Huawei MateView GT 27 monitor – Specs, Pros / Cons: How Well Can Huawei Handle Monitors?

LaptopMedia.com Reviews and Analysis Huawei MateView GT 27 monitor - Specs, Pros / Cons: How Well Can Huawei Handle Monitors?

From: Severin Kolakov 08 February 2024 / 00:49 | 0

Since when does Huawei make Gaming monitors? The thing is, Huawei was the biggest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, but ever since the introduction of the sanctions about using American tech, they’ve had to pivot and pivot they did. Now, they’ve branched into software services (App Gallery, etc.) as well as other types of hardware. Today, we’ve got their MateView GT27 Gaming monitor, which Huawei says is for more than just gaming.

We’ve said it before, Gaming monitors are simply the best, even when it comes to content creation, so if this thing here manages to stay accurate with our Display Profiles, as well as bring the gaming specs together nicely, you can get a very good deal on your hands. What’s more, is that Huawei has always nailed the design beautifully, so you’re getting a smart-looking device that can fit an office, as well as a gaming setup.

To give you a specs rundown, we have a Quad HD VA panel stretched across a 27-inch diagonal, which means a detailed image. VA panels also come with higher contrast ratios, so you have that going for you too. Huawei states a 4000:1 contrast ratio and a peak brightness of 350 nits. Gaming can be a joy here, with a 165Hz refresh rate and the Adaptive Sync that’s available, which weirdly enough, Huawei seems to forget to mention anywhere.

Still, we’re very excited to see what we can do with our Profiles and give you an option for an accurate monitor, as well as measure the color coverage, as Huawei is pretty proud of the supposed “Cinema Level P3 Color”.

You can check the current price of the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition here: Buy from Amazon.com (#CommissionsEarned)

Specs sheet, Assembly, Drivers, Design, Connectivity
Display quality, Buy our profiles, Verdict

Specs sheet, Assembly, Drivers, Design, Connectivity

Screen size	27 inch (68.58 cm)
Refresh rate	165Hz
Response time	4ms
Panel type	VA
Backlight type	LED
Screen finish	Matte
Resolution	2560 x 1440 (Quad HD)
Technologies	Curve: 1500R Contrast ratio: 4 000:1 (Static) Brightness: 350cd/m² Viewing angles: H/V° 178/178 Tilt: -5 to 20° Height Adjustment: 0 – 110 mm VESA mount: 100×100 Measurements (with stand): 613 x 546 x 224 mm Power consumption (Idle): 65W Power consumption (Stand-By): 0.50W
I/O	1x HDMI 2.0 1x DisplayPort 1.2 1x USB Type-C (Power Only)

Assembly

Design and Connectivity

This Huawei monitor has a very smart appearance. It’s got black plastic all around, and the stand is one of the weirder implementations. It’s a long tube, but it holds the monitor rather steadily. More important than how it looks, the stand is pretty functional too. It offers Tilt from -5 to 20 degrees, as well as Height adjustment of up to 11cm. With these two movements, you’ll find the perfect viewing angle for you. The monitor itself is curved, with a 1500R curve, which is okay for this screen size.

Below, on the bottom bezel, there’s a knob for accessing the OSD menu, with which you can control all the settings. Huawei doesn’t offer separate software for you to install, as there aren’t even drivers. The monitor works from the get-go, just plug it and you’re good to go. On the back, the ports are hidden behind a plastic shroud. The port selection includes both an HDMI port and a DisplayPort, as well as a single USB Type-C port for powering the monitor.

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The monitor brings HDR10 support, which includes 10-bit color depth for a more punchy image. The QHD resolution at 27 inches means a detailed image with decent details. In terms of color coverage and accuracy, you can check our tests below. There’s also Adaptive Sync support, but you have to dig deep into the OSD menu and enable it yourself. Huawei also doesn’t advertise it at all, which is super weird. Variable refresh rate technologies are essential for gaming, so why not include it in the specs at least?

The correlated color temperature on a white screen after a Factory Reset in sRGB mode is 6450K (Luminance 150 cd/m2 at 20% Brightness). The average gamma value is 2.18.

Color coverage

Here’s an illustration (Fig. 1). The whole “sail-shaped” map below consists of all the colors we can see, while the black crooked line shows all the colors from real-world scenes and nature around us.

