This is about the 3rd or 4th time this has popped up at this price. Still it's a good monitor for the price if you're happy with HD but would enjoy something a little larger than the usual 24" offerings.

Be aware it has no speakers or audio pass through so it's not ideal for a games console unless you are using the optical out on them. You can get optical converters that will let you run a consoles optical out to regular speakers, but if you don't have the required gear in place it's just another expense, better to get a monitor with speakers in the first place.

For image quality I'm really happy with it. Being 1080p it's not exactly retina at say a comfortable 24" viewing distance, in fact it looks fairly grainy. Sitting back at say 40-50" to watch a film though and it's fine. At that distance to be honest a higher resolution would be wasted. So to watch video and to game on the 1080p resolution is probably preferable given how easy it is for your computer to draw. But the windows desktop is a compromise being a lower pixel pitch than you would really want. As a second monitor to game and watch video on it's perfect, and for the price I don't think you can really grumble that it's not 1440p. Once ultrawide 34" monitors hit a comfortable price point for me I'll be donating it to the parents as even on their 1080p 24" monitor they are putting Windows display scaling up to 125% so this will probably be perfect for them.

Colour reproduction is great. Watching a 10bit x265 video colours are fantastic and blacks are almost OLED deep. Colours don't quite leap out of the screen like the IPS panel on my Dell Venue 11 does, but that has a gloss screen where as this Acer is an anti-glare coated screen. I think comparing like with like there isn't a massive amount in it and next to a TN display it still blows it away. Viewing angles are great, maybe not up to IPS angles but you have to be at an extreme angle to actually get any variation. It's not like with a TN where just moving your head changes all the colours and contrast, you would have to move to an unrealistic and unusable angle to actually compromise the image on this VA panel.

It's also really bright. I'm at 10% brightness 50% contrast. Even if you're in a room with a lot of daylight there's a lot of headroom to cope with it.

Mine will run at up to 75hz 1080p using a custom resolution in the Radeon Crimson settings. My eyes can't really see the difference from 60hz to be honest though. 60fps video and most games look butter smooth, but in an FPS making quick mouse movements or moving a window quickly in Windows and I can see some motion blurring/ghosting. It's very mild though, I have to be actually looking for it to notice.

The bezel is fairly big at about 20mm. It's going to be a matter of personal preference how much that bothers you.

Is it too big? Measure your desk. It's just over 25 inches wide, my 22" monitor is only 20 inches wide. So it's not exactly a giant, look at your own desk and see if that's a size you're happy with.

Finally the power LED is an annoyingly bright, cheap looking blue affair. At certain angles it really glares at you, bleeds through the gaps in the other buttons and just looks tacky like all blue LED's do. Because it's right inbetween the power button and on screen display control buttons you can't easily cover it. It's the only thing I would say lets the monitor down. Other 'down sides' are actually perfectly acceptable given the price, but that power LED is just awful. It's like having someone shine a laser pen in your eye.

Pros:
-Cheap for the size
-VA panel gives good colours, viewing angles and the response time is fine to my eyes
-1080p native which is good for gaming and movies
-VESA mountable (I've got mine attached to a dual monitor desk clamp stand)
-3 inputs (hdmi, dvi and vga)
-Anti glare coating hardly reflects anything

Cons:
-1080p at 27" isn't sharp up close
-No speakers
-largeish bezel
-On screen controls are clumsy, unintuitive and slow to use
-Power LED looks cheap and distracting
-Only comes with a VGA cable

I've been looking for a monitor this week (been using an old flat screen TV and it's rubbish) I have a budget of about £180-£200 is this one any good? or will 27" be too big to sit at a desk with?

Anyone got one of these? What's the bezel like? Looks bloody huge.. :confused:

I've got 2 of these, love them :smiley: bezel doesn't annoy me but it's exactly 2cm.

Any idea if this is good for playing ps3/ps4 on? My son keeps telling me to get him a monitor as he gets 'lag' when playing on our tv.

