Not such a shabby price for a large & curved 4k monitor. Glad to see prices are dropping and becoming more affordable.

I'm just waiting for Freesync monitors to be able to work at low framerates, like 25 FPS or so.

3440x1440 is not 4k it's just ultra wide. Better than 4k for gaming. Acer predator x34 is the Gsync variance. 100mhz refresh rate! 😀

3440x1440 is not 4k it's just ultra wide. Better than 4k for gaming. Acer predator x34 is the Gsync variance. 100mhz refresh rate! 😀

I've been following the monitor for a few months now and not many reach 100 mhz, some also flicker at certain hz, the gsync module seems to cause "scanlines" on many of them..just search in acer forum and in overclock(net)..such a shame Maybe it's Acer trying to do things better this time, one can only do but wonder. A new batch is coming next week maybe we can hope for more flawless monitors and not lotteries.

Am i missing something here? It says it will be available from March, but i bought this monitor at Christmas.

I've been following the monitor for a few months now and not many reach 100 mhz, some also flicker at certain hz, the gsync module seems to cause "scanlines" on many of them..just search in acer forum and in overclock(net)..such a shame Maybe it's Acer trying to do things better this time, one can only do but wonder. A new batch is coming next week maybe we can hope for more flawless monitors and not lotteries.

This is true.. there are quite a few people with issues with the x34. Fortunately, I'm not one of them. If you get a good one, its second to none as far as monitors go.. however, if you can't hit 100hz, have scanlines, dead pixels, or bad backlight bleed or flickering, or a combination of any of these issues, its pretty hard to accept considering the price. From my experience though, its a fantastic monitor for pretty much anything.. from everyday use to media to gaming to graphics/art production.. you name it.. its so awesome.

This is true.. there are quite a few people with issues with the x34. Fortunately, I'm not one of them. If you get a good one, its second to none as far as monitors go.. however, if you can't hit 100hz, have scanlines, dead pixels, or bad backlight bleed or flickering, or a combination of any of these issues, its pretty hard to accept considering the price. From my experience though, its a fantastic monitor for pretty much anything.. from everyday use to media to gaming to graphics/art production.. you name it.. its so awesome.

Honestly this seems to be the story with all the newer expensive monitors. The PG278Q was riddled with manufacturing problems. The XB270HU had bleed issues galore for the first few months. The PG279Q has orange bleed problems among other quality control problems. Now I'm hearing stuff about the X34.. These companies need to get their QC in check. I don't want to spend $1000 on a monitor for it to have issues. I don't give a damn what technology is in it. The point of a monitor is to display an image it's given. If I display an all black screen and there is a giant blotch of grey on the bottom right, it's unacceptable, it's literally failing at it's most basic job. Uniformity issues should be gone at this price point, and the panel should be calibrated out of the box with a report, similar to how Dell does it with it's Ultrasharp line. I was so pissed with my PG278Q, I literally went through 4 of them before finding one that wasn't a giant piece of crap. And even that one had first frame contrast issues. Which ASUS still fails to admit is even a thing. And my first XB270HU, well look at it: http://cdn.overclock.net/e/e7/900x900px-LL-e7e42fa3_IMG_20150331_204910.jpeg It's ****ing embarrassing that an $800 monitor looks like that.

Honestly this seems to be the story with all the newer expensive monitors. The PG278Q was riddled with manufacturing problems. The XB270HU had bleed issues galore for the first few months. The PG279Q has orange bleed problems among other quality control problems. Now I'm hearing stuff about the X34.. These companies need to get their QC in check. I don't want to spend $1000 on a monitor for it to have issues. I don't give a damn what technology is in it. The point of a monitor is to display an image it's given. If I display an all black screen and there is a giant blotch of grey on the bottom right, it's unacceptable, it's literally failing at it's most basic job. Uniformity issues should be gone at this price point, and the panel should be calibrated out of the box with a report, similar to how Dell does it with it's Ultrasharp line. I was so pissed with my PG278Q, I literally went through 4 of them before finding one that wasn't a giant piece of crap. And even that one had first frame contrast issues. Which ASUS still fails to admit is even a thing. And my first XB270HU, well look at it: http://cdn.overclock.net/e/e7/900x900px-LL-e7e42fa3_IMG_20150331_204910.jpeg It's ****ing embarrassing that an $800 monitor looks like that.

