AOPEN by Acer 27HC5R bmiix 27" 1500R Curved Zero-Frame Full HD (1920 x 1080) Gaming Monitor | AMD FreeSync Technology | Up to 75Hz | 1ms | 2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA Port

First - what do I use it for.. Mostly productivity, creating video content, client services, membership academy, Mindset training, Video editing/rendering, and the occasional steam gaming mostly at 1080p (but now at 4k)The PC setup.Windows 10pro, Desktop full tower 2TB nvme gen4, ryzen 5-2600, 32gb ddr4 3200mhz, ultra 750w 80+ modular PS, extra 1TB nvme on pci card for storage, and a USBC C card for front of desktop case ( yes sounds old), but it's a Thermal Take dual dokker case with huge 230mm fan!The situtation- told my wife for our 20th anniversary I wanted a new monitor (for the kids) she's too smart for that and said no. Then I told her how much I needed it too for my WFH setup and it will save me time so we can have more time together.. ( then I bought it using $73 in amazon credits I had saved up just for this purpose). She rolled her eyes and let me have it!The shipping:received it the day after ordering it.! wow! great shipping time. Box had a a few nicks and scratches and the corner was crunched but it is a big box. was concerned about damage but upon opening everything was very well packed and nothing damaged. It even came with 2 cables ( HDMI 2.0) and Display port 1.4, along with a paper manual (which I never used).The stand was a little tricky to put on but my 13yo son saw I was putting it on upside down. duh.. I flipped it and saw how much easier it was to install.. There are two silver locking twist screws that spin to lock the stand together. one of the reasons I bought this monitor is that it had a single flat center base rather than two puny legs ( that may or may not be as stable) The base is heavy and very stable and leaves room to store things on it like a clear plastic box to put my USB drives and adapters/cables in easy reach.the back of the stand slips in with two metal tabs and then you pull the plastic lever at bottom to slip it in like a spring. Very easy and no tools required. when placed on my desk it it a hug improvement over my dying Viewsonic 24inch monitor. rather than get 2x 24in I wanted 1 monitor almost as wide as 2x24 ( but only 1 power brick).I used the included Displayport 1.4 cable to connect to my AMD radeon RX580 8gB ddr5 video card. the ports face down rather than back so I had to tilt the whole monitor towards my abdomen and slide in the DP connector. a nice touch is the base lets the monitor have both Tilt and height adjustment and turning too!! It's like Yaw, Pitch, and Roll in a jet! the power brick was nothing new and has small round power connector for the back of the monitor.The use: after plugged in and I turn on the pc, the monitor fired up. the box doesn't say Aopen, rather "Fire Legend.." so it surprised me for a second. The volume was turned up to 100% when starting so watching a video on YouTube was amazing but kind of "boomy" in sound. I cut it back to 50% and it sounded good. Not great, but clear and not oppressive, or shaky. I don't expect built in speakers to be loud, but more importantly "clear" and these are fine as they serve purpose of not having to use another set of external speakers/wires/power slot..The adjusting.... For productivity I went to my display settings and it automatically recommended 3440x1440 so I kept that but changed the 'text size' to 125% so I can see the icon names/text better. I tried to turn on HDR but it looked washed out so I turned it off. The advance settings showed speeds all the way up to 165hz. I'm not doing e-sports so don't need to waste the electricity usage (yes higher refresh rates do use more power). I set it to 100hz as I saw no noticeable difference with 144hz or higher. I may play more with settings later.The game-now the fun part. playing Halo CE with MS games console on ( hit windows button and "G") and you can pin the video settings ( Frame rate). I was getting 60FPS on 4k, high settings, with cpu use about 24% and GPU at about 50%. very reasonable. I'll update later with Roblox, Fortnite, Fallout4, or Red dead2. ( no more world of warcraft for me now.. sorry Ravencrest, I know you'll miss me).Overall impressions:Wow! screaming deal and great adjustability with height, tilt, and turning. Plus includes both cables out of the box. I've not adjusted any colors yet but will update in a month or so after I do with anything new. So far, very impressed that this "value" monitor performs so well. The upgrade from 24in to 34inch widescreen with speakers so no extra wires or power bricks needed is a no brainer. Definitely buy one !

Use a Dp cable to get full 180 hz refresh rate. Love the monitor and looking forward to purchasing a second one.

They say 31.5 inches but seems larger. The color quality is beautiful and the fast refresh is amazing compared to my old monitors.

