Just received mine today to replace an older Acer display that is going on to other uses in my house. Installed the base no problem, hooked it up, no problem and off and running. First thing I noticed is that it is much brighter and crisper than the LCD screen it replaced. I am not an expert on color reproduction and all that. It seemed fine right out of the box. I did some minor tweaking in my NVIDIA control panel to tone down the brightness by about 3% but other than that, nothing.

I play an online multiplayer game and I immediately noticed how much smoother this was and everything looked almost new. My old LCD was still a pretty good 5ms monitor, but this one transitions so much better.

Other notes:

-Using a DVI-D connection to my computer - I have a lot of cables lying around and for me the included VGA cable goes into the electronics recycle bin

-This monitor uses a power "brick" but it is so small, it's more like a power "mouse"

-The base is great, my old monitor used to shake when the washing machine went into spin cycle. This one doesn't move a bit.

-For the money, if you are looking for a good monitor without a ton of features, just want to plop it on your desk and be done with it, this is a great deal.

-This monitor appears to be exclusive to Amazon.

-It's a very nice design, very pleasing to the eye.

-I have this side-by-side with a very high quality HP display and I think the two are comparable. With my old display, when I switched from one to the other, it looked like going from a shiny new car to an old rusted beater.

I’ve been using this monitor for the past year without issues and think it is a great product for the price. I work from home so I am a heavy user of my monitor. My old monitor was beginning to flicker all of the time which led me down a research rabbit hole and ultimately deciding between this Acer model and an HP. I opted to go Acer because it was slightly cheaper. I could not be more pleased.

Connections: there are numerous ports that connect to different cords so it is a breeze to switch from my laptop to my husband’s laptop and our Chromebook. My laptop is 99% attached.

Colors and clarity: my old monitor was old and small and pixel-y so anything was a step up. I had lower expectations for this monitor given the price and really just needed something that did not flicker. The first day I plugged my laptop in I was amazed by the colors and the clarity of everything. The Microsoft lock screen that swaps new stock pictures daily is absolutely gorgeous. My eyes do better when looking at Excels too.

Size: I went with the 23.8 bc I did not want to get something obnoxiously large. I almost regret not getting the 27 bc the monitor is so light and thin. The 23.8 is nowhere near overwhelming and definitely is a great everyday size that blends into a workspace, but don’t be afraid to go big.

Reliability: I have been using this exactly a year and the monitor has had no issues. It’s been great.

I highly recommend this monitor for anyone looking for a great monitor that is thin and light at a great price.

Excellent value for money. I suspect this to be one of the best choices of monitors in the category. I am very satisfied with it's performance and have found no evidence of leaks around the perimeter (as a review I had read might have suggested). Picture image is absolutely steady and color and detail are vivid and sharp. The frame around the image is arguably the thinnest in its category. This is a big plus when it comes to long sessions of work. Also, it would be a plus when using multiple monitors. As I expected, there is a relatively wide viewing angle from any direction - so there is little need to adjust the stand constantly. Again, during long sessions of work I change my angle and height of viewing quite a bit, the wide viewing angle is much more comfortable in such cases. One small issue I have noticed while testing is that I would have preferred a height adjustment on the stand. My preferred viewing height would have been about an inch shorter than the fixed 4.5 inch height (bottom of image to desktop). Sometimes I have to place the monitor on a standard tabletop at work, which is particularly where this need becomes apparent. I thought of mentioning this only for the manufacturers, but it is not really a big problem since I am quite accustomed to it even at this time, three weeks after putting the monitor into use. Since I use this monitor with a new build, its generic drivers were installed by Windows during assembly. However, I replaced these with the Acer drivers. Regardless of how impressed I was with this monitor, I have to state that although I have been a computer builder and business user/enthusiast for many years, I have not been able to figure out how to use the physical buttons on the monitor to tweak its settings - I gave up and used the Windows Control Panel instead. The monitor comes well tuned and does not need much or any tweaking out of the box. Overall, I think most customers would be entirely satisfied with buy and I recommend it highly.

