Acer KG271 bmiix 27 Full HD (1920 x 1080) TN Monitor with AMD FREESYNC Technology (2 x HDMI & VGA Port),Black

TLDR: it flickers off and on at the worst times and its so unpredictable that I wish I returned it. Let me start off by saying that this monitor is VERY satisfying to use...when its not flickering!!! Within the first day of getting it I was having flickering issues. I looked up some solutions and did some gsync disabling (this was the only monitor with 144hz that wouldnt drain my bank but it has free sync and not g sync sadly) and cable changes but it works for a while and then Ill get days where it flickers 6 TIMES IN A ROW. Its driving me NUTS. I would have returned it already and gotten a new one(NOT from Acer) if we werent in a weird spot for monitor stocks and deliveries. My boyfriend has a familiar model (just a 25in instead of 27) and it works amazing. And yes this could just be a dud but its also a well-known issue in Acer monitors for their panels being poorly built and tested in other models. So once theres a chance of new stock I may just sell this one off (Im past return date :/ I tried to give it a chance) and get an ASUS or BENQ.

Absolutely amazed at the difference between a 32ich tv and this 27 inch monitor. The 1ms response makes a huge difference in games like PUBG and APEX LEGENDS. the free sync is actually recognized by my xbox one S and im ecstatic at the results! MAKE THE SWITCH! I cannot really compare this monitor with others because this is my first gaming monitor but i absolutely love it to be honest. no problems no noise. the only downside is the EXTREMELY QUIET speakers lol. but if you are a serious gamer you have a head set anyway. right? Movies look wonderful on this monitor as well.

Picture is good, about as expected for the price. The biggest issue for me is that the size of the bezel in the pictures on the ad appear to be much smaller than they actually are. I assume the actual bezel sizes are listed somewhere, but the visual representation is usually much more helpful to understand how thick/thin bezels are on monitors. To me, the pictures make the bezels seem much thinner than they are. Other than that I have no complaints about the monitor.

Love it ! It’s a super nice monitor for the price . I love that it has 2 hdmi ports since I’m using them for console gaming. It has self picture quality adjustment on both the Xbox and ps5 they don’t share the same settings. It also auto detects the hdmi port which makes it super convenient

The audio is very poor from the speakers have to use 100% level to even hear most things. volume video is good over all.

A relatively inexpensive monitor (especially when on sale) that offers good picture quality and a fast refresh rate of 144hz. Pros: The screen is coated with a matte finish that helps to eliminate reflections 100 x 100 VESA holes for mounting an incorrectly named Black Boost feature (should have been named shadow boost) which increases visibility within shadows Easy to use front-facing controls for the very user-friendly OSD menu 1ms response time low blue light filter Cons: Tilt-only, No rotation or height adjustment TN panel looks good when sitting in front of it but viewing angles are limited. Also, if you plan on using this monitor for photo editing or creation using tools like Photoshop, I would recommend a comparable IPS display instead. TN panels suffer from color shifting which means the colors arent always uniform depending on the angle you are viewing. This is normal for TN panels and shouldnt affect gaming. 4-watt speakers are a joke and sound horrible. Free-sync only Overall, a great monitor especially for the price that allows for faster refresh rate gaming with good contrast that wont break your budget.

Horrible calibration by the factory make this a monitor for the enthusiast. You will have to spend quite a bit of time tuning this monitor. The good news is once its tuned its amazing. A few tips. Turn OFF Overdrive Turn On RGBcolor Black Boost 0 Super sharpness : Off Gamma 2.2 HDMI Black Level Normal. Then be sure to go into your graphics card setting and turn your monitor resoultion to 1980x1060 and make the refresh rate 75 Mhz. You will then have good color representation and a blindly bright display. The hardest part for me was turning the brightness down to a very low setting as to not feel lile my eyeball were on fire. It takes some getting used to going from a 20’ to 25’, but over all the added desk top space make it wonderful. You could use the blue light filter, but I felt the colors suffer when in this mode. Of course your setting will need to be tweaked to your preferences but hopefully this helps .

Great Monitor, good picture and runs smoothly, only reason it doesn’t have a 5 star is because just a few days after the 1 year warranty it white screened. The monitor only has maybe 1000 hours on it also. But overall great monitor! Would recommend it.

I have an Xbox One S and so does my wife. I bought 2 of these KG271 model monitors. Neither monitor worked with either Xbox. I tried 4 different HDMI cords from the standard cord that comes with the Xbox to a HDMI 3.0 and nothing worked with either Xbox. I even bought a HDMI to DP adapter and tried that and still did not work. I tried to plug my laptop into it via HDMI and it did not work either. If you are buying this monitor to use for a console then DO NOT waste your time. I have it 3 stars because I felt it was fair considering I am getting a refund however my time is being wasted. The monitor came with a DP cord, there should be an option to come with the HDMI or other. The monitor has this function where it auto scans for the input source and since it couldn’t detect the HDMI then it kept going into idle mode. I had to keep turning it on then timing it just before it shut off to switch the input. It was a pain and a huge waste of my time. As I said if you’re buying the KG271 series for a console, look elsewhere! I can’t speak for PC although my laptop did not work via HMDI but does not have a DP.

Ive been using 2 of these for about a year and a half, one display for gaming and the other for utility (movies, discord, streaming, etc) and Ive had nothing but good luck with them. You get exactly what you pay for, a 1ms 75hz gaming monitor. Be aware you will not get 75 fps unless you change your windows settings, it defaults to 60. As for the price I think its a great value for someone getting into pc GAMING anything other than that I would recommend a different type of monitor all together. But for right around 100$ this is a great quality monitor. The color is pretty good, nothing to write home about but it was pretty good in my opinion, just remember this is a 1080p monitor and nothing more, dont expect 4k resolution. I use an NVIDIA card so I cant speak on behalf of the AMD freesync settings. The monitor itself has built in presets for colors but I very rarely used them, I found one that worked for me and stuck with it. The built in speakers are pretty bad, sounds like its being produced in a tincan, I highly recommend a secondary speaker set or a headset (or both) but something like that is to be expected around this price point. The only time I had any issue with the monitor was when I turned off V-sync, while it increased my FPS dramatically the screen tearing was very pronounced but thats what happens to any monitor thats being given more information than it can handle. In conclusion this is a great valued monitor that I would recommend to anyone who is starting off in PC gaming but doesnt want to spend an arm and a leg on peripherals.