Acer GN246HL Bbid 24-Inch Full HD (1920 x1080) Widescreen 3D Gaming Monitor|144Hz Refresh Rate|1ms Response Time| (1 x VGA, 1 x DVI, 1 x HDMI)

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Just in case reviews for the 24" and 27" are mixed together, the one Im reviewing is the 24" model. I havent tried the 27". I love this monitor; I bought one on June 10th, 2016 for $221.17 and another on Aug. 31st, 2016 for $178.76 and both are running perfectly as of Oct. 12th, 2017. I included my prices to show others how prices tend to fluctuate. I ended up buying the second for some dual-screen action before I was aware that Id only be able to run one of them at 144hz. Still, great monitor for the price and if my monitors didnt match I probably would have gone crazy anyway so I dont regret getting two. The only negative point I have to make is that the four prongs of the stand are pretty long, especially on the front. This caused some issues for me because I use a small desk; they often got in the way of my keyboard. I almost didnt mention this but I noticed one of their "selling points" is that the stands fit practically anywhere. I eventually got a dual-monitor stand that works great for them; the "VIVO Dual LCD Monitor Free Standing Desk Mount with Optional Bolt" for anyone wondering. To be fair though, my desk is too small really so I dont consider the stand size/design to warrant a lower rating. My only small regret is not potentially going for a 1440p or even 4k monitor since these will probably last way past the point where Ill want to upgrade and Im fairly sure my computer is capable of running 4k on at least one monitor.

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Not sure why everyone is complaining about not being able to get 144hz on 1920x1080. Have it right here and tested it online to confirm. Great monitor for the price if youre just a casual gamer and dont need insane specs.

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Honestly, for the price tag it does its job. The manual came in a CD, which may or may not be useful to some. Regrettably the instruction booklet was all but helpful so I had to figure it out as I went. The mount is cheap and does not tilt or swivel whatsoever. This is a monitor best suited for beginners, it comes with a VGA and a Dual Link cable, use the dual link for 144hz, not even sure why they include the VGA cable unless its to prove my point that this is a "secondary" type monitor. The build is a bit cheap and the monitor is BRIGHT AS HELL. It lit up my entire room, dont even bother with the buttons on the bottom, you wont understand them and they are very hard to operate unless youve used Acer monitors before. Its not a terrible monitor, these are just things that stuck out to me like a sore thumb. Be aware that once you install your monitor, it will not be running on 144 by default, go into your display settings for the monitor itself and then mess with the settings on whatever graphics driver you are running, whether its Nvidia or AMD. Notable things; the monitor has decent glare mitigation and is relatively light weight which makes it easy to move around on your desk and the color vibrancy is pretty good. For fps games, it really helps bring out the rich colors of whatever you may be playing. THE ONE PROBLEM Even at 144 hz this monitor STILL showed tearing, noticeable too. My advice is, if you go for this monitor, dont make its primary focus be for FPS or any type of shooting game. Save up, get a BenQ.

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Be wary of this monitor, right out of the box I had issues with the power supply, having to twist the input this way and that to get it to turn on. Eventually you can get it, but moving the monitor at all means another round of getting the cable just right. Finally the monitor just died on me and never came back on, was charged about 40$ to ship it out to Acer to have them repair it, but the issue with the power supply has persisted. Very disappointed.

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I bought two of these monitors. I loved the price and the look. The monitor is easy to put on the stand. It is at an angle which is a bit annoying. I ended up mounting both monitors on a Vivo Monitor stand. I do want to warn you if you want to use this at 144hz on a laptop you need to use Dual Link DVI which is a pain in the butt to find one. I ended up buying an Apple Dual Link DVI because it was the cheapest I could find on ebay. I am currently waiting for it to arrive and I will update the review when I receive it.; I will update the review one I have it. I do use one monitor on VGA and the other on DVI for my work laptop which has a dock so thats okay. I My gaming laptop though I connect through HDMI for now, but unfortunately its stuck at 60hz. Overall Id say as someone else said I wish I would have not bought this for my laptop since its a pain to find a Dual Link DVI wish this monitor had display port those are easier to find mini-display port to display port adapters.

