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Justin Burgess
> 3 dayI absolutely love this monitor, sure it’s not the top of the line and only 1080p but gaming in 4K is expensive. Pros: - 1ms - 144hz - Price - Overall appearance - Sturdy stand - Easy adjustable screen Seriously I had semi low expectations when buying because it was cheaper than some but honestly it’s fantastic I love the stand it doesn’t move or rattle or anything it’s probably the best stand I’ve ever had for a monitor. It has small borders around the screen so it’s not massive and doesn’t take up a lot of space on your desk. Not sure why people say the colors looked washed or whatever to me they looked pretty good I took about 5 minutes messing with the setting and bumped it to 144hz cuz it’s in 60hz standard and it was 100 times better. Cons: - LED power light - Settings So when I first got it I couldn’t figure out what was bothering my eye thought maybe I needed to adjust to the 144hz. Figured out that when the screen is adjusted to the top of the stand the power light was like beaming me in the eye, super annoying. Easy fix cover it with a super small piece of duct tape so you can still see it but not right in the eye lol. The settings menu is a bit of a pain in the ass to manage around to changing stuff but honestly I set it once and never touch it again 9/10 so who cares. You have to go into the windows advanced settings to bump it to 144hz and you need a DP cable HDMI I believe can be set to 120hz. In conclusion guys honestly you won’t be dissappointed in this monitor I love it. Does everything I wanted in a monitor and I don’t get eye strain from long sessions of use which is awesome! Also the price makes it even more attractive. For people who gave it 1 star for a white screen, come on shit happens you got a bad unit, they replaced it under warranty, it happens. For real though if you’re like me who has to check 50 different same items trying to decide, just buy this one it’s great! EDIT: 3 years later and still going strong. Best 1080p monitor Ive ever bought. Not a single dead pixel, no flashing, still bright af, and its actually brighter than my Dell DG2716 and the white is more true lol.
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MissFunky
> 3 dayThis monitor was a great work from home workhorse for me for just over a year. It died yesterday, and as I picked it up to move off my desk, found a puddle of some sort of oil where the base had been sitting. Concerned now for possible toxicity that may have seeped into my not-very-cheap desk! Here’s hoping the bleach I have on hand did a good job. But who knows how long I’ve been working around whatever that goo was. Yikes. So this was a great monitor… until it wasn’t.
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Fatima Stamm
> 3 dayTL;DR -> Great monitor but provided cable apparently died and was no longer delivering signal to the monitor. This resulted in a scare that the monitor had failed. Buying a new cable fixed the issue. This g-sync compatible monitor is excellent for its price and thus very valuable as most other g-sync monitors are at least another $100 more expensive. Out of the box, the picture looks a little brown (at least mine did), almost like the reading view setting on most smartphones. However, with a setting-tinkering, you can get it to look however you like. UNEXPECTED FLAW: This is something that i noticed some other reviewers talk about but though to myself: Surely it wont happen to me, right?. Well it happened.. I received the monitor and hooked it up and started using it with no problems, but fast-forward not even A WEEK later and the monitor goes dark and refuses to show what output through the display port input setting. This was incredibly frustrating, not only for the short time it took to start acting up, but for the fact that without an input from display port, you cannot use the 144hz/g-sync capability... which is likely the reason one would buy this monitor. I tried turning off and on a few times, and even tried changing display ports on my video card but neither of these worked. At this point, i remembered reading a review where the reviewer had the same problem but fixed it by ordering and using a new display cable. Well, however silly that might sound, using a newly-ordered (and 144hz supporting display cable) did the job and i was suddenly able to use my monitor again at 144hz with g sync. The only conclusion i can come to is simply that the provided cable is incredibly cheap and cant handle a high, consistent load during use. So, great monitor, horrible provided cable. If you decide to purchase the monitor, Id recommend purchasing your own display cable.
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ppeyton
> 3 dayThe base for the monitor screen is very stable holding it in and it is adjustable being able to move up and for left and right
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Donovan
> 3 dayLiterally an amazing monitor, and for the price it makes it that much more satisfying. My only complaint is that Acers out of the box colors are bland and kinda bleak even faded a little. (This is super repeated on reviews I know). With a little tweaking and fiddling with the built in adjustment menu it’s easily fixed and you can modify it to your liking to extreme lengths. I messed with it for like 2 hours after I achieved my desired appearance just because it was kind of fun. The menu is kind of cool and well setup. Only reason why it was 4.5 out of 5 is because I don’t feel like I should have to mess with settings unless it’s really that bad out of the box.. which it kind of was - but now that I got it set how I like it, I’m in love.
