I have the 1440P 180Hz variant.
Monitor stability when you adjust it is really solid. You set the position that you want it in and it just simply stays there. This was a concern I had especially since the cables in the back of the monitor route down and into the back of the stand into a cable guide. I haven't had an issue with cables coming out of the guide when adjusting the position either.
Picture quality is phenomenal and surprisingly doesn't have any backlight black bleeding unlike some other reviewers I saw had. This may be due to them having a different version of this monitor but I don't know for sure, hence why I've opened this review with my specific version.
There are quite a lot of different picture settings that you can adjust in the menu. Like most monitors, this does not come with a remote. I did fiddle with the settings a bit and accidentally gave myself a ton of ghosting effects but once I changed some of them it went away. Not an issue with the monitor, just user error. I became worried when playing MW3 because on occasion, there would be a solid white row of pixels all the way across that would pop up for a few milliseconds and then go away for another 45mins-hour. Just long enough to be perceived and concerned. This was fixed by updating the GPU drivers on my system, however. I had updated the drivers the week prior since I also finished building my desktop at the time so I didn't think that this was the issue. I have not had this issue at all since updating the drivers.
Monitor is surprisingly thin but you may wanna make sure you have enough space for the monitor and a keyboard because the stand sticks out probably a solid 3 inches from the back of the monitor.
The base of the foot of the stand is the point in which the left/right rotation comes from, so it's a bit strange but this is probably just a nit-pick.
What's not a nit-pick however is that the speaker audio is not good by any means at all. Honestly in 2023 I think the built in speakers in monitors is more of a formality than something that is supposed to be used everyday. They're not absolutely terrible but they're not a baseline "good" either. I would definitely get a speaker system for your setup though. I got a set of Logitech Z313 speakers several years ago and they sound amazing when I don't have my headset running. I don't really understand why this is such a problem for monitor manufacturers to do well considering my speaker set when I bought it was only $30.
That being said, in today's marketplace I don't expect monitors or even actual televisions to come with somewhat decent speaker systems installed anymore so this is more of a gripe about where we're at in the market as a whole and not a particular product gripe. Acer is not the only or even the worst offender when it comes to installing cheap or poor quality sounding speakers so I'm not going to reflect this in my review rating.
| Standing screen display size | 27 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 |
