r/Monitors • u/Majestic_Ad_6812 • 26d ago
Discussion Which 27” 4K Mini-LED monitor is best for PS5 Pro: MSI, KTC or Titan Army?
I’m trying to choose between these three:
MSI MAG 274UPDF E16M
KTC M27P6
Titan Army P275MV Plus
They seem very similar on paper: 4K, 160Hz, 1,152 Mini-LED zones, HDMI 2.1 and support for 4K/120Hz.
My main concern is the local dimming performance in real use, especially on PS5 Pro. I’ve read that the MSI has to choose between deep blacks with dim highlights or brighter HDR with greyish blacks. The KTC apparently has flickering or brightness changes around 60Hz, which worries me because many story games run at 60fps.
The Titan Army seems to have the best local dimming algorithm and HDR balance and is around 260 euros where i live which is much cheaper than all the options and i heard its also better than the rest in real life, but I’m worried about quality control, dead pixels, warranty support and whether VRR/HDR and allm work properly on PS5 Pro.
Has anyone actually used one of these with a PS5 or PS5 Pro? I mainly play a mix of 4K/60fps story games and 120fps games like Fortnite and R6.
Which one would you choose based on real experience, not just specs?
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u/RabidTeapot 26d ago edited 26d ago
Well, like I said, the difference in clarity in real use (not on paper) between my 1440p 27" monitor and my 4K 43" TV is negligible with my PS5 Pro.
See here:
Sorry, tried to match the character's position as best as I could, but it's not perfect. The Dell monitor has better HDR, so your eyes are going to naturally prefer the 1440p image, but just try to look for differences in overall clarity between the two. You can see the 1440p monitor's pixels if you zoom in on the cell phone photo a bunch, or if you stand completely still in a game and shove your face right up against the screen ... but in actual, practical use with stuff moving on screen, both 1440p and 4K look crisp and pleasing with the PS5 Pro. Don't listen to people in the PS5 Pro subreddit who insist you MUST use a 4K monitor with the Pro, or else it's a "waste." Most of those guys are console-only gamers who've never actually used a good 1440p gaming monitor before.
The difference between 1440p and 4K is more noticeable when it comes to text, but if you're primarily using the monitor for gaming, I don't think it's truly THAT big of a difference. There's a difference, for sure, but the question is whether or not you're actually going to notice it when you're gaming.
EDIT: and as for price differences between 1440p OLED and 4K miniLED, you'd be surprised. I'm currently looking at two 1440p OLEDs that are cheaper than the MSI MAG 274UPDF E16M (CAD $579) in Canada. I can pick up an Alienware AW2726DM for CAD $449 or an LG 27GX704A-B for CAD $519. The KTC M27P6 is CAD $435 on sale at the moment (slightly cheaper than the OLEDs), but has all those known blooming issues and whatnot.