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

Hello Guys

Please be aware that minor backlight bleed and dead pixels are not actually classed as faults on monitors.

If they conform to the ISO standard then they would be not classed as a fault, please take a look at the image below which we have put together to explain some issues.

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All IPS screens do have IPS glow and this is inherent in their design, again this is not classed as a fault.

Obviously under CCR we do accept unwanted returns within 14 days but we do advise not to keep buying the same pannel in case a similar issue is experienced.

Any questions feel free to give me or Gibbo a shout.

Bailey
 
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Given that I have yet to buy a monitor that is fault free, Im interested in one of these class 1 monitors. My guess is that they are absurdly expensive and not for gaming?
 
titaniumx3 said:
Given that I have yet to buy a monitor that is fault free, Im interested in one of these class 1 monitors. My guess is that they are absurdly expensive and not for gaming?
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True. Although most brands actually use the ISO 9241-307 instead of ISO 13406-2 which allows 1 pixel defect in its Class I. The ISO 13406-2 is rather obsolete and is no longer used. OcUK needs to update their charts with ISO 9241-307.

I confirm that this monitor conforms to the ISO 9241-307 standard, and it complies to Class II standards (as the manual says). This essentially means:

  • Class 2 panels permit any or all of the following:
    • 2 full bright pixels
    • 2 full dark pixels
    • 5-10 single or double bright or dark sub-pixels (again, depending on the number of each; no more than 5 bright (“stuck on”) subpixels are permitted).
 
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every IPS monitor i've ever owned (apart from the apple ones) have had backlight bleed, Asus, NEC, Hazro, Dell, I take it as something you just get with using an IPS panel? To me, if it's only noticeable when looking at a pitch black screen in a darkened room then it really doesn't matter.
 
Arcane said:
every IPS monitor i've ever owned (apart from the apple ones) have had backlight bleed, Asus, NEC, Hazro, Dell, I take it as something you just get with using an IPS panel? To me, if it's only noticeable when looking at a pitch black screen in a darkened room then it really doesn't matter.
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That's the thing, its not only noticeable in that situation. Any thing with dark scenes in (which for me is many things) you can clearly notice the corners are cloudy from the backlight bleed. Its not a minor defect unless you plan on using the monitor purely for office work in bright ambient lighting, which is unlikely given the target audience of this monitor.
 
I used to have monitor which had Back light bleed,it was PLS panel:
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I sent it back after a week cos I couldn't stand BLB.
Looking on photos people posting here with Acer XB270HU I feel really disapponited with what I see.I wanted to buy it in the future but now this monitor is completely of my list to the time the problem is solve.
Let's hope Asus MG279Q ROG Dominator won't suffer that much from BLB.
 
Well Bailey if you bought a nice new car and there was a scratch across the bonnet you would not be say the same would you!!

£700 for a product "no matter what this ISO standard is" should be in a reasonable working order. Because ISO say what the tolerance is does not make it morally right.
 
Got my second just. Last one had hot pixels all over it in a small area and some in the centre and some dead ones too, shop declared it faulty.

Having just got this one home I 100% made the right choice, clear of any malfunctioning pixels and less glow than my last one!

Arms are shattered from carrying monitors across the country. haha

Here's my initial thoughts so far on this monitor compared to swift, the pixel construction is a lot finer(black lines between pixels are much smaller) and this does bother my eyes less, AG gloss is a lot lighter, I ran some testufo's and inversion is the best I've seen on any monitor I have owned. (the bars are grey and not green shaded) motion wise there's very little blur and I absolutely LOVE the near 0 ghosting. The colours and viewing angles are way better than swift as well. And it doesn't have that strange eye catching vertical black line issue I had.

The only neg really is obviously the amount of hot, dead pixel ones I can see everyone reporting, that and how hard it was to get the monitor out of the box, let alone put it back in, they really pack it in there ;)
 
They might eventually support the open adaptive sync but they'll never support Freesync.

To be honest though with the way the GPU marketshare is, gsync monitors will likely still outsell the cheaper freesync offerings so nVidia have no reason to cut profits and go the open route.
 
ashmanuk67 said:
Well Bailey if you bought a nice new car and there was a scratch across the bonnet you would not be say the same would you!!

£700 for a product "no matter what this ISO standard is" should be in a reasonable working order. Because ISO say what the tolerance is does not make it morally right.
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A scratch on a bonnet would be classed as physical damage

Back light bleed / IPS Glow and dead pixels are not physical damage.

That didn't work ;)

Bailey
 
ashmanuk67 said:
Well Bailey if you bought a nice new car and there was a scratch across the bonnet you would not be say the same would you!!

£700 for a product "no matter what this ISO standard is" should be in a reasonable working order. Because ISO say what the tolerance is does not make it morally right.
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It's only morally wrong if they're misleading you. There's no moral wrongdoing here as they're upfront about their standards of defect. You can argue it's a bad deal or not worth the money, but you do know what you're getting into.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Well if the monitors haven't been put together correctly and that's causing the bleed then it's a physical fault in my opinion.
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I agree its the frame design thats the issue. Reason quite rightly why people are highlighting it is that in a £100-£200 monitor it can be forgiven but when you are spending £690 then it gets harder to overlook. Another thing to remember is my monitor had both stuck pixels and bad backlight bleed (which did get worse over time) and Acer could not repair it. That says it all.
Its like buying a brand new car and only being able to see out of the rear window when its daytime. Then when you complain about it the answer back you get is "well just drive in the day". To compound it more you are getting a majority of monitors that are fine and the minority that are poor. Haco would you really accept this ?
 
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Guys i'm sending mine back it's not for me. After sleeping on the idea i'm going back to my old faithful. Quick question though, im reading the 14 day 14 Days / Satisfaction Guaranteed FAQ and it states "Please package the goods properly and ship them in a separate outer box" however when I got the monitor all it was in was it's original box. Surely we don't now have to go out and buy a box because we weren't supplied one in the first place?!
 
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