This resolution is great for games, but on a 27" I'd be looking for 1440 at least.

Havent tried game mode, why didnt I think of that? Lol.
I need one for his room anyway as its a bit of a hassle sharing the living room set.
I had my eyes on a 27" samsung curved set (currys around £260) mainly because the curved screen looks quite nice but this one looks like a better deal and I'l save some dosh☺️

acer cold

This is about the 3rd or 4th time this has popped up at this price. Still it's a good monitor for the price if you're happy with HD but would enjoy something a little larger than the usual 24" offerings.

Be aware it has no speakers or audio pass through so it's not ideal for a games console unless you are using the optical out on them. You can get optical converters that will let you run a consoles optical out to regular speakers, but if you don't have the required gear in place it's just another expense, better to get a monitor with speakers in the first place.

For image quality I'm really happy with it. Being 1080p it's not exactly retina at say a comfortable 24" viewing distance, in fact it looks fairly grainy. Sitting back at say 40-50" to watch a film though and it's fine. At that distance to be honest a higher resolution would be wasted. So to watch video and to game on the 1080p resolution is probably preferable given how easy it is for your computer to draw. But the windows desktop is a compromise being a lower pixel pitch than you would really want. As a second monitor to game and watch video on it's perfect, and for the price I don't think you can really grumble that it's not 1440p. Once ultrawide 34" monitors hit a comfortable price point for me I'll be donating it to the parents as even on their 1080p 24" monitor they are putting Windows display scaling up to 125% so this will probably be perfect for them.

Colour reproduction is great. Watching a 10bit x265 video colours are fantastic and blacks are almost OLED deep. Colours don't quite leap out of the screen like the IPS panel on my Dell Venue 11 does, but that has a gloss screen where as this Acer is an anti-glare coated screen. I think comparing like with like there isn't a massive amount in it and next to a TN display it still blows it away. Viewing angles are great, maybe not up to IPS angles but you have to be at an extreme angle to actually get any variation. It's not like with a TN where just moving your head changes all the colours and contrast, you would have to move to an unrealistic and unusable angle to actually compromise the image on this VA panel.

It's also really bright. I'm at 10% brightness 50% contrast. Even if you're in a room with a lot of daylight there's a lot of headroom to cope with it.

Mine will run at up to 75hz 1080p using a custom resolution in the Radeon Crimson settings. My eyes can't really see the difference from 60hz to be honest though. 60fps video and most games look butter smooth, but in an FPS making quick mouse movements or moving a window quickly in Windows and I can see some motion blurring/ghosting. It's very mild though, I have to be actually looking for it to notice.

The bezel is fairly big at about 20mm. It's going to be a matter of personal preference how much that bothers you.

Is it too big? Measure your desk. It's just over 25 inches wide, my 22" monitor is only 20 inches wide. So it's not exactly a giant, look at your own desk and see if that's a size you're happy with.

Finally the power LED is an annoyingly bright, cheap looking blue affair. At certain angles it really glares at you, bleeds through the gaps in the other buttons and just looks tacky like all blue LED's do. Because it's right inbetween the power button and on screen display control buttons you can't easily cover it. It's the only thing I would say lets the monitor down. Other 'down sides' are actually perfectly acceptable given the price, but that power LED is just awful. It's like having someone shine a laser pen in your eye.

Pros:
-Cheap for the size
-VA panel gives good colours, viewing angles and the response time is fine to my eyes
-1080p native which is good for gaming and movies
-VESA mountable (I've got mine attached to a dual monitor desk clamp stand)
-3 inputs (hdmi, dvi and vga)
-Anti glare coating hardly reflects anything

Cons:
-1080p at 27" isn't sharp up close
-No speakers
-largeish bezel
-On screen controls are clumsy, unintuitive and slow to use
-Power LED looks cheap and distracting
-Only comes with a VGA cable