Acer XB270HU - Worlds First IPS, 1440p, 144hz, Gsync

Volv · 5 Jun 2015 at 11:34

BG1980 said:
That looks more like dirt trapped behind the screen to me.

It could be. Not a big deal but it is a bit sad that such an expensive monitor has issues.

varkanoid · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:02

Volv said:

It might not bother you visibly to the naked eye but the phone has highlighted how bad these screens are.

For such an expensive monitor the bottom right corner should not be like that.

BG1980 · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:06

I agree completely. The QC on these monitors is shocking, hopefully when the new batch finally arrives these issues are a thing of the past.

Volv · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:10

That's true. Would you keep the monitor if it was like mine? I am not sure what to do. I am thinking of keeping it to be honest as it does not bother me that much so far and it could have been worse based on what people reported.

e: Do I need to do something in order to enable 144hz? Maximum I see is 120hz. The monitor is displayed as "Generic PnP Monitor" in Device Manager.

BG1980 · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:19

If you are happy with it then keep it. Personally I would be sending that back because of the bleed/glow and dirt behind the screen.

I just enabled gsync on mine in the nvidia control panel and games run at 144hz if you have the Gpu power to reach it.

Pinball · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:49

Regarding the glow, give it a couple of days. The ones I had anyway, the glow reduced to the point of barely being able to see it on black screens. Hopefully be the same with yours.

Mine just had nasty backlight bleed problems and dead pixels

Volv · 5 Jun 2015 at 13:12

Pinball said:
Regarding the glow, give it a couple of days. The ones I had anyway, the glow reduced to the point of barely being able to see it on black screens. Hopefully be the same with yours.

Mine just had nasty backlight bleed problems and dead pixels

Thanks, hopefully it will get better in the next few days.

Do you need G-Sync enabled to get 144hz? At the moment I am on my laptop with 7970m CF and I don't see a way to set 144hz.

varkanoid · 5 Jun 2015 at 13:25

If I were you I would make sure you decide before your 14 days OCUK return are up as after that you will need to deal with Acer and thats not good.

Volv · 5 Jun 2015 at 13:38

Once I get my new PC up and running I will give this monitor a few days of normal use. If the bleed or that dirt bothers me, it will go back to OcUK.

So far I am quite impressed with the image quality. It is probably because it is my first 1440p monitor though.

Ashendie · 5 Jun 2015 at 18:32

And the waiting continues...

So. I spy with my little eye something beginning with.... ok I'm bored now.

Heard nothing from Acer whatsoever so far. I'm on the list for a swap as far as I know but clueless to anything else.

Andydigital · 5 Jun 2015 at 20:21

I took mine back to the shop almost 30 days after buying the monitor and they gave me my money back no questions asked. There was a dead pixel in the middle of the screen and dirt behind the screen in the left bottom corner. Acer are accepting them back for the dirt because it is an inherent fault in this first batch. I'd send the one shown in the picture above back because the bleed is shocking compared to mine and the dirt looks almost the same size and shape that I had behind my panel. It's about the size of a grain of rice and a faint brown colour.

Ashendie · 8 Jun 2015 at 10:13

Anyone heard anything yet? would like to think these swap outs will be happening this week.

BG1980 · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:13

Nah heard nothing at all.

muleman59 · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:13

Just wondering if its worth hanging around for the "new messiah" after seeing this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fvv8LzPyo&feature=youtu.be

Look at the bottom right corner... identical to my Acer return.. and this is on an exhibition model of the forthcoming Asus PG279Q...

Surely they must be using the same panel....

Where to go now?

Coolasmoo · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:07

muleman59 said:
Look at the bottom right corner... identical to my Acer return.. and this is on an exhibition model of the forthcoming Asus PG279Q...

Surely they must be using the same panel....

Where to go now?

That's in daylight aswell :eek:

varkanoid · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:26

OMG thats terrible. Wonder if they need to turn down the brightness to 15

You can see the glow sometimes when it displays an image.

Asus ROG Swift PG279Q WQHD 144Hz IPS Panel and G-sync

Nexus18 · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:36

They probably have the brightness set extremely high, most likely even set to 100%

WhiteHawk77 · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:58

Nexus18 said:
They probably have the brightness set extremely high, most likely even set to 100%

Honestly brightness made no difference anyway. This sucks big time.

Nexus18 · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:03

For my current and previous 2x29um65's and dell u2311h, it makes a massive difference. But yes "severe" bleed will not be "completely" removed by lowering the brightness

WhiteHawk77 · 8 Jun 2015 at 22:21

Nexus18 said:
For my current and previous 2x29um65's and dell u2311h, it makes a massive difference. But yes "severe" bleed will not be "completely" removed by lowering the brightness

Didn't on the Acer is my point, probably won't on the Asus, quite likely same panel and that sucks.