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Jamie Marie Cipres
> 3 dayThis Monitor Barely Had Any Reviews But It Was Well Worth The Price It Was ($119) Which Is The Price Of Most Off Brand Ones. Its Been Perfect For Gaming And The Refresh Rate Is Great. Playing Competitive FPS Games Shows No Signs Of Tearing Or Latency Lag Its Smooth And Crisp. I Chose This Over The Sceptre Monitor Everyone Recommends For A Budget Gaming Monitor, The One Drawback Is That It Doesnt Have Speakers But I Use A Laptop So If Im Not Using My Headphones It Has Speakers. Sidenote: The Screen Height And Angle Is Adjustable And Has Some Cable Management
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J. Smith
Greater than one weekGood blacks No visible edge bleeding Very flexible stand I have it side by side with my main 4k 144hz monitor and I gotta say it aint that bad at all considering it is 1/5 of the price. I downloaded icc profile from rtings for this monitor, it allows to apply calibrated profile to this monitor for better colors. This is a very decent monitor for gaming and browsing. I found no problems with it although I wish it came with DP cable instead of hdmi.
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Angel
> 3 dayMonitor is great for gaming but colors out the box are awful. Once adjusted it looks really good for games but my biggest problem with it is Whites just aren’t as white as Id like them to be. I can’t explain it but it’s definitely noticeable when doing something like a word document. Bezels are thick to some people that would be a problem. Does include a display port cable which is nice. VESA compatible always a plus. G-sync adaptive so is a freesync monitor that supports g-sync on 10XX & 20XX graphics cards. Built in speakers aren’t great but that’s expected of a monitor and I’m surprised they had speakers to begin with. Overall a solid monitor for gaming but biggest issue is colors
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Luke
> 3 dayit’s really dark and honestly not that great for the price refreshrate is decent but would highly recommend a different monitor
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zzgolfpro
> 3 dayWell crap, was enjoying my Acer XFA240 monitor, loved my monitor up until the time it broke just 3 months later. I think I saw the same problem in a few other reviews but thought hey theres always a few bad apples in the bunch when it comes to purchasing a computer monitor no matter which company you buy it from, so I went ahead with my purchase. Unfortunately, I now have the same issue as some of the other reviews. My DISPLAY PORT has gone bad, my monitor runs through its load up by searching for which port it is hooked up to my computer then it says No input found and then puts itself in amber standby mode. I reconnected to the monitor using my Dual link DVI cable that I have connected to my second monitor and the monitor works great again, that would be all fine and dandy except you cant use Free-Sync when connected to DVI, Free-Sync only works through the Display Port and thats the only reason I bought this monitor was to utilize its Free-sync capabilities, so now I have a useless monitor for the purpose I wanted it to be used for. I have gone through ACER support and they seem to think that the Display port cable has gone bad, so I said ok send me a new one then since the display port cable was provided with the monitor. So, theyre sending me a new display port cable to hook up and if the new cable doesnt fix the problem which I find hard to believe that the cable went bad in that short a time, after I hook it up and it still doesnt work, I had them put that scenario in my support case with them so I dont have to go through this process again and have them just send me a new monitor. If it turns out to be just a bad DP cable, I will amend my review to reflect, as I really do love this monitor. Hopefully, they are unfortunate enough to have been including crappy DP cables with their monitors and it fixes the problem, will see. Update 14 May 2019: Ok, I didnt want to wait a couple of weeks to receive my replacement DP cable from Acer to see if the cable was the problem with my monitor so I went ahead and purchased a well reviewed DP cable here at Amazon, after plugging in to the same DP jack on my video card and monitor with the new cable I still had the same issue with my monitor not working, still showed No input found, however, I decided to plug the cable into one of my alternate DP jacks on my video card and low and behold my monitor works again. So, not sure where my problem lies, did the cable Acer supplied with my monitor eventually burn out my other DP slot, or did I have an issue with my less than a year old MSI GTX 1060 video card DP going bad, not sure, but anyway my monitor is back working again.