Acer Gaming Monitor 24.5" KG251Q bmiix 1920 x 1080 1ms Response Time AMD FREESYNC Technology (2 x HDMI & VGA Ports)

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Pros: + Capable of being an amazing display. + 75hz is great for people that dont have high-end rigs that can reach 144+ fps. + Sleek design, minimally-sized bezel. + Quick and easy swapping between HDMI 1, HDMI 2, and VGA channels. + Great OSD. Cons: - Terribly calibrated out of the box. It will need a little bit of TLC through the OSD. (Set color mode to SRGB, set "overdrive" to 0, set "black boost" to 0.) - Seriously, disable the "overdrive" setting in the OSD under the "Gaming" tab. Its by far the worst thing anyone has ever created. Thats the feature that is causing your monitor to have that really strange draggy, clippy effect. - Stand is stuck at a standard height, but it can be tilted upward and downward. The stand is at a fairly decent height for most users, anyway. - Absolutely horrendous internal speakers. Summary: With amazing color (after re-calibration), 1080p @75hz, and sleek body-design, and cheap price, this monitor is easily comparable to my primary monitor which cost me $200. The only major difference between my $200 monitor is that it has a better internal speaker and extremely adjustable swivel stand.

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Having played on a TV for the longest time I felt it was necessary to buy a monitor as I do enjoy playing console. I bought this as a black friday deal for around $90. It is a 60hz monitor with 1ms response time. Right away I noticed an improvement in my gameplay as the response from my controller to the monitor was significantly faster than if I were playing on a TV. The reason I say this is a monitor for causal gamers is because professionals would not use a monitor like this. They use 144hz monitors and have technologies I can’t even describe. But if you enjoy playing games like COD, BF1 or any shooter on console, I’d highly recommend this monitor.

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Had a few issues at first When i first plugged it in it recognized freesync fine but after a few hours freesync stopped working but it had nothing to do with the monitor it was the drivers that got corrupted. Its 75Hz but I extended the freesync range to 80hz with CRU.I tried extending the lower end range but i just got black screens when entering games. But hey for $109 for 80hz freesync cant go wrong there i think this is the cheapest freesync on the market right now. As of the time of this review. Colors: Theyre really bad Its a TN panel. I knew that before buying of course. But a little tweaks here and there and the colors become tolerable. Build Quality: Cheap plastic no big deal. Adjustability : No adjustability just tilt. No lightbleed but i did see a really really tiny amount of ghosting when i used the freesync demo. But its not even noticeable unless you have the monitor 1 inch form your eyes. As for gaming features black stabilizer ect. I set mine to 10. The brightness in this monitor is really high. Had to lower it down to 50% for my retinas not to burn.The crosshair icon feature i dont use it . If youre a first time freesync user get an hdmi 1.4a cable.If you get a generic $6-8 HDMI cable and it does not say what revision it is, see if the cable says High Speed HDMI Cable with ethernet support 3D that means its 1.4a. If doesnt say support 3d its probably just plain 1.4 and freesync might not work for you.

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Ordered one from a competitor, Was a shame because this was a slightly better price than them. overall i have 3 for a gaming setup. pros: No dead, stuck or floating pixels Great color accuracy for the price point Solid price point for response time and 75Hz Decent connection options Almost no bezel on the tops and sides supports AMD free sync if you can use it Cons Alitter thicker for monitors built in power supply utilizing a standard 3 prong power cord ( kind of a pro but con because it makes this thicker than it could be Viewing angles arent fantastic

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For the 4k Monitor 1. You can get the monitor solely for overclocking it above 60hz if you want, but you have to run the monitor at 1080p or lower. I was able to get an 80hz 1080p signal to work perfectly. Not ideal but some people may want to. 2. 10 Bit Color Depth: You can use the monitor in 10 Bit mode, you just have to do a few things. (For Nvidia, I dont use an AMD card) Go into your Control Panel. Go to "Change Resolution" and scroll down to the "Apply the following settings" and change your Color format to YCbCr422 then click apply. Go back to the panel and change the Output Color Depth to 10 bpc then hit apply. Also, when I got the monitor the first time, I got the 1080p 144hz monitor instead of the 4k one I purchased. I sent it back and got the 4k one after 2 days. Was kinda weird that they mixed it up.

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I was seriously thinking of returning this 27 inch screen when I saw that it was 1080p and not 1440p but I gave it a try. Ive been using it for a few days and love it. It went on sale for black friday to around 135 dollars and it has been the best purchase ive made this year. I sit at about 2-3 feet away and there was no loss in image quality what so ever. Games like PUBG and Overwatch look great even at low settings. The 75hz refresh rate is also really helpful if you have a system to run it. The only downside is that when I got the screen it took me about 30min to make the colors and settings to my liking. The biggest thing to adjust is the brightness and changing the color coding from "warm" to "normal. Once that is done, it runs great. It makes my other screen look like crap and now im thinking of buying a second one.