It seems a lot of the newer top end 4K and curved TVs have the same sorts of problems and defects. It looks like the panel manufacturers (LG?) are just dumping them out and hoping that the sucker that buys them won't notice or know the one they got is a dud. Many people wouldn't notice. I agree the quality and control standard has dropped drasticly in last few years. It would really put me off buying a new monitor or TV. Where I live it's not easy or cheap to try and send back duds to where I buy them and they probably would refuse to take them back anyway saying its within operating range - that's great when range is "great to perfect" but not when manufacturers are saying range is "terrible to good" as normal!

Am i missing something here? It says it will be available from March, but i bought this monitor at Christmas.

You sure it wasn't the previous model XR341CK you got? With the less curved radius than this one?

Honestly this seems to be the story with all the newer expensive monitors. The PG278Q was riddled with manufacturing problems. The XB270HU had bleed issues galore for the first few months. The PG279Q has orange bleed problems among other quality control problems. Now I'm hearing stuff about the X34.. These companies need to get their QC in check. I don't want to spend $1000 on a monitor for it to have issues. I don't give a damn what technology is in it. The point of a monitor is to display an image it's given. If I display an all black screen and there is a giant blotch of grey on the bottom right, it's unacceptable, it's literally failing at it's most basic job. Uniformity issues should be gone at this price point, and the panel should be calibrated out of the box with a report, similar to how Dell does it with it's Ultrasharp line. I was so pissed with my PG278Q, I literally went through 4 of them before finding one that wasn't a giant piece of crap. And even that one had first frame contrast issues. Which ASUS still fails to admit is even a thing. And my first XB270HU, well look at it: It's ****ing embarrassing that an $800 monitor looks like that.

The problem is when they add "premium " features on 500$ monitors ( whatever it is g-sync, freesync, blue light, curved, 144hz, 4K etc... well whatever ) and push them on the 800-1000$ market due to all the "premium " features. But thoses monitors have never been intended to be in thoses range... If they had take monitors who will have allready been intended for the 1000$ market and adding thoses features, they will sold them 1200+ $. They reduce cost somewhere: On the quality check, calibration or use panels who should never end on a 800-1000$ monitor.... Strangely the reviews dont allways show the same behaviors. So never buy a monitor who is just released on the market, make more research than initial reviews, dont look only the specifications and features, make research on forums... I think i will wait to buy any monitor before HDR monitors ( BT2020 12bit / REC2020 ) are on the market.. ofc if my monitor dont break in between.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvD37UUcdIo Some more infos: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9836/amd-unveils-2016-vistech-roadmap/3

The problem is when they add "premium " features on 500$ monitors ( whatever it is g-sync, freesync, blue light, curved, 144hz, 4K etc... well whatever ) and push them on the 800-1000$ market due to all the "premium " features. But thoses monitors have never been intended to be in thoses range... If they had take monitors who will have allready been intended for the 1000$ market and adding thoses features, they will sold them 1200+ $. They reduce cost somewhere: On the quality check, calibration or use panels who should never end on a 800-1000$ monitor.... Strangely the reviews dont allways show the same behaviors. So never buy a monitor who is just released on the market, make more research than initial reviews, dont look only the specifications and features, make research on forums... I think i will wait to buy any monitor before HDR monitors ( BT2020 12bit / REC2020 ) are on the market.. ofc if my monitor dont break in between.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvD37UUcdIo Some more infos: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9836/amd-unveils-2016-vistech-roadmap/3

Normally I'd agree, however this is not always a "rule". I purchased the x34 brand new weeks after it released. Although there are a fair amount of people with issues with it, I received, by all standards for this display, a perfect monitor, that doesn't exhibit any of the issues others have mentioned they are having with it. Does that make me lucky? Maybe.. I am sure I'm not the only one though.. so its not necessarily true to say that if you buy a new monitor you will get burned. I think because we all read online people's experiences, and that it tends to be the people with issues who are most vocal about them, that we have a skewed perception on the matter. All that said, the reason reviews typically dont exhibit issues is due to the fact that they will get samples that are hand picked by the manufacturer.. I think its pretty obvious that when it comes to reviews, manufacturers will take the extra time to ensure the reviewer gets a 100% perfect, or as close to perfect item as possible, for obvious reasons.