ASUS VG248QE 144Hz monitor

looking at one of these for gaming when at home, the youtube video makes it seem mighty impressive.... 144hz making it smooth and very low latency at the same time.
on the video the colors seem off , and i read the same in reviews. i wondered if someone personally owned it and could tell me if right calibration would fix it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_gRetOXqE

 

I recently bought an Asus VG23AH monitor but I strongly considered the VG248E. I chose the VG23AH because it is an IPS panel (vs the TN panel of the 248QE) and it has a semi glossy finish compared to the matte finish of the VG248E, although I wanted higher refresh rate and response time. It is just a personal preference and IMO the glossy screen produces darker blacks and clearer or more crisp letters and numbers. Because there are very few monitors with glossy or semi glossy finishes I had to settle for 72 Hz of the VG23AH. 72 Hz isn't much over the 60 Hz standard but I immediately could see a difference in my games. I used to get stutter when quickly turning the screen in Deus Ex HR (apparently caused by my GPU being Nvidia instead of AMD) despite getting 60 FPS, but with the new monitor it is much more smooth and almost non existent. So yes it does make a difference, despite that some people say that human eye can't process more than 60 FPS, the monitor certainly can. If you do get a monitor higher than 60 Hz you may have to go into Intel HD Graphics properties (or Nvidia/AMD Control panel if you don't have Optimus) and raise the refresh rate in "create custom resolution" option. This may or may not be the case, but once you change it the laptop will recognize the monitor and save your settings.

The picture quality is beautiful and if you have a Blu Ray player you will see the monitor's true potential. Unfortunately I only have a DVD player on my laptop, but I hooked up my PS3 and popped in a few Blu Rays to test it's performance. It's quality was on par with my fairly new Samsung 120 Hz LED flat screen TV in my living room. I didn't play with the 3D, and I really didn't buy it for that. Besides you will have to buy the additional software to get it work properly. As for calibration, you can change the brightness, contrast, and edit the color temp or change the RGB settings. You can also select from various different preset color modes, although I stick with "Standard". With the VG23AH the colors were pretty close out of the box, and only the brightness and the red had to be taken down a few notches. You can also edit the color in your GPUs control panel, although you may get similar results depending on the quality of the panel. Check out this site for an in depth calibration guide of the VG248QE. I can't personally comment on the color accuracy of that monitor, but mine is pretty close. It certainly isn't as accurate as my notebook's display, and it can't produce the same blacks, but it is close enough for me.