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

Baddass · 8 Apr 2015 at 15:32

weird. can you take a picture of the other issues?

HACO · 8 Apr 2015 at 15:46

Baddass said:
weird. can you take a picture of the other issues?

The rest are single stuck pixels, like this:

spot35 · 9 Apr 2015 at 08:00

That surely counts to be more than the 16 required for Acer support?

Baddass · 9 Apr 2015 at 09:51

HACO said:
The rest are single stuck pixels, like this:

which country did you order yours from? it's odd, as i've seen some reports around of dead pixel problems but they seem to be mostly from mainland Europe. people in UK and USA who have got one so far seem to be experiencing much better quality control and very few issues. i wonder if there's a particularly bad batch somewhere or some European retailer has bought some B-grade / low grade stock and passing them off that way?

HACO · 9 Apr 2015 at 12:05

Baddass said:
which country did you order yours from? it's odd, as i've seen some reports around of dead pixel problems but they seem to be mostly from mainland Europe. people in UK and USA who have got one so far seem to be experiencing much better quality control and very few issues. i wonder if there's a particularly bad batch somewhere or some European retailer has bought some B-grade / low grade stock and passing them off that way?

Germany. It's a well-known EU retailer (authorized seller for many major hardware brands) so I don't think B-grade stock is the issue. It's only my bad luck

I already sent it back... I just hope to have the replacement in time for GTA V.

Baddass · 9 Apr 2015 at 13:57

HACO said:
Germany. It's a well-known EU retailer (authorized seller for many major hardware brands) so I don't think B-grade stock is the issue. It's only my bad luck I already sent it back... I just hope to have the replacement in time for GTA V.

was only thinking out loud really. the only reports i've seen of major dead pixel issues seems to be from European stock, so maybe just a bad batch somewhere. hope your replacement is better anyway

TheGentry · 10 Apr 2015 at 00:43

So whats the verdict on this against the swift

HACO · 10 Apr 2015 at 03:45

TheGentry said:
So whats the verdict on this against the swift

A head and neck ahead of the Swift.

Sylver123 · 10 Apr 2015 at 04:12

TheGentry said:
So whats the verdict on this against the swift

Everything I have read suggests the Swift has a much better build quality but the Acer wins on the screen panel type quality.

TheGentry · 10 Apr 2015 at 08:30

Sylver123 said:
Everything I have read suggests the Swift has a much better build quality but the Acer wins on the screen panel type quality.

Well monitor is all about what you see on the screen

WesleyBurns · 10 Apr 2015 at 08:56

HACO said:
This is a picture:

This is like 7-8 stuck pixels right next to each other.

That is dust between the backlight and the LCD plane.

WesleyBurns · 10 Apr 2015 at 09:01

HACO said:
A head and neck ahead of the Swift.

Good to hear, I cannot wait to get mine and hopefully its all OK.

TheGentry said:
Well monitor is all about what you see on the screen

+1

HACO · 10 Apr 2015 at 10:21

WesleyBurns said:
That is dust between the backlight and the LCD plane.

For educational purposes, any way to remove that? (My old Samsung TV has a similar spot!).

dasimpse · 10 Apr 2015 at 12:56

so it's a no brainer to choose this over the swift? I care about the display not the build quality as much

HACO · 10 Apr 2015 at 13:58

dasimpse said:
so it's a no brainer to choose this over the swift? I care about the display not the build quality as much

Absolutely. Display quality is a much better. Build quality is a bit worse.

GarryO · 10 Apr 2015 at 22:56

cancelled my order with ocuk as it slipped to 21st of this month. managed to get another hopefully here by next Thursday.

dazeRR · 11 Apr 2015 at 00:35

Do i get this over the swift? i don't no

does the 4ms over 1ms make much difference?

BaDBoY_uK · 11 Apr 2015 at 01:41

dazeRR said:
Do i get this over the swift? i don't no does the 4ms over 1ms make much difference?

In the life of a Tau neutrino, yes. Otherwise, why choose a TN panel over an IPS panel?

I think tftcentral proved the lag on this was less than the ROG? I could be wrong

TheGentry · 11 Apr 2015 at 08:28

In real terms there was very little compares to the swift this monitor is a must and can't wai to save up nd get it

Sethos · 11 Apr 2015 at 10:28

This monitor is faster than the ROG Swift;

Slightly higher response time but lower signal processing time, resulting in a faster monitor.

Also to something I said earlier;

Sethos said:
ArmA 3 does have some weird blurring (not the in-game blur from the options menu), however I'm not sure that game runs at 144Hz when playing? I need to investigate further.

It was because I had OD set to off. It needs to be set to Normal for the best result. Removed all the blurring.