So the title of my review is to catch anyone's attention. Now that you're here, I'll explain why I want your attention. This monitor is very good (so far). I am typing this review on this monitor and it is amazing but there are some things that I would like to point out. Here we go.

PACKAGING 5/5: the packaging was very well done. No missing cables or components or anything. The panel came very well guarded and didn't have any type of damage of any kind.

INSTRUCTIONS TO SET UP 2/5: Ok, here is where I am really going to complain. It was very difficult to set this monitor up. I have uploaded some pictures to give you an idea. Here is the thing, the manual says the following "The monitor base is attached onto the monitor before shipment and it is undetachable". Well, one of the pictures that I have uploaded shows the monitor (covered in a white protector); the ring base; and another piece that connects both that I will call the bridge separately from each other. English is not my first language so I may be mistaken but, "monitor base attached to monitor" to me means exactly that and not that the parts come separately. I have NO problem with setting it up, that's not my complaint. My complaint is that it says that it comes attached and then doesn't tell you how to attach the bridge part to the monitor Now, I will break it up into a few steps.

Step 1. You take the ring part and the bridge part and you join them together. Plug and play. Once you do that, at the base of the ring piece, there is a white screw that you have to tighten using a coin. So far, so good. This part is clearly explained in the manual, no problem.

Step 2. You take the bridge + ring and insert it into the bottom of the monitor and you press it hard. I mean VERY HARD until you hear a sort of POP and it locks in place.

This sounds simple, right? It actually is if you have instructions, which Acer doesn't give you. The instructions manual does not explain this. I kept pushing the bridge + ring into the monitor and couldn't understand why it wasn't working. I looked for a locking mechanism of some sort and couldn't see it. I was trying to be gentle because I didn't want to smudge the monitor but I also had to hold it hard to put the bridge + ring in place. I unscrewed the bridge from the ring and tried to connect that to the monitor. It would just fall off and I didn't know how to make it stay. Out of pure luck and 20 minutes of trying, I guess I must have used too much force and it finally locked in. I was scared for a second because I thought I broke it but then I saw it didn't fall of anymore and I was relieved. After that, it was pretty straightforward. Now, some of you may say that I should have known to use a lot of force to lock it together but, sorry, I didn't know and I wonder if anyone else has experienced the same thing.

PERFORMANCE 5/5. Coming from a 1366x768 resolution monitor, all I can say is that I am BLOWN AWAY!. Everything looks so beautiful and crisp and sharp. It is amazing. I am using a DVI-D (Dual link) from Amazon Basics connected to a R9 380 Nitro and it works perfectly. I play a lot of Rocket League and I can't believe how good the game looks now, it is surreal.

Overall, the monitor looks and performs very well. For this reason, I think a 4 out of 5 stars is adequate. I will upload more pictures if anyone is interested in seeing them. Just ask.

Despite the backlight bleeding, I have really enjoyed using this monitor. I use it for personal digital content creation, gaming at 1080p 60hz,and general PC browsing. The low-blue setting is easy on the eyes for extended work sessions. For the price, you'd be hard pressed to find a comparable product. It is not a "professional" monitor, but a great PC monitor I'd recommend to more casual gamers or freelancers on a budget.

Thin bezel, good looks, sharp screen, great IPS viewing angles, decent color reproduction, and all the inputs I need (1x each VGA, DVI, and HDMI). Plus it has an HDMI 3.5mm audio out for headphones or speakers which is a nice feature , though i use my onboard digital output.

Response times are a gray area (pun intended) and advertised response times often have little credibility. the gray-to-gray I've experienced using blender and watching movies is great. very little ghosting. Again, it's not top of the line so if you look really hard you're going to find it. No "smart" features so there is no noticeable input lag.

The user menu leaves something to be desired, but it is functional. Just don't buy it expecting perfection for the price-tag. notice its 27" cousin listed on the same page is much more expensive. If i had to guess, the backlight bleed exceeded their tolerances for the high-end model it was supposed to be. Shows how much pride Acer takes in their monitors. No dead pixels.

