Acer K2 Series K272HUL 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) IPS 4ms (GTG) Black LED Backlight LCD Monitor, at 60 Hz Refresh Rate, Eco Friendly Design, Visual Comfortable and Build in Speakers

Pros: -Price -Overclockable to 75hz -IPS -bright AF (I had to tune it down to 50% backlight) <---- not a con -has speakers? - tool less mount (if you have strong enough fingers you can turn the flat head screw at the bottom no problem) -VESA compatible <3333 - Bezels are incredibly thin... like 3.5mm (except bottom obviously) - User Interface is easy to use -IPS panel is very accurate (I'm not a color specialist but its better than my 2 year old Asus IPS 1080p panel) - I/O is very flexible (DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI) -Price

Cons: Cons CONS CONS!!!! (not many) -blue power light is bright ( I used black duct tape to mask the bulb though :P) - Speakers are not great (Why are you buying a monitor for its speakers?) - heavy (relatively, I'm use to my 24" 1080p thin panels. Time to grow some muscles to solo VESA mount these badboys) - DisplayPort cable is too short TOO SHORT!!! seriously feels shorter than 3 feet (probably 3 feet though) -

Overall Review: I recommend this monitor if it goes on sale; but even its default price of $330-350 I think its fair compared to other 2K monitors and what you get for it. At the time I'm writing this review, I've owned this monitor for at least a month and just ordered a 2nd. My GTX 1070 runs this monitor just fine.

Pros: Lovely picture, lots of menu adjustments for color, etc., very thin bezel, several inputs, DisplayPort passthough.

Cons: Absolutely HORRENDOUS stand. Can't say enough bad things about it. Unstable, monitor runs downhill on the right and can't be adjusted, pressing any of the menu buttons causes the entire monitor to shake. I know this is an 'entry level' 2K monitor, but seriously, the stand is worthless. Looks like I'll be forced to buy a VESA desk stand to stabilize it. One egg off for that. As others have noted, you MUST press the "Enter" menu button (for lack of a better term) when changing ANYTHING in the menus, especially the Input. It defaults to DVI out of the box, and to change that you have to select your desired input and then hit the Enter button. I hadn't read the reviews here, and it took me a while to figure that out. DP cable is just too short, but I suppose one must be grateful it was included at all. I needed a six footer, and luckily had one lying around. Included documentation is sparse, to be kind. Menu settings are not explained at all. Some are obvious, but some use terms I've never seen before. I'll look for something more comprehensive online when I get the chance.

Overall Review: Despite the issues with the stand (did I mention how awful it is? It is BREATHTAKINGLY awful), I would buy this again and recommend it to others. I got it on sale for around $250 delivered, and for that money it was an absolute steal. EDIT 7/17/2018: Having owned the monitor for a year, and still happy with it, I ordered two more when they went on sale for $200. Imagine my surprise to discover that while it was the same model number as the one I bought a year ago, the new monitors were somewhat different. Gone is the DisplayPort loopthrough output (which I was planning to use). The fit and finish is not quite as nice as the older one - the bezel fits slightly unevenly around the screen, and the bottom bezel is shiny instead of matte black. Now the good news: The stand is improved somewhat. Still not great, but better. The monitor now scans the inputs and selects the one with a signal on it, instead of defaulting to DVI and making the user actively change that. The order of the menu buttons has changed. The DVI input now supports full resolution (I don't think my older one does, but I'm using DP on it). Being able to use DVI cables for a dual monitor setup (somewhat) compensated for the lack of DP output connector, and I was able to use the existing lower end GTX460 video card on the machine driving them both to full resolution. And out of the box, the monitors looked quite good (a bit intense), but matched perfectly. And I mean perfectly. I changed the gamma to 2.4 and lowered the contrast by 10 point to make them a bit less retina searing. Overall, I'm not unhappy with the changes, as they work well for me. And seriously, for $200, these things are an amazingly good value. I changed my rating to a full five eggs from four.

Pros: - Bright and sharp with good contrast - Wide viewing angle, as one would expect from an IPS panel - Still no dead pixels after several months of constant use - Terrific value if you get it on sale - Comes with necessary cables

Cons: - No Windows 10 drivers (see solution below) - 4ms GTG might not be sufficient for some heavy-duty gamers (which I am not) - Make sure your video card supports full dual-link DVI!

