xf270hu lcd panel in stock

Acer XF Series monitors have the Acer ErgoStand stand with tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustments so that you can always find that ideal viewing position. You can also detach the display panel for use with other VESA mounting devices as needed.

Right now, there’s one choice for gamers with high-end PCs to make: do you want a 4K monitor at 60Hz or a 1440p monitor at 144Hz? If it’s the latter, then you should take a look at the XF270HU. As well as hitting that desirable 1440p and 144Hz spec, the XF also comes with an IPS display for better viewing angles and colour accuracy over the usual TN panels. Best of all, it’s available for around £470. Let’s put it to the test.

The XF270HU is a variant of the popular XB270HUbprz, offering the same 1440p IPS display at a rapid 144Hz refresh rate. The difference denoted by the first two characters is the choice of anti-screen-tearing technology; the XF comes with Freesync (for AMD cards) and the XB has G-Sync (for Nvidia cards).

The XF270HU has a simple but not unattractive design, with a thin matte black plastic bezel on each side of the display and the Acer wordmark at the bottom centre. There are buttons along the bottom right of the screen for controlling the on-screen display, and these work well for making adjustments.

Overall, the XF270HU’s design is sensible if not inspired. There’s a good selection of ports, a capable and stable stand and a professional design. This monitor doesn’t have the gamer cachet of the more expensive XB271HU, but that’s OK — you should be able to count on the expansive 27-inch IPS panel to draw the eye.

Moving onto colour accuracy, we see extremely good results across the board, with most results having a Delta-E value of below 1.00. That’s brilliant, and the average of 1.42 is the result of only two shades being out of whack. Overall, a strong result that’s consistent with the IPS-style panel used here.

Here we see the Spyder’s rating of the monitor, which includes praise for pretty much everything except the luminance uniformity. I’d agree with that assessment; the benchmark identifies few other weaknesses for this XF270HU unit.

High refresh rates are awesome enough, but the XF270HU offers other advantages too. For example, compard to the 144Hz Viewsonic XG2401, it offers a higher resolution (2560 x 1440 versus 1920 x 1080) and it uses an IPS panel for better colours and a overall better-looking image. The new resolution is more demanding than 1080p, but not quite so ridiculous as 4K. You can put together a PC with the GTX 1070 or 1080 and a middling processor, and you should be capable of pretty solid performance at 1440p without spending a great deal.

While games look better on an IPS screen than a TN one, moving to the more expensive screen technology also makes a monitor better suited for professional use. I spend a lot of time editing photos and watching videos, and these tasks are certainly improved by an IPS display like the XF270HU.

One side effect of this switch is that viewing angles become much more generous, making looking at a monitor dead-on less important — handy for showing off a new photo or web design to people standing behind you. Colour accuracy is also vastly improved compared to the average TN panel monitor, which is essential when you’re colour-grading video or editing photos. Just consuming content is also easier with a good IPS monitor, whether you’re watching YouTube clips or a feature film. The 27-inch diagonal isn’t quite as immersive as a 32-inch 16:9 monitor or a 35-inch 21:9 titan, but it’s still perfectly adequate for one or two people watching a video.

The XB270HU is an outstanding monitor for getting work done and watching videos, something that the TN panels of the BenQ XL2730Z, Asus PG278Q and Acer XG270HU can’t match (despite their best efforts).

The Acer XF270HU is a brilliant choice for anyone that wants a good-looking gaming monitor, and doesn’t care to spend extra for 4K or G-Sync. Whether you have an AMD graphics card or your computer is strong enough to not need G-Sync, saving a few hundred bucks by going with this Freesync equivalent is definitely worth considering.

The chief alternative to the XF270HU is the Asus MG279Q, the Freesync equivalent of the Asus ROG Swift PG279Q. It boasts a similar IPS panel, 1440p resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, and costs a similar amount. The chief difference is in styling and in cost; it’s best to check the latest prices if you don’t mind coming down on either side of the Asus / Acer war.

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Frame Rate Control (FRC) is a method, which allows the pixels to show more color tones. With quick cyclic switching between different color tones, an illusion for a new intermediate color tone is created. For example, by using FRC, a 6-bit display panel is able to show 16.7 millioin colors, which are typical for 8-bit display panels, and not the standard 262200 colors, instead. There are different FRC algorithms.No

The maximum number of colors, which the display is able to reproduce, depends on the type of the panel in use and color enhancing technologies like FRC.16777216 colors

The backlight is the source of light of the LCD display panels. The type of backlight determines the image quality and the color space of the display. There are various backlights such as CCFL, LED, WLED, RGB-LED, and etc.W-LED

Bit depth is the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel. The more bits, the more color range a panel displays. An 8-bit panel uses 256 levels per channel and displays 16.7 million colors, while a 10-bit one reaches 1024 and displays 1.07 billion colors.