Last year CES brought us the news that Asus and Acer were preparing for the ultimate high-end monitors to be in the market in 2017 featuring unmatchable specs but due to unknown reasons, we weren’t able to see them in the market. But a recent news from Anandtech shows that we may see those monitors in the next month i.e., April in the market for purchase.

Both the monitors from Asus and Acer are designed on Nvidia’s reference design but will have some few differences but will feature specs you have never seen on a monitor. The monitors will feature 4K resolution at 144Hz refresh rate and 1000 nits of brightness. These monitors will also have G-Sync and HDR enabled for the ultimate gaming experience. These monitors are based on AU Optronics M270QAN02.2 AHVA panel.


The funny thing is that we still don’t have a GPU that can push up to that much. You can not expect a GTX 1080 Ti or Titan V to push the frame rates to 144 on 4K resolution though they are very capable of 4K gaming. Specs wise, these monitors are the best you can get with all the features you want like G-SYNC which will ensure tear-free gaming on a super high resolution but you can expect its cost too high for even the enthusiasts. So, for those who are building a mid-end or a budget-end gaming PC won’t be able to afford one of these and even if they, there is no benefit because their PCs won’t be able to handle the monitors.
The Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ and Acer Predator X27 are expected to launch in the April however, no information about their prices have been revealed.

At the CES 2017, Xiaomi launched the Android TV based setup-box called Mi Box in the U.S. However, the company hasn’t launched the Mi Box in India, its largest market outside of its home country. Interestingly, the company now launched the 55-inch premium Mi LED Smart TV 4 alongside the Red Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones. The Mi TV 4 measures just 4.9mm thick and the company claims it to be the world’s thinnest LED TV.

Unlike the Mi Box, the Mi TV comes with the newly launched in-house PatchWall UI. However, the company has made certain tweaks to suit the Indian audience and is offering few premium services for free for a certain period. The Mi Remote which comes with Mi TV 4 lacks the voice input but comes with other advanced features. The two 8W speakers with Dolby+ DTS quality onboard the Mi TV 4 are reasonably louder for watching TV.

The Mi TV 4 comes with a 55-inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) panel that also supports HDR playback. It offers 60Hz refresh rate and 178-degree clear view. It is powered by 64-bit Amlogic T968 quad-core processor with Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and Mali T830 MP2 GPU. There is 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. On the connectivity front, the Mi TV 4 comes with Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, 3 HDMI 2.0 port, 1 USB 2.0 port, and 1 USB 3.0 port.

Unlike smartphones, specifications don’t matter much while purchasing TVs. While the major brands like Sony and Samsung still rule the premium TV market, the online brands like VU and TCL are offering decent products at much lower cost.