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

Got this on Prime Day 2020 so it was a good deal. I was nervous about quality issues, not being familiar with the brand, and not seeing it in person. I was pleasantly surprised. I needed a good monitor for my Skytech Blaze II gaming rig and this completed the package.

I just upgraded from a ViewSonic xg2401 to this bad boy. Son broke his monitor by accident so I gave him my old monitor and bought this 27 curved beast and am happy with the results thus far. Bit of getting used to going from 1ms back to 5ms, but cant complain for the price. The monitor was incredibly easy to install on my vesa mount as its so light weight. It comes with a hdmi and display port cable which is fantastic (though I already had some) and sets up in seconds. Turned on freesync and away I went. You wouldnt think going from 144hz to 165hz would be noticable, but wow. So far Ive only fired up Star Trek Online, but Ill be putting it through its places on Fallout 76 and some minecraft this weekend. Color is great, with deep blacks. Pixels Per Inch (ppi) is a little low, but its not terrible. I turned on some gpu scaling and virtual resolutions with my Radeon so I can crank up the rez accordingly which will help make more use of the real estate 27 gives. Overall, great monitor for the price!

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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.

After having this monitor for close to 2 months with not many hours of usage, the monitor failed from the inside and shows distorted black and broken lines through the screen. This monitor is unable to use and after forwarding all the information to vendor we have not heard anything back.

Would not power on . No physical damage to the unit. Box was also in good shape.

Easy set up , came in with no damages and the gaming quality is great.

Horrible product. Do not buy it

Extremely good value for the money. My older 60hz monitor couldnt keep up with the competitive nature of the games I play. The fast refresh rate have improved my gameplay experiences tremendously. My first curved monitor so wasnt sure if I would like the curved screen. I definitely do, it more naturally adapts to my field of view and improves immersion and focus. The only bad thing I can say is that the first monitor I ordered had a pencil line of dead pixels on the right most part of the screen. Well I gave that monitor to a friend who needed it for work and ordered another one. 2nd time was the charm. In case some people were wondering... AOPEN is manufactured by Acer. If you have a monitor with dead pixels- RETURN to AMAZON DONT GO THRU WARRANTY PROCESS. I hear they will not cover dead pixels as some dead pixels they dont consider to be a defect.

Missing power cable. I had a spare and I like it for what it’s worth but unfortunately I didn’t receive the cable necessary to actually use it. Amazon wants me to return the item but I don’t want to go through that whole process when all I need is one cable, since I still want the item.