** POTENTIALLY THE BEST GAMING MONITORS YET!! ** Acer 34" Ultra-wides

[Gibbo]

Hello gibbo if I pre-ordered this monitor now would it be shipped on release and also when would my money come out when the item is dispatched ?

I'm back in the UK, but not for long.

We take money at point of ordering, unless you use Amazon check out I believe, but this is question best for sales team.

We've sold about 50 so far, first batch is 100 units, so you'd get one of first batch which are scheduled for around October but that is an estimate.

 

[Drojman]

I just spoke to a chap on the phone and he said yes, that Amazon checkout will not charge until dispatch

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Bargain and well done Acer, we expect to sell well over 1000 units before Christmas.

We've sold about 50 so far

lol

 

[PCM2]

lol

Why 'lol'? I think you may underestimate the massive rush of sales that's likely November onwards.

 

[B1gbeard]

Someone has one. Only one but not a good start.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1849647&page=30

 

[PCM2]

Someone has one. Only one but not a good start.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1849647&page=30

If you take a photo that close and at that angle of any IPS model and use that sort of camera exposure it's going to look very much like that. It confirms it's an IPS panel, nothing new there! Of course there could well be additional underlying uniformity issues, but you can't tell from that photo.

 

[B1gbeard]

If you take a photo that close and at that angle of any IPS model and use that sort of camera exposure it's going to look very much like that. It confirms it's an IPS panel, nothing new there! Of course there could well be additional underlying uniformity issues, but you can't tell from that photo.

Seems really yellow. Is that normal glow?

 

[PCM2]

Seems really yellow. Is that normal glow?

Yes. IPS glow has a slight yellow tint from that angle on the UltraWide models, but it is exaggerated along with everything else on the camera.

 

[B1gbeard]

Another owner on overclock.net mentions high pitched whines, especially when overclocking to 100hz.

I really hope these work out, have been waiting for this type of spec.

 

[PCM2]

Another owner on overclock.net mentions high pitched whines, especially when overclocking to 100hz.

I really hope these work out, have been waiting for this type of spec.

I have to admit, when a manufacturer takes a 60Hz panel and pushes it that far as a key selling point I do have to wonder how stable and 'problem free' it's going to be.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Any chance that OcUK could test and check for IPS glow before shipping these monitors out? I mean it not like these high-end expensive monitor are being sold in high number daily, and if anyone received a monitor in this kind of price range with IPS glow will definitely be returning it anyway.

So wouldn't it save everyone's trouble of having to return such a huge items that's not covered by delivery's insurance (if I'm not mistaken they don't cover TV and monitors?). I don't know about other people, but I could care less about the box has been opened, knowing the screen has only been taken out for checking purpose.

 

[PCM2]

Any chance that OcUK could test and check for IPS glow before shipping these monitors out? I mean it not like these high-end expensive monitor are being sold in high number daily, and if anyone received a monitor in this kind of price range with IPS glow will definitely be returning it anyway.

So wouldn't it save everyone's trouble of having to return such a huge items that's not covered by delivery's insurance (if I'm not mistaken they don't cover TV and monitors?). I don't know about other people, but I could care less about the box has been opened, knowing the screen has only been taken out for checking purpose.

All units have 'IPS glow'. That does not vary. So OcUK could certainly charge a premium for confirming that all units have it, yes. You mean to say 'bad backlight bleed', it's a different thing entirely.

P.S. It is 'couldn't care less', unless you could care less (than you do). Which implies you aren't on the lowest level of caring.

P.P.S This isn't meant to be a sort of personal attack or flaming on you, just that these are two of my pet hates highlighted in one single post.

 

[B1gbeard]

I have to admit, when a manufacturer takes a 60Hz panel and pushes it that far as a key selling point I do have to wonder how stable and 'problem free' it's going to be.

I guess as they are advertising it as 100hz, it should be problem free but as you say, slightly worrying.

 

[Drojman]

I sit and wait with bated breath.

My curved LG has some bleed that I'm personally fine with. I don't expect these to be free of it, but I just hope it's nothing extreme.

 

[Marine-RX179]

All units have 'IPS glow'. That does not vary. So OcUK could certainly charge a premium for confirming that all units have it, yes. You mean to say 'bad backlight bleed', it's a different thing entirely.

P.S. It is 'couldn't care less', unless you could care less (than you do). Which implies you aren't on the lowest level of caring.

P.P.S This isn't meant to be a sort of personal attack or flaming on you, just that these are two of my pet hates highlighted in one single post.

Thanks for your input PCM, no offense taken

Yes what you said is what I meant, it just that I haven't got the terms terminology right and didn't word my sentence correctly lol

I guess as they are advertising it as 100hz, it should be problem free but as you say, slightly worrying.

You would think so, but look at Nvidia getting away with advertising their 970 as 4GB GDDR5, despite 500MB of 4GB are not full speed memory

 

[PCM2]

I think I want this monitor to be a success just as much as anybody else, even though I have no intention of actually buying it. But I really am sceptical about how well it runs at 100Hz and its stability. And also how pleased people are going to be with backlight uniformity given the panel used.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I think I want this monitor to be a success just as much as anybody else, even though I have no intention of actually buying it. But I really am sceptical about how well it runs at 100Hz and its stability. And also how pleased people are going to be with backlight uniformity given the panel used.

In the perfect world, I would want something similar to the Samsung S34E790C (since it's VA so it would mean I wouldn't have to worry about the IPS lottery) but with Freesync, and possibly with 75Hz refresh rate and same or better Freesync range as the Acer's Freesync model, but I think it is still a long way away from one like that hitting the market

I have the money, it just that there isn't a monitor that seem worthing my investment on due to the fear of getting a duff unit, mostly stemming from the poor quality control of manufacturers, rather than the design and spec not matching what I want...

 

[B1gbeard]

I have the money, it just that there isn't a monitor that seem worthing my investment on due to the fear of getting a duff unit, mostly stemming from the poor quality control of manufacturers, rather than the design and spec not matching what I want...

Same, sitting here waiting with the money. If someone gets it right, it'll be a gold mine.

 

[B1gbeard]

The manual states that overclocking to 100hz is at owners risk apparently. Surely that's an issue with advertising right there.

 

[HEADRAT]

Same, sitting here waiting with the money. If someone gets it right, it'll be a gold mine.

Exactly the same position, I would pay £1K but current levels of QA just makes in too much of a gamble.

I'd rather pay somebody else to check for dead pixels/unacceptable IPS glow (I know this might be subjective) , I just don't have them time to "mess about".