Best Value for Non-Gaming? Acer V277U

[Erik I]

I was helping someone I know buy a good all-around monitor. They told me they had bought a 27" 1080p monitor with FreeSync for about $300.00. Needless to say, I believed they could have gotten way more bang for their buck. After about an hour of going through dozens of tech specs, I found this - the "ACER V277U" (Acer Website) (Newegg Sales Page ).

I was AMAZED that a 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS monitor with a 10-bit panel could cost as little as $250.00 - $270.00! The fact it had adaptive sync was an added bonus!

So here I am with my non-gaming monitor checklist:
< $300.00? Yes.
2560 x 1440? Yes.
27" diagonal? Yes.

10-bit IPS panel? Yes.

some sort of "sync" ( wasn't looking for this feature but hey, I'll take it!)? Yes.

I am looking at this monitor thinking it is hands down the best value as long as you aren't looking for a high refresh rate. The catch is I have seen other monitors with this resolution and 8-bit panels selling for much more. I can't help but wonder "What is wrong with this monitor?" The ONLY thing I can think of is that Acer was trying to market this as an HDR monitor (since it has a 10-bit panel), but didn't pass the VESA 400 standard since it only has a peak brightness of 350 nits. I feel an in-depth Linus-Style review is needed for quality validation

Let me know what you guys think out there!
- Erik

[dizmo]

Wrong subforum bud.

Where did you see it has a 10 bit panel?

[Erik I]

Sorry if I posted in the wrong area... this seemed like "news" to me.... I'm new to the forum. Also, the reason why I think it is a 10-bit panel is because it says it can display 1.07 Billion colors. According to the tech specs.

8-bit (256 Red, 256 Green, 256 Blue) is 16.4 million colors (256 x 256 x 256)
10-bit is 1024 R, 1024 G, 1024 B which means it is a total of 1.07 Billion Colors.

 

[dizmo]

 

9 minutes ago, Erik I said:

Sorry if I posted in the wrong area... this seemed like "news" to me.... I'm new to the forum. Also, the reason why I think it is a 10-bit panel is because it says it can display 1.07 Billion colors. According to the tech specs.

8-bit (256 Red, 256 Green, 256 Blue) is 16.4 million colors (256 x 256 x 256)
10-bit is 1024 R, 1024 G, 1024 B which means it is a total of 1.07 Billion Colors.

 

Haha, no that's not really how the news section works. You should read the CoC, and the blurb each subforum has to get a better understanding of what belongs there. If it was a section for stuff that's news to each individual person, anything would be allowed.

 

It could be an 8 bit panel with FRC. Which isn't really a true 10 bit panel.

You need to quote people or tag them like this @Erik I for them to see you've replied.

[Erik I]

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

 

Haha, no that's not really how the news section works. You should read the CoC, and the blurb each subforum has to get a better understanding of what belongs there. If it was a section for stuff that's news to each individual person, anything would be allowed.

 

It could be an 8 bit panel with FRC. Which isn't really a true 10 bit panel.

You need to quote people or tag them like this @Erik I for them to see you've replied.

Got it. Also, what does FRC stand for?