Overall Review: I am not a gamer, but wanted the additional real estate for my programming and CAD work. This display has performed admirably in that capacity. Windows 10 driver solution: I went out of my mind before I got my GTX 650 Ti to recognize this display as more than HD! I learned two things - 1. If you're using DVI, you must use a dual-link cable like the one supplied with the monitor. I initially tried using the single-link cable that had been feeding my HD display. Had I googled first, I would have used the correct cable to begin with. 2. Absent any driver file, I discovered by trial and error that the only way to get my card to recognize the WQHD panel (remember I moved from an HD panel) was to REINSTALL THE NVIDIA DRIVERS. Once I did that, it picked up the change in resolution and has been working great ever since. I'm very pleased with this display. WQHD at 27" is still very readable for small text (4K would not be) while giving me the extra screen real estate I needed to keep multiple pages of code or large CAD drawings on the screen. Based on my own fooling around, I also think this display's speed is more than adequate for the casual gamer. I would buy it again.

Pros: I'm running it at full resolution with a 4Gb GTX970 in both movies and games, and it looks amazing compared to my other (1080p) monitor. I haven't played anything demanding enough to drop the FPS below 60, do I can't vouch for how it behaves below that bar. Works great with the included DP cable. No stuck or dead pixels. Display is vivid, intense, and out the box retina searingly bright.

Cons: There is no signed driver for this monitor from Acer. If you want to install the driver you have to enable the usage of unsigned drivers in Win 10. It's slightly annoying to do but I understand why. It would cost Acer some money to have their driver validated by Microsoft. The standard Win 10 driver limited the refresh rate to 59hz for some reason, which is the only reason why I wanted to change it. That 1hz means a lot to me.

Overall Review: Great monitor for the price. Screen size is just perfect for me. I see a lot of people complaining about the stand but I just placed mine on my desk shelf (slightly higher than where my keyboard/mouse are) and haven't moved it since, so no issues for me.

Pros: This monitor was everything I needed and in my price range. I was upgrading from a monitor from 10 years ago and what a difference! It's nice to not have everything so pixelated. The resolution and size was very good. I use it mainly for watching videos and casual gaming. It works well for what I need it to do, but if you're a competitive gamer I wouldn't recommend this monitor because of the refresh rates are pretty standard for non gaming monitors.

Cons: Well after a month, I found a dead pixel. It's not really noticeable at first glance so I'm not really bothered by it. However, it sometimes shuts off randomly even though my computer is still running. Will update if anything else goes wrong.

Overall Review: If you're on a budget, I would get this on sale close to $200 because it's practically a steal at that point. I don't think you can find an IPS 2k monitor in this price range. Trust me I spent a good 1 month looking for one.

Pros: Nice size, IPS panel, thin bezel < 1cm, displayport input, 350nit brightness. I own 2 of these, both running on the DisplayPort input, and both are working flawlessly. Runs at full resolution of 2560 x 1440 @ 60hz on displayport input.

Cons: For the price I paid ($249.) I can't fault this monitor in any way, other than that ACER should document the manual input switching method described BELOW.

Overall Review: To everyone who is saying that this monitor will not run in any mode but DVI, TAKE NOTICE. IT MUST BE MANUALLY SWITCHED TO THE CORRECT INPUT. IT IS NOT AUTO-SWITCHING. This is not documented, and I understand the confusion. Simply pushing the front button to the left of the power LED will switch the monitor to the desired input. The monitor must be powered up to do this. The default setup is for DVI. A couple of presses will switch it to DisplayPort. People should stop sending these back because of this issue. It happened to me at first, and I researched the issue, until I found out how to switch to the correct input.

Pros: -Good picture -Great price -Thin bezels good for multi monitor setups -Good looking, all matte black

Cons: -Onscreen controls for contrast settings, etc are a pain to navigate and the settings are limited

Overall Review: Something to keep in mind if you're upgrading from 1080p monitors: I've been using a dual 1080p monitor setup and upgraded my pc and wanted a higher resolution monitor to match. Pairing this (1440p) with a 1080p monitor is very strange and I ended up ordering a second one to match it. I don't know a lot about video quality, the difference between ips monitors etc. This display is crisp and looks nice to me as someone who uses it for casual video games and general pc usage. I've never used 144hz, and could not justify spending $500+ on one monitor for it. The main reason I wanted to upgrade to 1440p was for more usable space and the extra screen real estate 1440p offers compared to 1080p is fantastic. I purchased this for $270, I noticed the original price is listed as $350. If you're looking at this monitor for $300 or more, I would personally buy something else, but at a price under $300, I believe it is the best value you will find. I noticed a review said they weren't getting 1440p through display port. Not sure why it wouldn't work for them, I'm using 1440p through display port with no problems.

Pros: No dead pixels, both HDMI and DP work on 1440 out the box, Very thin bezel. IPS 2K Monitor!

Cons: n/a

Overall Review: Need 2nd monitor at same price ....... put it on sale again newegg!!