Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B)
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) is ₹1,000 dearer.
Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B)
Keychron
Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
₹21,990
QMK firmware is what separates this from an expensive gaming keyboard: the remapping lives on the keyboard, so layers and macros travel to any machine you plug it into with no driver installed.
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LG
LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B)
₹22,990
DisplayHDR 400 is worth understanding for what it is not: with no local dimming zones, enabling HDR mostly raises brightness and washes out contrast, and most owners turn it off.
Full details →Who the Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard is for
Buy it if: Anyone who wants to tune switches and layout, and keep that config across machines with no software.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing a portable or numeric-keypad keyboard.
Who the LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting one monitor that games at 165 Hz and does colour-accurate work.
Avoid it if: Anyone buying it for HDR -- without local dimming there is nothing there.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard | LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹22,990 |
| Form factor | Custom mechanical keyboard, 75 percent | 27 inch gaming monitor |
| Weight | 1.6 kg | 6.2 kg with stand |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Adaptive sync | not published | G-Sync compatible and FreeSync Premium |
| Annual energy use | not published | 44 kWh a year at 4 hours a day, about Rs352 at Rs8 per unit |
| Battery | 4000 mAh, about 100 hours without backlight | not published |
| Brightness | not published | About 320 nits sustained |
| Case | Full CNC aluminium, gasket mounted | not published |
| Colour | not published | sRGB 99 percent |
| Connectivity | 2.4 GHz receiver, Bluetooth to 3 devices, or USB-C | not published |
| Ergonomics | not published | Height and tilt, with a 100 mm VESA mount |
| Firmware | QMK and VIA -- fully remappable including layers and macros, stored on the keyboard itself | not published |
| HDR | not published | DisplayHDR 400 -- a badge rather than real HDR, since it has no local dimming |
| Layout | 75 percent -- function row and arrows kept, numeric keypad dropped | not published |
| Panel type | not published | IPS |
| Ports | not published | 2 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DisplayPort 1.4, headphone out |
| Refresh rate | not published | 165 Hz |
| Resolution | not published | 2560 x 1440 |
| Response time | not published | 1 ms grey-to-grey at the fastest overdrive, which introduces visible overshoot |
| Sound | Double gasket mount with internal foam, tuned for a low-pitched sound | not published |
| Switches | Hot-swappable, 5-pin, no soldering | not published |
| Weight note | 1.6 kg. This is desk furniture, not a portable keyboard | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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