AOC C3583FQ 35" VA Curved LED Monitor 2560 x 1080 Res, 21:9,160hz, 300 cd/m2, 4ms,VGA/DVI/(2) HDMI/(2) DP, Spk

Great Monitor!Pros:It has incredible color depth and is very bright and vivid!GREAT VALUE! You are getting a freesync monitor @ 160hz, that is 21:9, that has extremely good color, with a low 4ms response time. and its curved!High build qualityCons: One main problem is that the monitor didn't come with a display-port cord... Meaning you cant even use freesync or above 60hz out of the box. So make sure you have one otherwise you have to use hdmi and limit this monitors potential.

The monitor has worked reasonably well but its stand never has. Had to replace it with another stand all together.

I usually wait a while before posting a review. However, given the paucity of reviews for this product and the distinctly mixed impressions that I formed by researching other reviews (across the web, not only on Amazon), I thought I'd share my initial impressions.First of all, the shipping box is *huge*. I'm not quite sure what I expected, but my first thought was along the lines of "Oh my gawd, what have I done?" :) Of course, there's a lot of padding - using both hard and soft foam inserts - designed to keep the monitor safe during transit. The packaging did its job well.It's pretty obvious that AOC intends this to be a "gaming" monitor, for which it has received (at best) lukewarm reviews. I'm not a gamer. I'm a working computer software researcher in my `60s. My main applications are programming, web surfing and entertainment.This monitor replaces a pair of FHD 27" monitors. While the pair of 27s seemed like a good idea at the time of purchase, I found myself taking advantage of the second monitor far less often than I had expected. The gap between the screens and the necessity to maneuver windows (actually: tiles; I'm running Linux with a tiling window manager for its productivity benefits) encouraged me to do the bulk of my work on just one monitor. Given that, switching to this 35" monitor with somewhat *less* total screen area is actually a win: I now have a *single* desktop, which simplifies window (tile) management, while the extra width gives my side-by-side windows a bit more "breathing room".The 35" AOC monitor is roughly the same height as my former 27" monitors. The dot pitch is almost exactly the same. I saw no reason to upgrade to a UWQHD (3440x1440) resolution, as I've been quite pleased with the 1080-pixel vertical resolution.The AOC monitor comes with quite serviceable cables for both DP and HDMI connections (both full-sized), an audio cable, a DC power brick and a cleaning cloth. There are no instructions in the box; the only piece of paper having any information about the monitor is a tiny sheet with the usual safety instructions in about 20 different languages. That said, you shouldn't really need instructions. It's a monitor; plug it in and adjust to taste.The screen was just about perfect right out of the box, using all of its default settings. I decided that I like the sRGB setting slightly better. Unlike some other reviews I've read, I have no complaints regarding the absence of luminance controls in sRGB mode.The monitor seems well-constructed and is very attractive from all angles. Some reviewers have picked nits w.r.t. the faux brushed-metal texture on the base. From my perspective, it'd be really difficult to confuse that texture with actual metal. Besides, what'd be the point of having a real metal base? It'd just be a magnet for dust and fingerprints...The built-in speakers function over both the HDMI and DP connections. (YMMV. Remember: this is on a Linux system.) I couldn't figure out how to pass an audio signal into the monitor using the 1/8" audio connector. Perhaps it's only active when using the DVI or VGA inputs, neither of which I tested. The audio quality is reminiscent of a cell phone's speaker. Come to think of it, an iPhone's speaker might be better... An iPad's speaker is most definitely better than the AOC speakers. That said, the speakers aren't terrible. They're just not adequate for full enjoyment of music. I use a pair of powered studio monitor speakers with a standalone DAC, so my expectations may be higher than yours. But I would recommend using some kind of powered speaker instead of the AOC built-in speakers.I had read a lot of complaints regarding the touch controls and their interaction with the OSD. Again, I don't find merit in those complaints. To me, the AOC OSD menus are no more or less difficult to use than on any other monitor I've used. The touch buttons are appropriately sensitive and labelled well enough to make clear the function of each. The only way I can imagine anyone having difficulty would be in a very poorly-lit room. Maybe that's a gamer thing... ;)The monitor's power is indicated by an LED centered behind a semitransparent silvered trim strip across the front of the base. The LED glows blue when the monitor is active and orange when it's in standby mode. I must commend AOC on this aspect of the monitor: this is by far the least obtrusive blue LED that I've ever seen on a consumer product. You won't be tempted to cover it with a piece of black tape. In fact, the blue is just barely visible in a bright room. (Which is OK, of course, since it's pretty obvious that the monitor is powered when the screen is lit.)The monitor's height is not adjustable. I don't find this to be a disadvantage, unlike some reviewers. I have the monitor on a table that's 30" from the floor, while my keyboard is on a tray roughly 3" below the desktop. This puts the top of the monitor very close to my eye level. Before buying the AOC, Before buying the AOC, I considered a number of monitors which do have adjustable height and decided that I'd rather not have an expensive, heavy piece of gear with a high center of gravity.This is my first curved monitor. In case you're wondering (as I was): the curvature isn't a big deal. The far edges of the monitor are a bit closer to your eyes than they'd otherwise be on a flat display. Maybe that helps with focus as your eyes scan the width of the display; maybe not. At my age I have a rather limited depth of focus. To me, the curved display seems slightly more comfortable than a wide flat panel. Again, YMMV. You might notice a slight curvature of horizontal lines that extend the width of the display. This is alleviated somewhat (but not entirely eliminated) by using the monitor's tilt adjustment.I *really* like that all of the I/O ports are on the base of this monitor. It's a little thing, but it really helps with aesthetics of the work environment.The base has *six* video inputs: two each HDMI and DP, one VGA and one DVI. As shipped, the monitor automatically selects an active input. This behavior may be overridden using an OSD menu. One of the touch controls allows manual selection, should you have a reason to switch among multiple active inputs. I may take advantage of this to display the console of my FreeNAS server.Like all large monitors, the AOC exhibits a bit of side to side wobble when the desk moves. That said, the AOC is actually less wobbly than the 27" ASUS MX-series monitors that I had before.All of the gaming related features of this monitor are largely irrelevant to my use. The xrandr command does recognize that the monitor is capable of high refresh rates, but I'm happy enough to leave it running that 60Hz default.Likewise, gaming reviewers make a big deal of the slow (relative to IPS and TN displays) transitions of darker display elements as they relate to twitch games. I can tell you with some certainty that this effect is absolutely irrrelevant to the monitor's use in productivity applications.All in all, this is a really nice monitor for the kinds of of uses that I mentioned above. Highly recommended.

