AOC Q27G12ZE2 and AOC Q27G12ZE2/D have just been announced in China. The two monitors have identical designs, footprint, and connectivity options – each with a tilt-only stand with a polygonal base, two HDMI 2.0 ports, two DisplayPort 1.4 inputs, and a headphone jack. The resemblances do not end here. Each of the two has a 27-inch Fast IPS display with a QHD resolution, 8-bit+FRC color bit depth…

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