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And please try to be sensible with the pictures if you're intending to show 'backlight bleed'. Take them from a few metres back and as centrally as possible - preferably with a reasonable monitor brightness and exposure levels on the camera. Otherwise this is just going to be filled with misleading images and hence users misinterpreting 'IPS glow' as something else.
 
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Originally Posted by PCM2 View Post

And please try to be sensible with the pictures if you're intending to show 'backlight bleed'. Take them from a few metres back and as centrally as possible - preferably with a reasonable monitor brightness and exposure levels on the camera. Otherwise this is just going to be filled with misleading images and hence users misinterpreting 'IPS glow' as something else.
Yeah, I do agree, I do not want to look at an image where someone has took a picture at 100 percent brightness while pointing the camera down from above the monitor.
 
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The guy who starts the thread doesn't post a pic of his??
 
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I got this monitor a few weeks back and so far enjoying it, the LED lighting , higher refresh rate etc..
Did a brief unboxing post then over here;

As for 'BLB' i do have them but honestly i dont care as i seldom deal with a lot of blacks when gaming or normal usage, it doesnt disturb me 1 bit.



http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/quick-unboxing-review-acer-x34-g-sync-monitoring-5198864.html

Right now i can only mainly feedback based on Witcher 3 which i've been trying to complete over the last few weeks. As far as FPS is concerned no issue in pushing for close to 100fps.
One observation i had was that when O/c beyond 60fps, there are some flashes when i navigate in the menu mode. This is definitely due to the OC as i do not encounter this once i switched it back to fixed 60fps.

Please feel free to post any questions.
 
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Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..
 
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So I was already bored of gaming with the X34 (nothing good to play until Fallout 4 in my opinion
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and actually tried reading the manual. Crazy right!

So there is this setting called "blue light" and its default setting is OFF. The manual says something about blue light being damaging to your eyes?!?! So I was experimenting with it and it has a range of OFF / and then 50%-80%. At anything other than OFF, to me the desktop wall papers look terrible so I went back to OFF. But it seems to me OFF has the monitor block certain wavelengths of light which one would normally be seeing when looking outside?

Anyone else know about this blue light setting??
 
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Originally Posted by Mikey- View Post

What's the length of the display port cable that ships with the monitor?

Also, I think it's better to have a proper thread for this monitor. The other thread is actually titled incorrectly.
I read the cable was only 1m long... So, really short! Can confirm a bit later today when mine is delivered!
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Originally Posted by skypine27 View Post

So I was already bored of gaming with the X34 (nothing good to play until Fallout 4 in my opinion
smile.gif
and actually tried reading the manual. Crazy right!

So there is this setting called "blue light" and its default setting is OFF. The manual says something about blue light being damaging to your eyes?!?! So I was experimenting with it and it has a range of OFF / and then 50%-80%. At anything other than OFF, to me the desktop wall papers look terrible so I went back to OFF. But it seems to me OFF has the monitor block certain wavelengths of light which one would normally be seeing when looking outside?

Anyone else know about this blue light setting??
Lowering the blue light lowers the blue channel. You can achieve the same effect by lowering the blue channel manually. It's there for the health of your eyes.
 
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Wow. So after spending $2,025 CAD, I have to spend money on a display port cable? Nice.

Hi, I'm unpacking my monitor right now, and indeed the cable is too short. So what do I need here - just a standard display port cable?

I just visited Amazon, and a bunch of people said the cable (linked below) simply didn't work for them.

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0011ZQLYM/ref=pe_386430_126088100_TE_item

How do we know if G-Sync is working?

Mod edit: Please use the edit button instead of triple posting.
 
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Originally Posted by koroshiya8 View Post

Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..
hey man. nice to see you over here from hardwarezone. i'm trying to get a monitor from tj also but i'm wondering how i'm gonna make sure it's working well before i bring it back to hkg
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hey man. nice to see you over here from hardwarezone. i'm trying to get a monitor from tj also but i'm wondering how i'm gonna make sure it's working well before i bring it back to hkg
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Followed you guys over from HWZ.

Planning on getting this monitor (X34 - Gsync) soon. Can I know the serial numbers of the units with the V1 firmware that have the banding so I can avoid that batch of units and go for the new one?

Or is there a place to download this firmware and do it ourselves?
 
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Followed you guys over from HWZ.

Planning on getting this monitor (X34 - Gsync) soon. Can I know the serial numbers of the units with the V1 firmware that have the banding so I can avoid that batch of units and go for the new one?

Or is there a place to download this firmware and do it ourselves?
All new units being sold should have the V2 firmware at this point. And no, there is no user downloadable firmware.
 
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All new units being sold should have the V2 firmware at this point. And no, there is no user downloadable firmware.
Yeah, I read about that sir. But you see I live in Singapore and stocks here sell out slower and replacements arrive slower too (in the case of specialty items like gaming monitors). For eg., I bought an ASUS ROG 278Q in the november of last year and still got one from the first september batch with all its problems. Prompted me to write this long thread. http://www.overclock.net/t/1526956/guide-to-the-problems-with-the-asus-rog-swift While I love helping out the community in any way, I don't want a repeat of last year.

So, I'd really like to know the serial numbers so I can check with my retailers before buying.
 
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Yeah, I read about that sir. But you see I live in Singapore and stocks here sell out slower and replacements arrive slower too (in the case of specialty items like gaming monitors). For eg., I bought an ASUS ROG 278Q in the november of last year and still got one from the first september batch with all its problems. Prompted me to write this long thread. http://www.overclock.net/t/1526956/guide-to-the-problems-with-the-asus-rog-swift While I love helping out the community in any way, I don't want a repeat of last year.

So, I'd really like to know the serial numbers so I can check with my retailers before buying.
I see, I understand your issue but unfortunately Acer has not shared any detail about this. Your only option is to contact them directly and see if they are willing to provide you the serial numbers, or if they can confirm that the stock there is already updated.
 
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Originally Posted by koroshiya8 View Post

Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..
I would take it back, that BLB is terrible or IPS glow, also most of these monitors have the sleep issue it seems, they will need to update the firmware, which means a massive recall if they do.
 
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FYI:

Ive had my x34 for 6 days now. And after 6 days of heavy use (gaming), the IPS glow and/or BLB (whatever it is) has improved. I didnt do the hair dryer method in the other thread since I didnt think the glow/bleed was that bad to begin with, but it has improved a bit after "burn in" time.
 
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Originally Posted by skypine27 View Post

FYI:

Ive had my x34 for 6 days now. And after 6 days of heavy use (gaming), the IPS glow and/or BLB (whatever it is) has improved. I didnt do the hair dryer method in the other thread since I didnt think the glow/bleed was that bad to begin with, but it has improved a bit after "burn in" time.
I can echo this. The first night I had it on was worse than last night for me (second night)

Will see how it does after a couple days- week. It does appear that it lessens the more the monitor is used.
 
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Another thing:

When you first get the monitor, the brightness come set to 100% I believe this exaggerates the perceived glow/blb. I have mine set to 39% which is comfortable for gaming.
 
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Was thinking we can include in the 1st post some info for new folks having issues / questions.

I've seen several people bring up the following:
  • Backlight issues with sleep mode
  • 95hz, is it for lower end video cards or maybe drivers on the higher end ones having this issue, maybe its a hardware lottery?
  • Hairdryer trick to help with some BLB screens
  • Suggested color profiles / settings
  • The Nvidia Hotfix driver to fix broken G-Sync
  • A reminder to enable G-Sync
  • Detailed dimensions
  • Coil whine
  • Games that don't support 2k res, and how to get them to work if possible
  • Wallpapers for 2k
 
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