LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) vs Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
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.
LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) vs Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
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 →
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.
Full details →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.
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.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor | Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹22,990 | ₹21,990 |
| Form factor | 27 inch gaming monitor | Custom mechanical keyboard, 75 percent |
| Weight | 6.2 kg with stand | 1.6 kg |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Adaptive sync | G-Sync compatible and FreeSync Premium | not published |
| Annual energy use | 44 kWh a year at 4 hours a day, about Rs352 at Rs8 per unit | not published |
| Battery | not published | 4000 mAh, about 100 hours without backlight |
| Brightness | About 320 nits sustained | not published |
| Case | not published | Full CNC aluminium, gasket mounted |
| Colour | sRGB 99 percent | not published |
| Connectivity | not published | 2.4 GHz receiver, Bluetooth to 3 devices, or USB-C |
| Ergonomics | Height and tilt, with a 100 mm VESA mount | not published |
| Firmware | not published | QMK and VIA -- fully remappable including layers and macros, stored on the keyboard itself |
| HDR | DisplayHDR 400 -- a badge rather than real HDR, since it has no local dimming | not published |
| Layout | not published | 75 percent -- function row and arrows kept, numeric keypad dropped |
| Panel type | IPS | not published |
| Ports | 2 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DisplayPort 1.4, headphone out | not published |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | not published |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 | not published |
| Response time | 1 ms grey-to-grey at the fastest overdrive, which introduces visible overshoot | not published |
| Sound | not published | Double gasket mount with internal foam, tuned for a low-pitched sound |
| Switches | not published | Hot-swappable, 5-pin, no soldering |
| Weight note | not published | 1.6 kg. This is desk furniture, not a portable keyboard |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
Compare the LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor with something else →