Basic functionality is ok, but all the extras they tacked onto this monitor cause issues. The monitor was working perfectly fine for the first couple weeks, but then it started randomly blacking out, with the screen no longer receiving input until the computer was restarted. I contacted technical support, they didn't provide any help at all except give me an RMA form I didn't ask for, and asked me to ship it in, basically saying that if I wanted the problem fixed I'd have to go 2-3 weeks without a display, as well as purchase a new box for it and buy all the shipping materials to get it there safely, otherwise the defects are basically my fault (going by their warranty terms).So I searched online, and found that setting the monitor down to 144hz from 160hz, as well as turning off overdrive, fixed the issue. A little longer response time and 16 less frames per second, not a big deal. Things are okay for a month. Then all of a sudden, my games start going crazy. Through normal use like web browsing, things look okay. But while gaming, there will be an occasional frame, say once every 2 seconds, that has black lines that cut across the screen and the main image will appear in a completely different aspect ratio for just that frame, like it's only rendering 2560x720 across the screen with the rest of the image lagging by a frame, black lines separating the two. This issue would be temporarily fixed by turning the monitor on and off, but would come back after 2 minutes of gaming. After disabling freesync, the images look okay again, but now I am out of 160hz, low response time, and freesync for the monitor. On the bright side, I had no dead pixels at least.If you're looking for a 144hz monitor with okay response time and no freesync, go ahead. But with parts of this monitor regularly failing every couple weeks, don't expect the gold standard of reliability. The core product is there, but basically all of the extras broke, and made the monitor unusable while figuring out how to fix it. If there's a comparable product where the company has a better reputation for reliable components there that you're thinking of getting in lieu of this one though, I'd say go for that one instead.

I want to start by saying I am gamer, and this is a review from a gamers perspective.First off, this monitor Is very attractive and would look good in any setup. The bezel is not too thick. Although the monitor stand is a brushed finished plastic that attracts a lot of finger prints.As for performance, the response time is nice and relatively no motion blur. There is a little bit bleed during loading screens as well. The colors are super nice, and blacks are very dark. The curve is nice if you sit close, but other wise not noticeable.I am however very upset by the fact that mine shipped with a dead pixel I am not sure if others have experienced this but it was disappointing to turn on a new monitor to discover this.The only other thing I would want is higher refresh rate, as this would make this monitor very nice for modern gaming.All in all I would recommend this monitor, but am unsatisfied with the dead pixel.