Then, we’ve drawn some of the most important and interesting color spaces, compared to the colors the panel of Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition can show:

Standard/For Web: sRGB – widely used color space for most consumer devices, ideal for Web design and development
For Print: AdobeRGB – used in professional photo editing, graphic design, and print
For Photographers/Video Editors: DCI-P3 – used in high-end film production, post-production, and digital cinema
Premium HDR: Rec.2020 – the widest consumer ITU color standard, covering a massive 75.8% of the visible spectrum, a benchmark for premium HDR content

Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition: the yellow dashed triangle (– – – – – –) represents the range of colors this monitor can display. In our tests, we calculated the total color coverage of the monitor at 96% of the sRGB color gamut.

(Fig.1) Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition covers 96% of the Web colors (sRGB)

This means that if the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition tries to show any color outside of its triangle, it will show the closest color to it that’s inside the triangle.

Color accuracy

Now let’s see how big is the difference between the real colors and the one you’ll see on the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition. We measure that distance in DeltaE – the bigger the number, the more different they look.

For the next illustration, we’ve chosen 24 common colors like dark and light skin, blue sky, green grass, etc.

Values below 2.0 are considered suitable for color-sensitive work. Before our calibration of the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition, the Average color accuracy was 4.3 dE (Fig. 2), and with our Web Design and Office Work profile, it lowered to 2.2 dE (Fig. 3). Our profile makes the monitor nearly twice as accurate, but the dE value still doesn’t get below 2.0, however, it is very close to be considered accurate. Truth be told, some OLED panels aimed at creators cost a lot more, while offering similar dE values, even after calibration and profile application.

(Fig. 2) Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition in its factory condition

(Fig. 3) Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition with our display profiles

Comparison in the sRGB color space (primaries and D65 white point specified in ITU-R BT.709, sRGB encoding curve).

Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Design & Gaming Profile

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom-tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate (they may seem strange at first but after a few minutes our brain will start recognizing them as accurate ones – that’s how Health-Guard differs from alternatives like f.lux).

Pro Tip: As the Health-Guard profile simulates paper and has as accurate as possible colors, it could be a great tool for prepress designers!

Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Health-Guard Profile

Gaming and Movies

We also have a third Gaming and Movies profile, which regulates the black colors, making dark areas in games and movies appear more visible, thus giving you a better viewing experience. Shooting at your opponent first can be a make-or-break moment, so make sure you’re best prepared with our profile.

Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Design & Gaming Profile

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Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition.

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Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

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Health-Guard

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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Verdict

The Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition is a smaller version of the already successful GT 34, which has tons more features but is also quite more costly. If you already don’t have a lot of desk space, this smaller 27-inch monitor still brings the necessities and then some.

The stand is functional and the design includes that beautiful curve. You’ve got Tilt and Height adjustments, so you can get it just how you like it. Swivel and Pivot on a curved screen are a bit useless anyway, so don’t be sad that they’re not available here. One thing we don’t necessarily like is the scarce port selection as for the price.

On the other hand, the GT 27 is a competent gaming monitor, with its 165Hz refresh rate and Adaptive Sync, the combination of which gives you an edge in competitive games where reaction times are everything.

Jumping to the display quality, the monitor covers the entire sRGB gamut (or at least comes close) with 96% coverage. As for accuracy, with the factory settings, the monitor gets a dE value of 4.3. With our Web Design and Office Work, it gets lowered to 2.2, which makes it twice as accurate, but still not below the 2.0 mark that we all vie for.

The rest of our profiles help the monitor outside the Creator space. With the Gaming and Movies profile, you can brighten up darker scenes and environments, so you get more detail out of the shadows. Lastly, the Health-Guard is there to keep your eye health in check, reducing Blue Light and eliminating PWM (Flickering).

At the end of the day, if you don’t really feel the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition, we can recommend the Samsung Odyssey G5 27AG550A and the Acer Nitro VG270Ebmiix, which take the ball and run away with it, being some of the more accurate gaming monitors that we’ve tested.

You can check the current price of the Huawei MateView GT 27 Standard Edition: Buy from Amazon.com (#CommissionsEarned)