Acer K242HL Dbid 24" Black 1ms Response Time LED Monitor 1920 x 1080 Widescreen 16:9 250 cd/m2 1000:1 VGA, DVI, HDMI

Pros: - Brightness and Contrast both way better than expected
- Their EasyEyes technology or whatever its called actually works!
- Its not awful for gaming

Cons: - Nothing that wasnt expected

Overall Review: I was super hesitant buying a monitor that had Tn not IPS panel, and was 60 not 75hz. But the 1ms response, and the fact it was on sale and barely in my budget forced my hand - everything else at same price was a garbage business monitor for Excel and such.

Boy was I surprised. The brightness looks WAY better than a lot of monitors, seems much higher than the stated 250 cd/m2. Same with Contrast, It seems way better than 1000:1. I dont know what this Acer "ComfyView" is but it WORKS.

And they did not lie about 1ms response. while this isnt a true gaming monitor bc of the low refresh rate, its close! Darn close for the price! I am using it on a machine i built just for my flight sims and its great so far! a few screen tears randomly but nothing too bad.

It looks fantastic, its response time is great like a gaming monitor, it just has a few patches where it cant quite keep up during intense gaming so you get *minor* screen tearing during intense action. I got it 27% off so it was a no-brainer. Its either this as a *steal* for the price and you live w 60hz, or you drop 250 on a true gaming monitor, that frankly may not look as good!

Gaming: Decent
Standard Monitor Desktop Stuff: One of the best monitors I have owned, cant believe it is TN not IPS, its so gorgeous.

Pros: - Very easy set-up
- Decent picture quality for use of a second monitor

Cons: - not too sure if it's a defect or how the monitor is supposed to be, but the colors are very washed out while blacks and other darks tend to blend into eachother causing a distinctive lack of detail.
- colors also appear to be not as vibrant
- The screen looks like there's a white film over it which causes everything to blend and lose its identity. This persists even after tuning the contrast, saturation, and brightness settings through the monitor and graphics card.

Overall Review: I'm using this as a second monitor with my primary, an acer XFA240 having more accurate colors, and it's almost painfully obvious to see how significant the color quality difference is
Overall, this is a good monitor for the price and what i use it for, but I would expect at least a better handling on the coloring.