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Wouldnt normally give 1 star for a defective product since you usually can work it out with the seller, but Acer customer service was legitimately unreachable (was on hold for 40 minutes before I gave up). Amazon tech support was unhelpful as well, so Im just going to return this and get an Asus. The issue was a black display, no matter what. Windows was able to detect the monitor fine and I could even do stuff like adjust its refresh rate, but the monitor still showed no display. Tried updating the driver but there were none available for Windows 10. Can only conclude that the display was broken, its OS incompatible (seemed to work for other Windows 10 users though), or Ive had too many shrooms.

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I originally purchased the 144Hz ACER GN246HL to replace my 60Hz Asus VS228H-P/VS228 21.5-Inch computer monitor for gaming, specifically PUBG. The old Asus monitor had better picture quality and sharpness than this new ACER GN246HL that I purchased. After much frustration and time spent messing with settings, I found out that I had to download and apply the ability to use NVIDIA 3D light boost to make it look somewhat better. This thing strains my eyes and makes it really hard to focus in the game when I need to have a clear picture. It just does not put out a sharp screen at all no matter how much I mess with the settings or try to calibrate it. I can duplicate my monitor screens on the ASUS and ACER and I notice a significant difference in the picture quality and much more prefer my old monitor. I wish I were able to return this monitor, Im deeply disappointed in this thing and I really wanted it to work out. These picture quality issues are replicated on both the PC and a XBOX ONE X. I am running a GeForce 1050Ti and AMD-8320 CPU with this monitor, there is no excuse for the picture issues. I will be purchasing a new monitor. Update: I upgraded my CPU to i7-8700k and to a GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card. Monitor still looks pretty fuzzy/blurry with ghosting problems. Acer Customer support isn’t very helpful and they want me to pay shipping for their bad product to be checked out by their staff.

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I have owned a couple of 144hz monitors, and I gotta say this one is the best of them all. Im the kind of guy who does a TON of research before I buy anything, especially something electronic like this, and after many hours of research I settled on this monitor for a couple of reasons, number one being the image quality. Number two being the price point. Really, there is no difference between this 200 dollar monitor and a 300 dollar 144hz monitor. The only thing you could change would be the panel type. This monitor is a TN panel, if you wanted an IPS panel you would need to shell out much more money. However, even being a TN panel, the color is very good. Nice and sharp. The monitor itself looks appealing, and the stand is very fitting for it. Not to mention the 3d aspect of this monitor. If you have an nvidia graphics card that can do 3d, thats just another perk for this monitor. I would buy this monitor again and probably will in the future at some point.

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After using this monitor for almost a month I am finally ready to review the Acer GN246HL 144hz monitor. I will go over the pros and cons of this monitor. Pros: -Cheap(This is normally about 200 bucks on amazon but sometimes it goes even under 200 bucks) -The difference between 60 hz and 144 hz is very noticeable you have to try it in person to really see it. -It has 3 inputs: DVI-D, HDMI, and VGA (Please for the love of god dont use VGA). Having a HDMI port means that I can still play on my consoles if I feel like it which is very good for me. Cons: -The biggest issue I had with this monitor was that it had quite a bit of ghosting on it when I compare it to my Acer XB280HK 4K monitor (Pictures are down below first one was this monitor the second picture was the 4K monitor) -This is not much of a issue for me personally but I thought I would point this out in this review is that it takes several seconds for this monitor to turn on which could be a issue for someone that wants quick boot times. Conclusion: Now do I recommend the Acer GN246HL 144 hz monitor and the answer is yes for the price point this is a very worth while product. I could not review the stand since I used my VIVO Monitor arm instead of the factory stand.

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I bought this to replace a 13 year-old HP LCD monitor that had served me well, and I decided to make the upgrade to 144Hz. Friends tell me "once you try 144Hz you cant go back to 60Hz," but so far I dont really notice a huge difference, and honestly Im still debating returning this and buying another 60Hz monitor for half the price. Anyway, this monitor seems to have good build and picture quality. Not much to say there, Im happy overall. Well see if it holds up with time. I have two minor complaints. One, the stand is not adjustable. This may be a big deal for some people as the screen is flat, not curved, and the edges will look washed out if they are at a bad angle with your eyes. Two, the display required a lot of calibration before it looked anything close to normal. Out of the box the brightness and contrast were set to 100, and I dropped them down to 30 and 50 respectively. Then I had to play around in my GPU settings to finish the job; I have attached a picture of them (AMD).

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