Acer ET322QK wmiipx 32" (Actual size 31.5") Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 4K 60Hz 2 x HDMI DisplayPort AMD FreeSync Built-in Speakers Backlit LED LCD Monitor

Pros: -No dead pixels. -Good range of tilt adjustment. -After adjustment, colors look richer than expected. Coming from a 1440p IPS panel I was worried about colors being washed out. -No banding and contrast looks good in Lagom's LCD test. -The HDR default over HDMI looks as good to me as the custom settings I worked up for Display Port (see below). This is a good thing, since when using the HDR setting you can't adjust anything besides brightness. I use brightness setting of 55 with HDR. -The default settings will make the panel look washed out, but with some adjustment there is a significant improvement. There is a black boost setting that helps with the black crush common on VA panels, but it can make the display look washed out. If you turn it down too much however, several black levels in Lagom's LCD test become indistinguishable. Upping saturation a little can help compensate. I use HDMI with the HDR preset, but if you want DP try these settings (keeping in mind your panel may differ): Brightness 60 Contrast 45 Black Boost 6 Gamma 22 R Gain 46 G Gain 46 B Gain 52 R Bias 49 G Bias 49 B Bias 50 Saturation 55 for all Default for everything else -No display scaling needed at this size. 32" is ideal for 4k in my opinion, with better pixel density than 27" 1440p but not so much as to need scaling, which doesn't work for all programs. I was considering a 1440p ultra-wide, but am very glad to have the extra vertical resolution. -Gaming at 32" 4k is a great experience. I sit about 2' away and this monitor takes up much more of my field of view than my 27" 1440p monitor, increasing immersion.

Cons: -Stand isn't height adjustable, but that's to be expected at this price point -User profile only saves some color settings (RGB gain and bias), not saturation, hue, brightness, or contrast. When you switch profiles, for example from HDR to User, you’ll have to re-input many settings. This should be a simple firmware fix, but I will hardly ever switch modes, so it's not a big deal for me. -There is some ghosting, but not terrible. The monitor only has 3 overdrive settings, off, normal and extreme. There's still a little ghosting with normal, but the extreme setting is too much and introduces corona artifacts on the UFO test. A numerical scale with more settings would be good to fine tune the amount of overdrive. This is the biggest con for me. -Some color shift, as you would expect with a VA panel. With my 1440p IPS I could lean back and slouch down in my chair when gaming. This monitor forces me to maintain good posture and look straight on, which could actually be a good thing in a certain sense. Dark grays and blacks shift the most. Colors don’t shift much like a TN panel would, so that's a plus. -Some black crush. #1 and 2 in Lagom's LCD black level test blend together both in HDR mode and with the custom settings above. However, blacks are much blacker than with my old IPS panel, so it's a fair trade off. -Included power and DP cable are only 5’ long and were too short for my setup. If you're getting a monitor this size chances are you have decently large desk and your PC may be too far away if you want to route the cables nicely. I thought 6' was the standard. Not really a big deal for me since I had a spare power cord and needed to buy a HDMI 2.0 cable anyway for HDR.

Overall Review: -The specifications make it sound like there's a separate audio input, but I don't see one. Audio in from HDMI works, but the sound is as bad as you would expect from built-in speakers. Music is tinny with no bass, but the speakers would be OK for an office environment. The headphone audio out works just fine, but volume adjustment is done through the OSD and would be annoying to use regularly since it requires 6 button movements to access. -The HDR setting isn't available with DP as the input and FreeSync is disabled when using HDMI, so you can’t use both at once for HDR gaming with FreeSync. It's doesn't matter to me since I use an Nvidia card, but something to be aware of. If you can maintain 60 FPS, adaptive sync isn't really useful anyway and the next generation of GPUs should handle that easily. -10 bpc output color depth with RGB output format only available in Nvidia control panel when using DP. To get 10 bit with HDMI you need to change the output color format to YCbCr422, but this limits the dynamic range to 16-255 instead of 0-255. I use HDMI to make HDR available and set the output color to RGB 8 bit with full dynamic range. I can’t see any difference between RGB 8 bit and YCbCr422 10 bit with HDMI with some 4K HDR sample footage. -It may sound like there are a lot of cons, but they're all quite minor to me, especially considering the price. There are 32" 4k IPS panels at my workplace that do look better, but they cost more than twice as much and don't look twice as good. For my purposes, I'd say this monitor looks about 75% as good as a professional IPS display, giving it a great price/performance ratio. I think I'll be very happy with this monitor until 32" 4k IPS panels with >100 Hz refresh rates and GSync are available for under a grand, which may be a few years.

