixels to be seen either which is always a relief.
I’ve docked one star from this due to brightness out of the box being somewhat dull. I thought I was going crazy the next morning when I turned it on and it was as bright as a button but then in the evening it went back to being dull, especially sitting next to the laptop screen. Turns out the Eco Saver Plus auto setting keep mucking around with the brightness settings depending on the time of day making for some confusing and frustrating times. Given I am relying on a consistent display rather than an Eco display this feature had to be disabled as soon as I worked out what was going on.
Strongly recommend if buying this monitor to disable the Eco Saver setting so you are ending up with a day in day out consistent display unless you are happing with the dimming effect.
I use it for my PS5 it’s picture quality is superb I haven’t needed to change a setting at all .
It auto detects the signal of source !
I have a HDMI splitter/ switcher.
So we can have our fire stick on it too .
The monitor has volume output through the headphone socket so it made it easy to connect a sound bar.
Lost one star as it only has the one HDMI port !
Pros:
-1440p on 23.5″ is uncommon, the picture quality is fantastic. This is a thoroughly pleasant monitor to code on, and if I were a professional developer, I’d have two of them. Games look fantastic with the high pixel density and HDR settings.
-The mount is very ergonomic and stable. This monitor can be rotated to portrait, as well as tilted up back and forth and raised and lowered.
Cons:
-At 300cd/m^2, this is significantly less bright than my 165Hz 1ms AOC monitor that boasts 350cd/m^2. This would be my main criticism of the monitor.
-This monitor has software that outright blocks overclocking as far as I can tell. Getting this thing to 90Hz would be fantastic, but is sadly impossible.
Of course, being a 75Hz monitor, gaming is best on this monitor when running a beefy game that you struggle to squeeze much more than 60 frames out of. I would recommend pairing this with a lower latency 165Hz+ monitor if used in a gaming setup. I run Hitman 3 and other similar triple-A titles with ray tracing on and ultra settings (everything maxed) at around 80 frames at 1440p with an RTX 3080 (I may have been using DSR x2 at this point). This monitor is undoubtedly one of the best price to performance monitors out there for this specific use-case.
Before buying: Shop around a little. Currys are currently selling this for 199 whilst Amazon is offering sellers for 375. I bought this for 130 refurbished from Currys (I’m guessing someone decided they didn’t want it within the first month). Take a look at the kind of frames you currently get or will get on your favourite games at maxed settings 1440p with the graphics card you intend to use.
If you’re a developer who likes small-yet-crystal-clear text on the screen, this is really a no-brainer. 300 nits is great for reducing eye strain (come on guys, it’s hardly this demonised blue light, it’s sitting in front of a monitor for hours that’s as bright as the bloody sun which is causing your eye strain)
Overall, it would be much easier to recommend this monitor for gaming if it had 350 nits instead of a measly 300, but it’s not the end of the world unless it’s in a dual monitor setup with something far brighter.
If you’re a developer, yes, buy.
It’s not only that the monitor has a superb picture quelity but it’s also a USB-C hub and charges my laptop (via the USB-C connector).
I connect the laptop to the screen using USB-C and all the peripheral equipment to the monitor (UBS camera, USB keyboard, USB to Ethernet adapter). The monitor also supports daisy chaining, so I connect my second monitor to it (via Disply Port) and extend my Windows 10 desktop across multiple displays).
I was looking for 24 inch 4K (UHD) monitors but there are hardly any available at that size so decided to go with this WQHD monitor instead (due to limited table space) and I’m really happy to have made that decision.
P.S. iit is only for office use, can’t comment about gaming perfromance or watching videos.
I liked the monitors, I use them with MacBook Pro m1, they are just perfec
Been using it for a month with macbook. I’m completely satisfied with the picture and performance, but usb ports are not good for charging phone. Mouse in those usbs works with high latency (it could be a mouse problem as well).
Overall I got everything I need.
I’ve just changed from an LG FHD Ultrawide monitor to this superb QHD 27″ monitor and now I’m wondering why I didnt do this before. The resolution is super fine and the out of the box colors are on point.
I love how I can charge my work laptop over the USB-C connection and share USB periphials between my Mac and laptop!
Great stuff!!