Acer Predator X27U: What Reddit Actually Thinks

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acer does not explicitly cover burn in

This is the cheapest a new QD-OLED monitor with HDMI 2.1 has ever been. The only other QD-OLED monitors that have been cheaper have been the AOC Q27G4ZD ($430, $470 regularly) in January and AOC Q27G4ZD ($400) during Black Friday only.

Get the MSI that is $20 cheaper, avoid Acer for OLED, they don't cover burn in as apart of their warranty.

Killer monitor and price. They mess with the model numbers so you can't just looking it up, but the similar models all had great reviews

acer sucks for not giving a burn in warranty

no burn in warranty = hard pass

Bought this a few weeks back, yes. Not sure if there's a setting to turn off.

Feels like OLED monitors are the only things actually coming DOWN in price as time goes on.

Acer has the worst naming scheme in the business. They have three OLED monitors now with the product name that starts with X27U [insert random letters and numbers here] which are all very different from each other - terrible! Acer's marketing department should hire literally anyone to fix this.

I have this monitor, got it from Best Buy for 430 + tax. The only lame thing is the gamer-y aesthetic with all the sharp edges and the name "predator." Glossy panel tho

Fyi this has a power brick and needs standoffs to mount to an arm. Not sure who needs to see this but these small things did catch me off guard. Also has this annoying pixel cleaning warning that constantly pops up. Decent monitor otherwise, I did also apply for a price match as the BF pricing was 30$ more

Looks like the only options are every 4 hours or off. Not sure why they can't let you set a longer interval or just do it when the monitor enters standby.

MSI better longevity and MUCH better warranty. Acer is the bottom of the barrel for warranty, practically a scam they will do anything to NOT replace your stuff. But it might be better from Costco, I think you can return stuff directly to them and they extend the warranty (but double check how that works).

3rd gen oled panel and it comes with adjustable anti burn in measures, steal of a monitor even without burn in warranty coverage

Bought and returned at $550. For me text sharpness was not acceptable.

Commenting one last time here to confirm that the listing was correct, it is Acer's new QD-OLED monitor. My only complaint is that it is relatively dim in the daylight. There's rly nothing special to it relative to other QD-OLEDs and settings out of the box were sorta meh, but $450 for 240 Hz and 1440p? Excellent value. This saga has been fun!

Glossy. Slight blue/purple hue and reflections off of the blacks

Glossy QD-OLED are not good if you play in a bright environments as the blacks start to look purple in direct light, and they show reflections. Also the panels themselves are VERY fragile. They do have better colors, clarity, and usually better HDR.

Holy fuck this is an insane deal, and its STILL IN STOCK. If I didn't grab a 240 Hz OLED last year I'd fucking pick this up right now.

I have this monitor, got it back on Black Friday from Newegg for about $320 though. It's a great panel, only complaint I have personally is I wish it got brighter in SDR, but HDR 1000 is bright enough for me

I've had this monitor for a few weeks now, and am I the only one that has a grey film whenever HDR is enabled on W11? Its like someone turned down the saturation (already checked, its not that) and its extremely washed out. I've been trying to troubleshoot it but eventually gave up. My other OLED (Alienware 34 inch) worked perfectly from the jump...

They have the same panel, but the firmware on the Acer is much worse. They only have one HDR mode that they call 1000, and it has some weird dynamic brightness boosting so in practice the clipping point is all over the place; and brightness noticeably fluctuates with HDR enabled (not VRR flicker)

Some are, some aren't 280hz YMMV. TLDR though, get the ACER, Costco coverage is worth it 100% and is always 280hz. (Or wait for MSI -E2, to go on sale again)

The major con with this monitor is no burn in protection, however costcos return policy on monitors is 'unlimited', not 90 days like most electronics, so the lack of burn in warranty doesn't actually matter. I would say its a solid deal. If you have the hardware to push it, it's worth it.

I have this monitor, it is in fact glossy

I wanted a tandem oled but between the 75 dollar off TikTok deal and the PayPal 20% back I could not pass this up. My first oled monitor and I'm hyped

i bought one of these refurbed from acer and it came in not very good condition, but to buy one new, the build quality is honestly top notch, lots of metal, whole back of the panel was metal. metal stand, i compared it with mag 272up and it was leauges above it when it came to materials.

it does cover burn in according to this and I confirmed with support also fellas. So i went ahead and got it lol can't beat the price of 399.99 on sale.

Jumped on this. With Costco return policy you really can't go wrong. If there is anything you don't like about it so easy to return. Since this is the first OLED for a lot of people, I think you need to see if it works with your setup, lighting, needs, etc.

I picked up this monitor on the sale and Nvidia control panel detects it as the X27U Z1 but it's sold as the A1. All in all it's not bad, glossy screen and 280Hz. Colors on it do need calibration since they are overblown but the only real negatives I see are no USB ports and the annoying standby led. Also the 4 hour pixel cleaning can be turned off on the menu. If you do turn off pixel cleaning you need to turn on autohide task bar or it will more than likely burn in.

Its nice. Inky blacks. Feels more cinematic. I turned off the auto OLED refresh thing. Have to manually switch source (I have 3 computers connected to it) but other than that way better than the Dell I had.

I ordered mine from Amazon for $458 plus tax on Sunday and it just came in today. It's a really nice monitor! Very color-accurate out of the box and plenty bright. It's definitely not the brightest OLED out there, but for desktop usage, it's perfect, in my opinion. The build quality feels really premium and the stand is metal, which is a bonus.

This just came in for me and every 4 hours it requests a 6 min cycle to refresh pixels. I assume that's a burn-in protection thing. Am I fucked for telling it not to? I really don't want to interrupt use for that long randomly.

It's decent out of the box and way better than previous generations of OLED panels, but probably not as good as IPS out of the box. I use the monitor for productivity stuff as well (programming, writing, etc) and it's been great so far.

Nope, I still have it turned off. Honestly I just messed with the color filters until it looked exactly like my Alienware HDR. I was gonna return it but honestly I didn't see a point. Its an OLED at the end of the day. I'd say its still worth buying at this pricepoint!

I bought this a while ago and it's amazing! First step into OLED and absolutely no regrets

awesome monitor so far, but the contrast issue is glaring, wish i knew i was buying the X1 that doesn't come with a USB port for updating

Have this model, works pretty well. Annoying pop up to remind of image retention refresh every couple of hours - you can't stop this afaik. Recently had a firmware update that helped with a lot of earlier brightness issues.

I just got it a few days ago, same model from MC. I personally think it gets plenty bright. I even lowered it to 30%. Glossy panels are hard to use in sunlight anyway. People complain about the pop-up warning for burn in but I think its a nice feature. Otherwise fantastic monitor.

The Acer X27U is a great monitor, with a couple drawbacks. At lower refresh rates, it has a pretty high input latency, and the brightness is fairly low, even for an OLED. It does not have HDMI 2.1, which isn't ideal.

I paid almost double this for 480 hz. I don't recommend it, anything higher than 240 hz is more than enough