Pros: - Great panel - No dead pixels - Large - Sturdy stand

Cons: - The biggest issue with this monitor is the settings as many have pointed out already. If someone knows how to navigate that terrible menu and get consistent results saving profiles, PLEASE post a review with a link to a video or something showing everyone what we are doing wrong. It seems that the only settings that actually get saved to the profile are brightness, contrast and black boost which is horrible. If you like to fine tune your monitor to have multiple profiles, this isn't for you. If you customize all the color settings then switch to a different profile and back they will all disappear even if you saved your settings to one of the profiles. - Oh and NOTHING saves to the "User" profile at all...

Overall Review: - It seems that Acer might have been burning inventory or something selling these monitors. It's almost like the OSD isn't meant for this monitor at all. It's too bad there isn't any way to possibly update the firmware in the future on these since there is no USB otherwise there could be a future fix for this horrific settings menu. The monitor is still pretty good since I got it for $288, but I'd feel pretty crummy if I paid full price for it. - For the record, this monitor would be 5 eggs if the OSD was any good. It's literally THAT bad that I knocked 3 eggs off for it...

Pros: - 32" 4k screen (the obvious) - The joystick button on the menu is great, if a little weird. Overall a 4/5 on the menu, where most monitors are 2/5 - Good clarity and color "pop" (you CAN oversaturate if you want to...) - Blacks are really black, and color still good, even with "black boost" all the way down, and brightness and contrast turned down (as I seem to have to do with virtually every monitor). Normally adjusting to a lower brightness and contrast (I'm at 34 brightness, 26 contrast, 0 black boost) makes the images very flat and they lose their color - they don't "pop" at all, but this monitor retains its color saturation the best of any I've owned (personal or at work). Reds, Blues, and Green are all very "bright" without spilling over into adjacent pixels. Not sure if these settings cause an issue with things I don't use it for, though, like ghosting on high refresh gaming, etc. - Having 2 HDMI inputs (in addition to the DP) is nice. - Great value for the money (300 on Black Friday).

Cons: - Had 2 dead pixel areas when it arrived. The first was only a stuck pixel (near bottom edge, 1/3rd from left) and it came back to life after running a free "pixel reviver" color pattern for a few minutes. The other one (2/3rd from left edge, within 1/2 inch from top) looks to be truly dead, and also is a group with at least 2 pixels (side by side). I hate dead pixels. - The stand is a little bit funky, having 4 actual legs, rather than being a large base like most monitors. This can be dangerous if you have to position the monitor right at the back of a desk that doesn't have a wall behind it (if one of the back legs is off the edge, this monitor WILL fall off). This also uses up the space more if you are used to setting things on the monitor base... That being said it does seem more stable than most stands. - There is color-shift, even at the edges of the screen while looking at it. However, the other reports I read on other reviews are way overblown, in my opinion. Unless you're a professional and/or just picky and need everything perfect, this is something you will rarely notice, unless you often need to view it at an angle, etc. Note this may be because I typically turn brightness/contrast down quite a ways to get a much more "pixel perfect" image that doesn't bleed - at higher brightness settings the shifting could be more noticeable. - Just 1, shortish (5'?) DP cables with it (in addition to the power cable). It doesn't bother me, I have extra cables, but I found it weird they included the DP cable rather than a 2.0 HDMI cable. I guess older video cards might not support 2.0 refresh rates on the HDMI port and therefore not be able to do 4k at 60 Hz? Note that virtually all video cards with HDMI out there can do 4k at 30 Hz... Just be aware of this.

Overall Review: - I recommend this, though a little begrudgingly due to the dead pixels, and partly just due to the very low price for a 4k 32" monitor. - I have this on 125% scaling in Windows 10. Depending on your eye-sight and usage, I could see setting it at 100%-175%. My former main monitor, a 28" 4k screen, is at 150%, and I can tell you it is amazing to have 2 4k screens next to each other - with the scaling, they render things virtually the same size and moving windows between monitors with just a small shift from the re-scaling is great. - Current color settings: Brightness 34, Contrast 26, Black Boost 0, Gamma 2.4, Color Temp User - R/G/B Gain 45, R/G/B Bias 50

Pros: Clear display, HDR, Freesync, PIP, 4K, Extremely cheap pricing for this type of monitor. In-monitor settings are vast. You have ton of options to make it better, brighter, more vibrant, etc. My suggestion would be go and enable the HDR and freesync option, then turn the profile to "Graphics" and it looks fantastic.

