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Dough's excellent Spectrum 4K 144Hz monitor gets a Gorilla Glass upgrade - but is it worth an extra $200?
Dough's excellent yet controversial Spectrum 4K 144Hz monitor is now available with a glossy Gorilla Glass coating,
If you're considering a 4K 144Hz monitor and the 27-inch Fast IPS panel is where you're landing rather than (Mini LED) VA or OLED alternatives, then the Spectrum as a whole isn't a bad shout - as well as a clever panel choice that delivers good gaming and content creation/consumption performance, it also has some unique features packed in, including a USB-C 100W Power Delivery port that can send video, data and charge a laptop over a single cable, perfect integer scaling for low-res sources and fully customisable overdrive and black frame insertion settings tuned by Blur Busters. Other elements aren't necessarily as well-baked - the OSD's aesthetics are a bit lacking and the firmware update process is a little fraught - but the overall experience using both the original for months and the new Gorilla Glass model for a few weeks has been excellent. | Image credit: Dough/Digital Foundry However, I'd have to say that the regular matte or $100 more expensive glossy models are the better value picks, with the top-tier Gorilla Glass option not doing quite enough to demonstrate its value for money - especially with a raft of exciting new monitors announced at CES 2024.
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