Acer Predator XB283K KVbmiipruzx 28 UHD 3840 x 2160 Agile-Splendor IPS PC & Console Gaming Monitor | AMD FreeSync Premium/G-SYNC Compatible | 144Hz | 1ms | 1xUSB Type-C, 1xDP 1.4, 2xHDMI 2.1 & 4xUSB

Bought this monitor to replace a Samsung 27 inch CHG70 monitor that started to display weird rainbow pixels after two years of heavy usage. So far its been great, arrived in perfect condition with no dead pixels. The color accuracy is out of this world, they pop out at you like a museum painting compared to the VA panel of the Samsung which looks washed out unless if your sitting directly in front of the monitor. The monitor is so bright that I have the brightness set to 0 and contrast set at around 20-25. I dont care for black-light bleed, if I care about blacks, then Id buy a OLED panel instead. Gsync is also an awesome feature, I never had the glitches unlike free-sync with an NVIDIA graphics card. It does a good job in all of the ranges of 1HZ to 165HZ unlike free-sync which glitches out below 55 HZ/ 55 FPS. Also is better at distinguishing between normal OS programs and games without any glitches or screen flickering. The only thing I had to get used to is the perfectly flat panel as apparently the curvature of a 1800R monitor that I previously had helps with the FOV to prevent distortions near the edges or something. Took about a day to get used to the flat monitor design and now its pretty normal to use. I had also plugged in my old PS3 into the HDMI input and the colors makes up for the obsolete 1080p resolution of the console. Its really nice. I feel like I could really enjoy this playing old games even maybe some 2D side scroller games from the 16bit era consoles.

This monitor is absolutely incredible! The 144hz refresh is a huge bump up for me. G-Sync is super smoother and works well with my 980. The games that Ive been able to play so far with super high frame rates is CS:GO, Killing Floor 2, Trackmania Turbo, and Assetto Corsa. All look great running at 144+fps. For Killing Floor 2 you have to enable variable frame rate otherwise youll be capped at 60. Pros: - Beautiful resolution - Smooth 144hz in games running at that frame rate - The stand is solid with height adjustment - Screen finish is nice (my previous monitor was glossy and I didnt like it) - Nice bezel; super thin and flat Cons: - Im not a fan of the stand feet red finish. I saw on some YouTube reviews that its a lot nicer in person, but its not really my style. Maybe itll grow on me. I will say that the color is a lot more muted that what is shown in the pictures online. - Price. Its a lot of money but I think its worth it. I bought a 4:3 Dell 2001fp about 15 years ago for the 1600x1200 resolution and it ended up costing me around $800. However it lasted me a very long time and if it werent for me wanting wide screen 3 years ago I would have still been using it. So while this is a lot of money today, you do get what you pay for and hopefully this will prove that over the next few years. Fingers crossed. Other: - Ive read a lot of reviews saying that the panel has tons of bleed. Mine didnt really have bleed. I could be picky and dwell on a little bit at the very bottom, but overall mine is a great panel with no dead pixels. - I also read and saw videos saying that the buttons were mushy. It didnt really feel that way to me, but maybe Im not used to firm buttons. - On screen menu system. Its really not great but its usable so Im hesitant about listing it as a con. Im rarely using the monitor menu system.

i don’t know if it’s just the way i plugged it up, but the screen glitches out sometimes and shows bugs bunny even though i have never searched it up. also turned off deep sleep but i still can’t get it to turn on when i turn on my computer, i have to turn off the monitor and then turn it back on.

I love this monitor. It’s a huge upgrade from my last one (both picture quality and Hz). The only complaint I have is with the stand. I saw people in the reviews complaining about its size, but I thought they were just being dramatic. Trust me, this stand is huge lol. Though, at least you have the reassurance that it ain’t gonna be tipping over any time soon. I’d recommend it, but just make sure you’re not someone that sits too close to the monitor, because the stand will be pressing against your keyboard

Excellent picture quality, perfect for 4k gaming. Cyberpunk2077 looks amazing on this monitor compared to my asus 1080p 144hz gaming monitor this replaced. Be prepared to be amazed, for 500$ this is an excellent monitor!

So I came from a 30fps BenQ 1080p 1ms monitor to this IPS monster, which is currently now second to a latest-model younger brother. I worked up a good amount of doubt and nervousness and yolo on the idea of the IPS lottery and having to return a unit that had too much backlight bleed, dead pixels, or other glitches. I will say that the 27 I got looks so much larger in screen size than my 27 BenQ. Im guessing its the beautifully thin bezels since my older monitor had 0.5+ on all sides which didnt bother me. As for the issues, I believe I got lucky. Im running DP 1.2 to a stock setting GTX 1080 with Gsync on and antialiasing off in games. I also customized the color settings profile based on a common set on Reddit for the IPS model. I ran a full color test and couldnt stop grinning through it all. A 4k video on YT made me almost smell the lush jungles and dusty lions on screen. I have ZERO dead pixels. No driver issues noted. As for backlight bleed, this IS an IPS monitor so there will be something. Alas, I do have a very small amount of BLB at the bottom right corner only that radiates approximately 3-4 inches when the screen is black or presenting a dark image. In all honesty, though, that was the only time I really ever noticed it. I have forgotten it was there until writing this review. Doesnt bother me in the least. I will say that this model has an issue that some experience with a very narrow vertical strip of pixels being transposed from generally the center of the screen to the right edge of the screen. I have experienced this myself twice since Ive owned it and the only thing I needed to do is use the power button to cycle off/standby then on and the issue resolved. Very minor inconvenience that has occurred at or near startup. Would I recommend this monitor? If you have the $$$ and will use it as more than a daily web surfing monitor, and dont already have a solid IPS monitor from something like Dells competitor, then go for it. I have a new higher standard I am now used to and dont really ever remember this reality until I look at a 1080p monitor again. Otherwise, 1440p at 144hz is my new norm. The idea then becomes: you dont really ever know how privileged you are until you arent. Even a constant miracle will eventually be taken for granted as just normal and expected. We become desensitized to our current wonders. So to is the beauty of this monitor. In other words, dont bankrupt yourself on peripherals and upgrades that youll eventually become desensitized to. Save up, wait for a sale, then jump on this monitor. Enjoy the journeys taken in life, dont grind yourself to the bone to try and keep up with bleeding edge tech when youll only end up eventually replacing it one day. Of course, if youve got the $$$, then have fun with it.

