Interesting New Acer panels !!

Any summary to get the thread going rather than a link and run?

I'm not going to use a chunk of my mobile data looking at something that may or may not be interesting to me.
 
Its a range of curved monitors in a variety of resolutions and sizes: 27", 30" and 31.5" and all come equipped with G-Sync. Also have varying refresh rates and stats. They have a more aggressive 1800R curve compared to the 1900R on Z35 and 3800R on X34
 
As someone who's only ever experienced straight monitors, what does a curved monitor bring to the table?
 
varkanoid said:
I tried one in Curry's and it made my eyes feel funny and felt dizzy.
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Tried one whilst standing over it? There's certainly an adjustment period to using them, just like when it comes to using a larger monitor than you're used to.
 
The X34 curve is quite subtle when sat in front of it and it helps keep the edges a similar distance away as the centre. The more curved Z1/Z35 are better suited for gaming or films I assume not having tried one. I did have a 40" UHD monitor on my desk for a while but the corners always felt too far away even pushed as far back as poss. Bit of an experiment really.

I would have bought a Z35 for my sim setup had it actually managed to get anywhere near the claimed panel response.
 
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All of these are 16:9 then, which really doesn't benefit as much from the curve as 21:9. The X34 is subtle and works really well, you don't even see it during use, so I'm really not sure about a narrower screen with a sharper curve. These feel like a reaction to the success of the X34 rather than a step forwards technically. I've also no idea what panels the XB1 range are using, but if it's AUO then stay away! I personally don't feel there is going to be anything worth getting too excited over in the monitor sector until we see new DP 1.3 capable panels later this year.
 
I wouldnt want a smaller screen than the 34", bigger would be nice!

I currently have a 27" 1440p asus and would rather have a monitor the same screen height as that, whatever that is as i havent measured it. I kind of assumed the 34" ultrawides would be the same height.
 
Can't remember where I read it now but the Z1s may all be VA and the larger one, still only 30" though is 2560x1080. May also go up to 200Hz which I would need to see tested after the Z35 not fairing so well in parts of the TFTCentral & PCMonitors.info tests.
 
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