On the plus side, this has functioned as advertised right out of the box and the price was reasonable for a 32" monitor. The not-so-great side is that there is minimalist documentation for its onboard controls. The provided manual is basically 2 pages that almost come down to an instruction set of "unpack, plug in and turn on".

Excelente calidad

Five Stars with a Caveat...The resolution is to much for a Linux machine, not the fault of the monitor it was me, ordered the wrong thing.Been using it since 12/24 and works flawlessly. But in reality I prefer a regular width monitor. This is just a bot to much...

Nice price as well

**Cut to the chase: All in all, if you're buying this to have a high-framerate or high-resolution display for something simple, 200 bucks is a no-brainer. If you want a good overall monitor with good overall quality and features, this is not the monitor for you, and 200 bucks can get you a decent 1080p or even 1440p non-ultrawide monitor with much better backlighting, speakers, and build quality.**My full review:The thing that struck me the most was how terribly uneven the backlight was. I had a black background on with the screen at medium brightness and noticed a weird gash-looking mark on the upper right, so I went to take a picture thinking it was pressure damage from shipping or something. Nope, the monitor is like that on both sides. I've taken a picture of the monitor with a black screen, full brightness, room lights off; this shows the insane backlight bleed. It really was hard to capture just how bad it was on camera but I think the photo shows that it's certainly not good. The second photo is of the screen at minimum brightness, with a full white image. This shows that the backlight bleed is bad enough that some parts of the screen don't even get fully lit at minimum brightness. I've used curved monitors at work for years that don't suffer from this, so I know it's not just an issue with curved screens; clearly, the $200 budget did not go into the backlight.The other major downside that everyone has already mentioned is the speakers. Oh goodness these speakers are miserable. The monitor came from factory with the volume set to 70%, and even with that built-in reduction, I was still hearing notable clipping and distortion on system audio (windows) around 80-85% system volume. I've reduced my monitor's volume to 50% to prevent this, but... the speakers are just so garbage, I've heard laptops with better speakers than this. Clearly the $200 budget did not go into the speakers either.The stand is acceptable, I would have preferred one that doesn't use as much desk space (like an LG monitor stand) but I can make do. The 'Fire Legend' logo on the front center is... off-centered, somehow, and just plain ugly. I would have preferred it say Acer, or nothing at all, honestly. The back is very 'gamer' with sharp angled swoops and red highlight aesthetics, but that's on the back, so honestly I don't care one bit how ugly it looks. 1x DP, 2x HDMI, a power jack, and a headphone jack. There's also a nub on the left side where I can only assume a nicer version of this monitor would have a USB hub or something, but instead it's just an empty segment they never removed from the design, to save money by having one version of the back panel for multiple monitors. Clearly, the $200 budget didn't go into the structural design at all.Where the money does go? Into the panel and its driver board. It's listed as offering 144Hz on this listing at the time of writing, but when connecting it to my computer via displayport it showed up as supporting up to 165Hz, with 144, 120, 100, and 60 as the other options, which all work fine. I'm not using this for 'gamer' purposes, I do game from time to time but I don't push for anything past 60FPS. It's nice to see these features, but I spent the money on a panel to get me 3440x1440 resolution, and that's what I got. It works great, aside from the backlighting issues. There was some screen tearing for a bit, but that resolved itself thankfully. I'm honestly a bit shocked that I can buy such a high resolution, high framerate, ultrawide monitor for 200 bucks, but honestly, the resolution and framerate is all you're getting, they really have skimped on almost every single other thing. Clearly, the $200 budget went into the panel.All in all, if you're buying this to have a high-framerate or high-resolution display for something simple, 200 bucks is a no-brainer. If you want a good overall monitor with good overall quality and features, this is not the monitor for you, and 200 bucks can get you a decent 1080p or even 1440p non-ultrawide monitor with much better backlighting, speakers, and build quality.Random afterthought: they threw in a free HDMI and DP cable pair with the packaging, like, that's actually included by default with every monitor as far as I can tell. I didn't NEED another pair of cables, but it is very nice of them to ship literally everything you need to use this monitor. Setup was simple and easy and I didn't even have to consult the manual, it was entirely plug-and-play, very straightforward. I appreciate that. I'd considered giving this one two stars instead of three because of how genuinely useless the speakers are and how concerning the backlight is, but aside from the bad internal quality, the overall thought and effort that went into the product and packaging I think earns it a third star.