Cons: Bugs with windows like blurry text. But isn't caused by the monitor itself. So no Eggs taken off. Definitely the best option for this kind of pricing. EDIT: As of 2019 my computer no longer has this issue with Windows Updates. Its a 60hz monitor but the higher vertical and horizontal refresh rates do make a small difference. You shouldn't expect an overall higher refresh rate for this price. This is still a steal at this time that I bought it. ($350) The only thing I could complain about is the ports aren't directly on the back, they're underneath the monitor on the back. It can be a pain trying to plug things in. But I'm getting nitpicky with that. It doesn't bother me much.

Overall Review: I use this with normal everyday tasks like browsing or watching videos. 4K videos look great, depending on what you use to play that video. You should be ready to start tweaking with the settings as 4K is still fairly new and not everything has adapted to it quite yet. Final Summation: It's a fantastic monitor that barely fits on my desk stand its so big. It has the little conveniences like the headphone stand. It's not a huge thing to talk about but I just enjoy it because I like that the option is there. Just get this thing!

Pros: Sharp 4K at 32 inches. Fair response time. No noticeable ghosting. Good colors when viewing from far enough away that the viewing angle is reduced.

Cons: I don't know the exact viewing angles, but there is noticeable color distortion at the side edges if your head is positioned dead center about 30 inches or 76cm away. I was disappointed that even my TN panel seemed to have better color fidelity over the viewing angles. I don't use it for work so for the price it's fine for me. I would advise against this panel if you need color accuracy from normal or even close viewing angles.

Overall Review: On sale for $320ish I think is a fair deal. Would have been perfect if the viewing angle wasn't so poor.

Pros: I upgraded from a 2560 x 1440 Samsung 27" to this monitor. Its an upgrade as long as I don't start messing around with HDR. I upgraded for the larger display, higher resolution, and to play with HDR. I customized the picture using the OSD (while using supplied Display Port cable) and got a awesome quality display, but could not enable HDR (was greyed out). So I switched to a HDMI cable and then could enable HDR. That appeared to do nothing so I went into Windows 10 display properties and could see it was not in HDR mode. To enable that I had to disable my Nvidia 1080 control over color space and set it to default. Then I could enable HDR in Windows 10. If you crank brightness up to 100% the red tint in characters (HDR mode) disappears. However Windows does odd things like show a ghosted characters when you scroll fast or report to Sketchup that OpenGL is only version 1.1.

Cons: HDR greyed out in OSD menu until switching from supplied Display Port cable to HDMI Nvidia control over color space disables HDR mode in Windows, default mode in Windows allows HDR mode, but the display is washed out and red tinted without cranking the brightness to the max OSD options once in HDR mode do not allow any color / contrast adjustments once in HDR mode Monitor sits about 4" above the desktop so now have to crane head up to see the top of the monitor. Notes: With HDR enabled in Windows, Sketchup2017 now refuses to run claiming I need at least OpenGL 1.1 for hardware acceleration (I have version 4 as reported by ViewGL). Update on Sketchup: To get it to run all I need to do is disable HDR in Windows 10. I changed the cable back to Display Port and the monitor went from HDR enabled to greyed out It's possible that by keeping the HDMI cable, disabling HDR in Windows that games could still select HDR modes (since the monitor doesn't grey out HDR with a HDMI cable), however I'm not sure on that yet.

Overall Review: It's a great display if I can figure out how to let Windows 10 adjust the color/brightness/etc to usable levels while in HDR mode (apparently I can but then Sketchup 2017 won't run) Its an awesome display if you ignore HDR and just use it as a big screen high resolution display.

Pros: Excellent contrast and black levels as expected of a VA panel. Response time/motion blur seems above average for this price range. The all-metal stand and sturdy construction of the monitor case look and feel like quality. Includes a VESA-certified Belkin DisplayPort cable. That was a surprise.

Cons: A big cloud of backlight bleed covers the left half of the screen extending to the middle. Very noticeable and distracting in dark scenes. The viewing angle seems bad even by VA and TN standards. Response time is fair, but input lag is godawful and my biggest disappointment so far. An AMD GPU for FreeSync is required, unfortunately for my nvidia card and me.

Overall Review: I'm currently debating whether it's worth getting a Vega just for this monitor. While it is an upgrade over my IPS 2560x1080 LG Ultrawides, input lag in games is quickly sapping my initial enthusiasm. Not to mention the bleed which may warrant an exchange.

Pros: Image Quality for the size Sound not bad for Monitor built-in. I need a larger monitor to replace laptop screen so i can have dual external monitor for ease of reading and transferring programs between screens. I have a Dell p2715q and is impressed at how similar the color and image quality this Acer are comparing to Dell. Very happy with it. At 4K on both monitors, 27 and 32 monitors were working very well for me for development and multimedia use. for the price, this is definitely a great buy.

Cons: VESA Mounting location at the top which is horrible for mounting on dual monitor stand. The buttons are hard to operate and take time to get used to.