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0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player This display surprised me given the fact that its a TN display. Usually TN displays generally have narrow viewing angles with color clarity dropping off very quickly when positioned outside the monitors sweet spot. This monitor suffers from those issues too but its nowhere near as bad as other TN displays I have looked at. Much better than most displays Ive used with similar technology. I am also quite fond of the included stand. While it lacks an up and down adjustment (it just has an angle adjustment) it is extremely sturdy and sure-footed. It barely bounces around even on the cheap Ikea desk I test products on. It is also VESA compatible for additional mounting options. There are a pair speakers on the display. Theyre adequate but not great. Game play is nice on the display visually but there appears to be greater input lag than I usually see in gaming monitors. About 84ms from the time I push a button to the time that something registers on screen. This compares to about 44ms on a curved Samsung gaming monitor I reviewed recently. The display maxes out at 75hz which is slightly above the 60hz that most displays at this price point support - that means you can push your games slightly past the 60fps mark if you have a gaming PC thats powerful enough to hit those marks. It also supports AMD Freesync for computers that are equipped with AMD GPUs. This allows the display to communicate with the graphics card and reduce screen tearing and other visual issues that arise when playing games. The framerate needs to be between 40hz and 75hz for this feature to work properly. Going above and below that mark will not take advantage of the feature. Of note: the display only has HDMI inputs (no displayport connectors) and as such Ive found that connecting via a USB-C port will not allow the freesync feature to kick on. Directly connecting an HDMI port on an AMD graphics card works fine with no additional configuration necessary on the monitor. All in Im quite pleased with this as a gaming display. Graphic artists and others looking for consistent color and flexible viewing angles should look for a display based on IPS technology.

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Having purchased the bigger brother, a KG271U, at a brick-and-mortar last week, I kept looking to find a smaller secondary monitor to use for incidentals -- a secondary screen to keep an eye on Discord or TeamSpeak while in game, for example, since I dont have room for large dual displays. I went looking on the Acer website to try and find one that was similar in function and appearance. Thus, I found the KG221Q. Unable to find it locally, I opted to order from Amazon. As Ive only had the monitor set up for a couple of days, I can only offer initial impressions: 1) Its *bright*, just like the bigger brother. Colors are fairly well replicated an, at 1920 x 1080; images and text are clear and crisp... as they should be on a 21.5" monitor. I have not had opportunity to test movies, but suspect there will be a touch of light bleed in dark scenes. YouTube HD video playback has been more than acceptable. 2) Because of the matte screen and viewing angles, it actually fares well in portrait mode -- especially for a TN panel. 3) While it does not include a height adjustable stand, it does offer VESA compatibility, something difficult to find in a budget monitor such as this one. It mounted painlessly to an Ergotron Neo-Flex stand. The only major complaint I have is actually aesthetic: In searching on the Acer site, the images show the KG221Q as resembling the rest of the KG1 line with the matte finish, "zero frame" trim. While the "zero frame" is something of a misnomer -- there *is* a narrow frame around the monitor, if not a bezel -- this was one particular selling point to me, as I was hoping to match the KG271U as closely as possible. Unfortunately, the monitor I received, manufactured in January of this year (2018), was not similar to that of the 27" monitor. It is instead, as pictured here on Amazon, a normal, somewhat-irritatingly glossy frame. If it is not intended to have the zero frame trim, it would be nice if there were some consistency between Amazon product listing and the Acer website. Not a deal breaker but a bit frustrating for someone who might be picky about both form and function. TL;DR: For a budget 21.5" monitor, it appears to be worth the $100ish price.

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Horrible calibration by the factory make this a monitor for the enthusiast. You will have to spend quite a bit of time tuning this monitor. The good news is once its tuned its amazing. A few tips. Turn OFF Overdrive Turn On RGBcolor Black Boost 0 Super sharpness : Off Gamma 2.2 HDMI Black Level Normal. Then be sure to go into your graphics card setting and turn your monitor resoultion to 1980x1060 and make the refresh rate 75 Mhz. You will then have good color representation and a blindly bright display. The hardest part for me was turning the brightness down to a very low setting as to not feel lile my eyeball were on fire. It takes some getting used to going from a 20’ to 25’, but over all the added desk top space make it wonderful. You could use the blue light filter, but I felt the colors suffer when in this mode. Of course your setting will need to be tweaked to your preferences but hopefully this helps .

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Im using this for a small video-editing station, nothing fancy, just trimming or splitting videos so I just needed a cheap 1080P display. Like others have mentioned, the default settings dont look very good - too bright and washed out. After fiddling with it a while I could get a decent picture but was never happy with the blacks, they were always too gray. Then I noticed that if I sat lower in the chair the picture was much better. From 3 feet away, moving my head up or down 6 inches made a significant difference in the picture quality. Moving side-to-side was barely noticeable but vertical orientation is quite critical for a good image. Make sure you are looking straight at the center of the monitor and that its angled directly at your eyes and youll be OK. Once I had that figured out the next step was to get rid of the annoying "60" or 75" displayed in large yellow text at the upper right corner. Turns out the default setting is to have a constant on-screen display of the refresh rate. How silly, but fortunately it could be disabled in the settings. Speaking of the settings, the user manual was not written by an english-as-a-first-language person. Its not very easy to understand and in the instructions every button (6 of them) is labelled "Function". Thats not very helpful. My suggestion - dont read the instructions for using the buttons because the on-screen prompts are very easy to understand. Once you get it turned on (far right button) just press the next button and a pop-up appears that identifies the rest of the buttons with their functions and navigation directions. That was nice.

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