BTW, I have noticed a reduction in backlight bleeding and auto-detect times when using HDMI as opposed to the included VGA. HDMI registers first in the auto-detect, then dvi, then VGA FYI. I hope this was a helpful review.

Needed a cheap, compact monitor to bring back and forth to college and not be too worried about. I was using my TV as a monitor prior to purchasing this, and it's night and day compared to the TV (obviously). This monitor is extremely thin, and has a really slick, edge-less design. The colors of this monitor are amazing, better than anything I've used before. I guess that's what you get with an IPS monitor. I am running a GTX 1070 so this monitor is a bit low-end in comparison to the card, but it is working great for application. The screen really is the most vivid and beautiful screen I've ever used. Even the 60Hz refresh rate is amazing, because I am used to gaming on an xbone with "cinematic 30-fps". I feel like for the price, there is no better option. Once I am out of college, I will upgrade to a 1440p IPS paired with a 144Hz TN monitor, but for a college student this is more than sufficient.

Some minor things I don't like about the monitor:

-The external power brick is annoying. I would rather have it built into the monitor and have the monitor be a bit thicker.

-The stand isn't the greatest design. It is not convenient to remove either.

-Buttons are hard to push. In combination with the less than great stand, pushing the power button causes the whole monitor to tip and usually it rotates or moves when I do this. Not the end of the world, but it is annoying to have to hold the monitor down when pushing the power button.

But even with these few reservations, I think this monitor deserves a 5-star rating simply because of the performance and quality you get for the money. I paid around $120 for this monitor which feels like a great deal for what I got. The screen itself, like I said, is amazing, vivid and clear. 10/10 would buy again.

So I game on my ps4 along with pc and Netflix, other broadcasting and YouTube stuff. My goal was to get a 27 inch monitor and a 24 inch monitor. One for my PlayStation 4 and one for my PC. Well not only will this monitor allow me to hook up to both platforms, it can automatically sense which input is being used and switch over. The picture is very crisp and clean and you also have the option to select different picture qualities. And what I mean by that is you can choose gaming or energy saving mode, movie, standard or you can customize to your liking. This item came in roughly 2 to 3 days. It was packed very well and did not have any trouble putting the stand together. The stand does tilt a little bit down and back. The only negative thing I saw is there was no option for a mount.

Overall this monitor was a great purchase for me. As good as the picture is I don't think I would've found anything better for the price that I paid. I do play Lotta first person shooters so the less lag the better and I noticed hardly none whatsoever. I bought this item around February 28 and Amazon let me know that if I wasn't satisfied I could return it up until March 29. So if you are worried take that into account as well. If you are on the fence about this monitor or another one I would recommend this monitor, especially if you were looking for one on a low budget. It does come with a VGA cable to hook up to your computer but it doesn't come with an HDMI cable for systems which is kind of a bummer but owell. I hope I have managed to help some of you out, if you have any questions please let me know. I would be glad to help any of you out.

Not much in this area on reviews on this monitor, so just want to say I plugged it in, Powered up my MacMini and was amazed. I can see details in the shadows in brightly lit pictures. The colors are vibrant. There is a headphone jack on the back so I guess it has sound, my speakers are plugged into my computer. I did use a HDMI cable to connect, but it did come with a vga cable included.

I didn't know what I was missing. This is the 23.8 version and for the money, I feel I got a great buy. I am a cheapo about some items and I don't get carried away on monitors. Ever. So, for the money, this is a really good buy.

Hmmmm, now to figure out how to turn down the brightness a bit.

ADDITION:

So I've been using this for a couple of days now. I work from home and use a computer to accomplish my job.

I had no idea how much I was missing. First of all, I figured out how to turn down the brightness, and it wasn't rocket science but secondly the picture and text are so clear, vibrant, easy to read, rich, a pleasure to view... what else can I say about viewing stuff on a computer that I saw every day but without the detail that I can see now. Wow, I was missing a lot and didn't even know it. Yeah, I'm liking this a lot. I know it's new and have no clue how long it will last, but I'm happy for now.

