Wednesday, July 1st 2015

Acer Intros XR341CK Curved Cinematic-Widescreen Monitor with AMD FreeSync

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Acer announced the XR341CK curved cinematic-widescreen (21:9) monitor. This 34-inch monitor, offers a native resolution of 3440 x 1440 pixels, and is designed for gaming. The display supports AMD FreeSync technology, which lets it synchronize its refresh-rate with the frame-rate of the graphics card. The monitor offers viewing angles of 172°/178° (V/H), refresh-rates of up to 75 Hz, 4 ms response time, and inputs that include a full-size DisplayPort 1.2a, a mini-DisplayPort 1.2a, and HDMI 2.0. Other features include a USB 3.0 hub, in-built 7W stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphones jack that take audio input from the graphics card; a height and tilt adjustable stand, native split-screen and PiP. When it hits the shelves, it is expected to be priced around US $1,000.
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17 Comments on Acer Intros XR341CK Curved Cinematic-Widescreen Monitor with AMD FreeSync

#2
Animalpak
If im not mistaken there will be a G-Sync version too.
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#3
AsRock
TPU addict
Terrible port placement on the back, oh what a nightmare if you had that on the wall, viewing angles are kinda meh too.

I see this resolution being a issue for me as i am happy with 1080P, don't need more reasons to bu video cards more often lol.
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#4
Toothless
Tech, Games, and TPU!
Cut the price to 1/10th and I'll buy it.
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#5
erixx
Come on, you know you can put those 4 USB ports on the sides or front! What the heck do they at the rear, seriously? (or make it 2 hidden+2 easy access)
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#6
Prima.Vera
Actually is 1100$ without taxes. Even for an IPS is rather excessive.....
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#7
haswrong
i sincerely hope the OLED monitors will be cheaper than this..
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#8
TheGuruStud
Acer thinks they're a premium brand with quality, again. I don't know if they're just delusional, greedy, stupid or a combination of all three.

What happened to them being good for the budget market? You got your money's worth.
They don't hold that advantage anymore.
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#9
nickbaldwin86
AnimalpakIf im not mistaken there will be a G-Sync version too.
ASUS has the same monitor coming but is G-Sync. rather have the ASUS personally, I own a Swift now and love it!
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#10
GhostRyder
I do love that stand on it as it looks pretty good!

The port placement for the USB is just bad...The only thing I could see it being useful for is plugging in your keyboard and mouse while keeping it on the stand and never removing them. Its not very easily accessible and the fact that if you wanted to mount it to a wall or some other type of stand your going to be obstructed. I use these ports on monitors (Like my Acer UHD monitor) for plugging in my USB drive which with this monitor would be quite difficult.

Not bad, but considering everything its a bit expensive. Though it does look good and looks to be a good product.
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#11
Disparia
TheGuruStudAcer thinks they're a premium brand with quality, again. I don't know if they're just delusional, greedy, stupid or a combination of all three.

What happened to them being good for the budget market? You got your money's worth.
They don't hold that advantage anymore.
OMG! I just looked over to my wife's desk and the Acer GN246HL we bought last month has disappeared! It's completely true, this one monitor release has wiped out all their low and mid-range monitor options from existence.
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#12
TheGuruStud
JizzlerOMG! I just looked over to my wife's desk and the Acer GN246HL we bought last month has disappeared! It's completely true, this one monitor release has wiped out all their low and mid-range monitor options from existence.
They already priced themselves out of the market even on the low end stuff. I can buy a decent IPS for the same price as their regular TNs LOL.
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#13
slick530
I don't understand why they even bother to offer Free Sync when probably 80% of the market is using Nvidia. I'm honestly sold if it is a G-sync monitor but at this point I would rather wait for the Asus version.
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#14
nickbaldwin86
slick530I don't understand why they even bother to offer Free Sync when probably 80% of the market is using Nvidia. I'm honestly sold if it is a G-sync monitor but at this point I would rather wait for the Asus version.
80% ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

LOL funny guy is funny

I am assuming you are kidding or legally blind. I have Nvidia and I love Nvidia cards. at this point take a lot to get me over to AMD... but I'm not that ignorant either.

I go to a lot of events and I would say at least 50/50
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#15
SonicZap
nickbaldwin86I go to a lot of events and I would say at least 50/50
Actually, back in Q1 this year the numbers were 76% for Nvidia and 24% for AMD. Historically they've been about 65% / 35% though (sometimes even nearing 50/50), so making FreeSync monitors still makes a lot of sense.
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#16
silapakorn
AsRockTerrible port placement on the back, oh what a nightmare if you had that on the wall, viewing angles are kinda meh too.

I see this resolution being a issue for me as i am happy with 1080P, don't need more reasons to bu video cards more often lol.
Relax, curved screens are not meant to be put on a wall anyway.
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#17
AsRock
TPU addict
silapakornRelax, curved screens are not meant to be put on a wall anyway.
Why not it surly looks like it has the visa mount on it. And why the hell not ?, and if you cannot that's pretty lame from a such size and price.

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