AOC i2757Fm review

The monitor performed reasonably well in our image tests. Straight out the box, our colour calibration software showed us the i2757Fm was displaying 96.7% of the sRGB colour gamut – an average result, and below what we’ve come to expect from IPS panels. We managed to increase this to a much more respectable 97.2% after running a full calibration, but considering the cheaper AOC e2752Vq could cover the same range at its default settings (and an impressive 98.1% after calibration), we were hoping for a little more. However, our test photos showed plenty of detail in both light and dark areas of the image, and the LED backlight was evenly lit throughout the panel.

You can control the picture quality manually, too, with individual RGB controls as well as brightness and contrast options, but the touch-activated menu system was both fiddly and unintuitive to operate. Sometimes the buttons didn’t register our touch at all, and at other times they were too sensitive.

The inbuilt speakers perform as you’d expect: they sound very tinny with no discernible bass. They’re acceptable for normal Windows sounds, but even YouTube clips sounded poor on maximum volume.

The AOC i2757Fm may be slimmer and more attractive than the AOC e2752Vq, but ultimately we preferred not only the e2752Vq’s image quality but also its larger range of inputs. The i2757Fm’s MHL support looks useful, but all it adds to a typical MHL-to-HDMI connection is charging, so we’d go with the cheaper e2752Vq.