Acer Predator XB273K Sbmiprzx 27" UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS NVIDIA G-SYNC Monitor, VESA Certified DisplayHDR 400, Quantum Dot, 144Hz, 4ms, DCI-P3, Delta E<2 (1 x Display Port & 1 x HDMI Port),Black

1.0 out of 5 stars

By mjfox426 - Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019

Beautiful looking display with BAD back light bleed.

I was super excited to get the 27” 4k HDR 144hz Gsync XB273k Sbmiprzx monitor. The box and packaging are great, the look of the monitor itself is fantastic however, it has extremely bad light bleed in both top corners. There is light bleed in the bottom corners however I would say it’s somewhat acceptable. Having come from a PG279Q IPS panel with acceptable light bleed this XB273K is just unacceptable imo. Even turning the back light down to 80 nits, it’s still visible in games. One can almost get away with some light bleed on a black screen and when you’re playing a game it should be really hard to tell and I can safely say, it’s extremely noticeable in game. Not matter what settings I tired it was evidently there. Maybe I got a bad one? Either way I’m returning for a refund. I just can’t take another gamble on this monitor. Acer if you’re reading this, you should consider giving the backlight parts more room on the inside especially on the edges and just make the monitor deeper/thicker. You can still have a small bevel edge but imo, it seems like there is pressure on the corners, thus pressing against the screen causing the light to bleed through. It needs more space and I don’t think people would have an issue with a thicker display if it helped with the bleed through. Just my opinion. The monitor sitting on the desk does look beautiful though.

1.0 out of 5 stars

By Smart Shopper - Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2020

Low quality monitor at a premium price with horrible support

This monitor was 4 weeks of disappointment. On arrival there was yellow backlight leakage covering 5" in 2 of the 4 corners and 1/3 of the screen was more blue than the rest. I started an RMA to fin out that Acer expects the consumer to pay the $100 to ship there defective product for repair. After receiving the monitor back 2 weeks later I discovered that the lazy repair tech ran the monitor on test software and decided there was nothing wrong when the backlight and coloring issues were completly obvious and distracting. Instead of doing the right thing and replacing the screen, the lazy tech ran it on automated software and sent back without fixing it. For a $1200 27" monitor, you excpect that it will come working correctly and on the chance it doesn't, you expect they will do whatever they can to remedy the issue. They didn't Lesson learned, I will not buy an Acer product again. Bad quality control, back customer service, bad repair personnel.

3.0 out of 5 stars

By Anthony Nigro - Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019

Great monitor, bad backlight bleed.

Monitor has great picture and decent build quality. Unit I received had yellow backlight bleed in all corners and it was just too noticeable in all applications for me to deal with it, especially for $900. Build quality is ok but I had some issues with the stand, all in all I would go for the better version and just get the x27 if you’re gonna pay this much for a monitor in the first place.

4.0 out of 5 stars

By Jeremy - Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2020

Great monitor after returning the first one

My first monitor had very bad backlight bleed from 3 of the 4 corners so I returned it. The next one was perfect. No bleed and an amazing picture. If you’re willing to play the return game for one without any backlight bleed, you’ll be rewarded with a great display.

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Chris - Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2020

Incredible performance. Beautiful picture.

This monitor is awesome. 144hz at UHD resolution. If you have a rig that can run that resolution at that frame rate this monitor is for you. Prior to this I had a 60hz monitor and the difference is night and day. I play a lot of competitive online games and I can 100% confirm: frames matter. After getting this monitor my game reached a whole new level. Overnight I was able to pull off tricks in-game that I thought I would never be able to do even after thousands of hours of experience. On top of all that, the picture quality is outstanding. The colors and nVidia GSync make my games more beautiful than I've ever seen them. Great purchase, would buy again.

3.0 out of 5 stars

By Zhu Bowen - Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2020

This monitor can be legit if you are willing to play the return and replacement game!

Just got my replacement from Amazon today. Set it up, everything is perfect now. No backlight bleed, no dead pixel. Brand New outta the box. My 1st one which I received a week ago, had backlight bleed on all 4 corners; and dead pixels on 4 visible spots on the screen, and the 1st one felt like a used one, because it had no plastic seal tapes on the box like the 2nd one did.

1.0 out of 5 stars

By Jorge Hernandez - Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020

no enciende

muy mal monitor nunca encendio y suspuestamente era nuevo una decepcion

4.0 out of 5 stars

By Kindle Customer - Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2020

Amazing monitor especially for HDR400

Personally I've had this monitor for about a year now, no backlight bleed (at least that I care to throw a fit about or notice). No dead pixels that I can see, HDR400 is beautiful, it's not as great as HDR1000 or something off my Samsung TV but it makes a difference. It seems most of the monitors that have HDR1000 have more smearing/ghosting issues which is why I picked this over the HDR1000 model and sacrificed some HDR quality. HDR is only at 120Hz, turn off HDR you get 144Hz. For the price as of today, totally worth it. For those who read these reviews and people going to town about backlight bleed etc. remember that some people have unrealistic expectations. You're more "lucky" not not have Blacklight Bleed if anything on any IPS screen. Feel free to search around, IPS always has some sort of complaint about it and TN panels are the thing. OLED TVs look beautiful, they perform far worse than QLED for gaming though. If you're looking to game at 4K with a high refresh and decent enough HDR color added with good response time etc., this is it. If you care less about reponse time and want better color maybe go for the HDR1000 model. If you look around, you'll never find a monitor without mixed reviews, people are picky on a level I can't get to.