AOPEN by Acer 27HC5R Pbiipx 27 1500R Curved Full HD (1920 x 1080) VA Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYN

In case anybody is curious about this monitor. There isnt a lot of information online about it. Fire Legend: Big and not too expensive. Got mine for 438 with tax and prime shipping. Its not listed anywhere but its gsync compatible. Also not listed anywhere it has 2 levels of motion blur reduction with the backlight strobe. Also not listed anywhere (seeing a pattern here) it has a form of local dimming when HDR is activated. There is about 16-20 vertical zones. On an all black background you can see each zone light up as you move the mouse. Coming from a monitor that is a level below HDR400, I thought that was pretty cool. Also not listed anywhere you can enable 10 bit color at 144hz in the Nvidia control panel. I see no difference between 8 and 10 bit, but maybe somebody will find that info useful. I feel like this has a better contrast ratio than most IPS panels Ive seen lately. I have no way of measuring this. It just looks really nice. HDR actually looks like its doing something in BFV and Doom Eternal. No dead pixels so far. Back light bleed exists but its not terrible. Fyre Festival: Motion blur reduction dims screen too much on its most aggressive setting making it almost useless. There is a medium setting that is brighter but less crisp. Cant use it with Gsync enabled. Not the fastest panel out there. Using blur busters UFO test its not as clear as the 200hz 30inch MSI ultrawide this is replacing. Its not terrible, Ive just seen faster. The stand sucks. The monitor isnt level after mounting it to the stand. Confirmed this with my bubble level. I put a little felt adhesive circle under the right side monitor base and it sits perfectly level now. Such a stupid problem to have when everything else is really good. **UPDATE April 6th 2023** While I still enjoy using the monitor a few issues have popped up. Sometimes one of the dimming zones sometimes gets stuck. So if your using HDR than there will be one vertical zone that is dark while the others are lit. It looks as bad as it sounds. The other issue is that sometimes the monitor will crash and you have to completely power it off or wait for it to recover to get video again. These issues are VERY intermittent but they are a PITA when they do happen. Knocking off a star for now.

This is a great monitor for the price. I had gotten it on sale and also dont have a recent monitor to compare it to as I was just using my TV. Came with a cable to allow it to run at 144 but havent been able to do that yet and took a little bit to adjust to the curve. One day of use and now I dont really notice the curve but if youve never used a curved screen before you will notice it. Not sure if there are speakers built in or the quality as Ive used headphones the entire time.

Wasnt sure if Id like curved monitors to be frank. But Ill have to admit these are beautiful. I bought these to replace the poor choice in monitors that I purchased from Amazon recently. The flicker on those things was down right nauseating yet the manufacturer proclaimed them to be gaming monitors. Anywho, what a blessing these have turned out to be not even one day in. If that changes Ill be sure to update this.

Got this monitor due to its size-to-cost ratio and Im using it for work, not gaming so I thought why not? Well, why not is because 12 hours after purchasing, the screen started to separate. Expected more from ab Acer-made monitor. Had an LG of the same size (~$100 more) for 2 years with zero issues.

Took me a few minutes longer than Id like to get the 165hz activated in the control panel, but its buttery smooth. The downside here is the PPI, it is a 1080p monitor on a 27 inch panel. But I hardly notice and the refresh rate is amazing. I highly recommend.

Fast enough update for my use. Plug-and-play response between programs under Windows, Linux variants, as laptop alternate, or using video conferencing software or video all seamlessly without adjustment.

Had this for a month, first day a 3-5 pixel bar showed up on the center left side. Today it just decided to stop working all together. Was nice while it did work but a month of use is straight trash. Do NOT recommend.