Lo primero que llama la atención de este monitor es su estética, tiene acabado tipo piano y y el borde es ultra delgado lo cual lo hace atractivo. Lucirá bastante en tu escritorio.

Ha funcionado muy bien en actividades cotidianas con la computadora y de oficina; el reflejo es mínimo en el monitor.

Los botones para acceder a su configuración se encuentran en la parte de abajo del marco; el acceso a ellos puede ser un poco complicado y aunque cuando ingresas al menú de opciones te aparece una ayuda visual del lugar donde debes de presionar, no llega a ser tan sencillo, hay que practicar un poco. No obstante, creo que muchos monitores apuestan por la estética y ocultan los botones de acceso a su configuración.

Opté por crear una configuración personalizada al inicio; esta personalización y otros modos predeterminados del monitor pueden alternarse a través de los botones disponibles. Los modos con los que cuenta el monitor son: Personalizado, Eco, Estándar, Gráficos y Película.

El monitor cuenta con entrada HDMI, VGA y DVI.

Me hubiese gustado que este monitor fuera compatible con la herramienta de Acer Display Widget para sacarle mayor provecho pero no fue así.

an amazing monitor if you get it on sale for 149 CAD. at it's regular price it is a bit pricey for what you're getting; i'd wait for amazon to restock and have it drop in price to 149-159 CAD.

pros:

- best IPS monitor near 24 inches for the price

- images are just straight up better on an IPS panel

- once you buy this monitor, you will never want to look at bezels again (yes it is that nice) - two of them together would be amazing but for gaming/youtube, i recommend incorporating a panel actually designed for gaming into a multi-screen set up (reason below)

- amazing for movies and content

- suitable for light games but doesn't compare to a screen that can actually drive over 60 fps

- it does tilt, like with all acer monitor stands, dont be afraid of breaking the screen and it WILL tilt towards or away from you. the monitor must be fully assembled before tilting; you cant tilt it while its partly assembled when you’re unboxing. hold the top of the screen and the stand simultaneously and put your back into it

cons:

- its full non-on-sale price - you'd probably want to get this on sale

- not vesa compatible which is fine if you don't plan on mounting in the future (but should definitely take this into account if you plan on creating a "forever" set up; i'd recommend looking into VESA mounting for "forever" setups)

- in reality, it's not a gaming monitor but that's why i have the GN246hl beside it

overall 8/10 monitor for $149

I am very pleased with this monitor! Nice and bright, clear and excellent color reproduction. Everything looks beautiful on this screen. This monitor's I/O includes HDMI, VGA, and DVI-D, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The power cord is thin, with a barrel connector on the end. And wait 'till you see the freaking bezels on this, too!! They're brag-worthy!! My brother is so jealous, when he saw this monitor he wanted one too!! You can't go wrong, trust me!! GET ONE!

Desde hace tiempo estaba buscando un monitor como este, la verdad es que tiene una excelente calidad de imagen y esta a un precio muy accesible, perfecto para gaming y diseño. el panel ips me agradó mucho ya que tiene un amplio angulo de vision, a diferencia de los paneles Tn. se ve fluido y sin motion blur, gracias a su tiempo de respuesta de 4 ms. los colores, la nitidez y contraste que trae de fabrica no son tan buenos, pero con un poco de ajuste desde las configuraciones queda perfecto. En verdad lo recomiendo.

I have two of these set up on my desk. They are great monitors if you can get them on sale. Not too bad at regular price, they don't allow for a VESA mount unless you buy a third party adapter. Though it does hold it nicely. The only complaint I had with this monitor is the base is so large if you have a slightly smaller desk two of these becime a hassle. Even with the desk in the picture I still had problems with the base hitting my keyboard or mouse as I was gaming. Though I do like to keep my arms on the desk as deep as I can.