SCREEN QUALITY: I bought two of these for our family. Both have a little bit of backlight bleed in the lower right corners but I can only notice it when the computer is on a completely black screen during boot up. In other words, during actual use you cant really tell it is there--even when playing dimly lit games and movies. It is definitely not enough of an issue to make me return it. Overall the image is gorgeous and I see no dead pixels. Im running it overclocked to 165 Hz and it seems very smooth but I have yet to give it a proper test run in an FPS game. INTERFACE: Controls are a little annoying to figure out at first and the manual they give you is not all that helpful. I would recommend they put a little more effort into their manual and interface design to make this a smoother experience. My biggest beef with the controls is that I have to click through a menu to manage the volume control from the monitor. There is no mute button or easy way to turn down the volume in a pinch. I found it is best just to manage it through Windows instead. AUDIO: The speakers are pretty mediocre (needs a little more bass and a little less of a tinny sound), although I wasnt expecting much to begin with. I bought this monitor for its screen quality and figured if I really couldnt stand the speakers I could use a separate set. Room correction using a microphone did help a little. A rather annoying bit about this monitor is that when I plugin my headphones to my computer, I now have to go into my sound settings and switch my playback device from the monitor to the regular speakers in order to both get it to stop playing sounds through the monitor as well as get it to play sounds through my headphones. This is rather annoying that it doesnt just switch over on its own when Windows detects that headphones have been plugged in. Note that this monitor does not have separate audio cables as audio and video or both being routed through the display port. Perhaps there is a fix for this but I havent found it yet. CONSTRUCTION: The base feet are not as bright red as the marketing images make it appear, so dont be scared off by the coloring as its actually rather subtle. I love the lack of a gigantic bevel around the edge, however, for some reason the screen image is has about a 1-2 cm uniform buffer from the left, right and top edges of the physical screen. Ive looked through the settings but didnt see anything to expand the view, so perhaps it is by design. I dont mind it, but am curious as to why it is this way. The monitor easily and smoothly tilts and slides while keeping its positioning. This is rather handy as I sometimes like to alternate between standing and sitting while Im at my computer. Overall, Im pretty happy with the purchase and would recommend it to others.

The size, resolution, refresh rate, and color quality are all really great on these monitors (I purchased two of them). But I do have two complaints about the monitors. The biggest issue I have is that the colors are not presented the same on both monitors. Expanding the same standard white screen across both monitors, and the color will look slightly off between monitors. Ive spent hours trying to adjust the colors (saturation, hue, everything) to try and match, but to no avail. Ive gotten mostly used to it at this point, but its still annoying. The second issue is that occasionally there will be a vertical line on the screen where the picture doesnt line up. I dont know the reason or source of this issue, but Im able to fix it by cycling the output to a different source and then coming back. I purchased these monitors to use for gaming, and Im honestly not sure I am noticing the major improvement I was hoping for based on the cost. Acer has a 27 inch 2K IPS monitor for $250 that I think is probably a better choice for most people.

Before I bought this monitor I remember playing on a high end rig at Fortress PC when I was a kid and Ive been searching to find out why it was such a buttery smooth experience playing on that machine. I thought it was the absurdly high end hardware of the machines but it wasnt just that, it was the monitor. Ive been gaming for over a decade and a half, PC gaming for about a half of that, and until I bought this monitor a few months ago its all been 1080p 60 Hz or less. The upgrade to 1440p 144 Hz was incredible. The clarity of 1440p is mind blowing and 144 Hz refresh rate nearly makes me erect (no shame). Playing games at 144 Hz like Overwatch or Fortnite is just something else and you need to see it to fully appreciate it. Is it worth all the money it costs to do it? If you can afford it absolutely. My shooting skills have gone up considerably with the increased refresh rate and quality. If you cant afford it just yet just wait, the prices will drop as technology advances in a few years this monitor may only cost $300. And all of that wasnt even including the awesomeness that is Gsync. Gsync is Vsync but on drugs. It matches your refresh rate of your monitor and gpu so that what you see is what is actually happening without any input lag that you normally get with Vsync. I hope the cost of Gsync goes down in the future but even now I think its worth it because playing less optimized or intense games like Hunt: Showdown, where I get 45 fps the game still FEELS and looks like it runs at 60 fps and that increases the quality of games immeasurably. Even if you cant run 1440p 144 Hz yet with your computer hardware this monitor is a good investment because those games you cant get high framerates will feel so much better. If you cant afford the 1440p 144 Hz version, I still highly recommend the 1080p 144 Hz version because the framerate and Gsync are what make this monitor so good, and why I cant go back to sub 100 fps monitors anymore. 10/10 would get aroused playing games again.

Bought this after reading tons of reviews. The 4k 28 144hz field has about 4 different brands all using the same panel so just go with whatever is the cheapest, got mine for 500 but I bet 450 is coming soon. Gotta turn on the max birghtness option under settings though. Monitor is way too dark unless you