acer CB272U Ebmiiprx 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440 Home Office Monitor | AMD FreeSync | 1ms VRB | 100Hz | Zero Frame | Height Adjustable Stand with Swivel, Tilt & Pivot (Display Port 1.2 & 2 x HDMI 2.0 Ports)

I like everything about these Acer monitors. The 27” size is perfect for multiple windows and the clarity at 2560X1440 is remarkable. Highly recommend the Acer CB272U if you are shopping for a quality monitor.

I’ve been using this monitor since 2023, it’s actually pretty good and i’ve had zero problems with it so far.

I bought this for my son's gaming setup. This is his secondary monitor he uses for social media, apps, etc. He keeps it in the vertical portrait position and absolutely loves it. We kept the box, making it easy to transport between college and when he comes home for the winter and summer breaks. He said a second monitor makes multi-tasking so much easier. After 2 years I asked him if he needed an upgrade. He said absolutely not. The monitor is still performing really well and he has had no issues.

I bought this monitor for the specs: 100Hz refresh, 1 ms response time, etc. Also it is important to me that the stand can go up and down and tilt. Many monitors don't have a decent stand with these functions, but this one has a great stand. Some monitors have great displays but with stand that has no flexibility. Their makers figure, oh, well, just put some books under the stand. Anyway, once this monitor is up and running, it looks great. All that is to the good. The problem is in the beginning -- getting this monitor up and running.It comes with something called a "User Guide", which is a 5"x8" pamphlet with only a half page of useful information, which I have posted here. There is no "getting started" sheet, so the user is on his/her own about how to get this thing going. This monitor has only 3 video inputs: HDMI, VGA, and DP (Display Port -- better than HDMI for 4K resolutions). Your computer may not have a DP output. Most users will use HDMI. A good high speed HDMI cable is included in the package.My difficulty was in getting this monitor going. For an hour or more I thought it was DOA (dead on arrival). Just before requesting a return, I read somewhere that it had an OSD (on screen display). After searching, I found the controls at the bottom right on the back of the monitor. I pressed one of the buttons and presto, part of the monitor screen came to life from the formerly "dead" screen to display the OSD. There I found that the input to the monitor could be selected. Why it wasn't shipped with the auto-select enabled I don't know. I selected HDMI which is what I was using and most users use. Once I did this the entire screen came to life.In the upper right corner of the monitor, the display rate is displayed in large yellow numbers that cannot be covered over by a window. Many new users like myself will be puzzled as to what this means. For example, my monitor is showing "60". After some research, I learned that this refers to the refresh rate (60 times per second). My current task is to get this monitor to display at its advertised 100Hz refresh rate.So bottom line this is a monitor that has great specs but requires a user to be familiar with settings and get this monitor up and running. There is practically no information included about how to do this. I have attached the pertinent page of the "user guide" so that prospective buyers can see what they are getting. The "external control" at the bottom of the user guide refers to the OSD buttons at the bottom right on the backside of the monitor. The functioning of these buttons requires some getting used to. Good luck.Update: after much time and research, I have learned how to update the refresh rate. The standard refresh rate of monitors is 60Hz, meaning the display refreshes 60 times a second. This monitor and other quality monitors offer a higher refresh rate. The Acer can refresh at 100Hz. But how to change and adjust it? The secret is to go to the display settings in your computer. Right click on a blank area of your screen (outside the open windows)

These are awesome! There are so many monitor options, after doing a lot of research, I went with these and I am glad I did. They are affordable, nicely sized, and great quality. I have bought 3 of them for when I work from home!

I recently bought a 27" AIO computer. I use a dual monitor setup, but all my extra monitors were 24". I know you can do it, but it just didn't look right to me to have a 27" monitor paired with a 24" monitor, so I was on the lookout for a relatively inexpensive 27" monitor.Started out with an LG monitor at about the same price point. The problem was that the screen didn't line up with my AIO monitor. About 2 inches difference in the height from the bottom of the screen to the desk. Not a huge deal, but again, it just didn't look right to me, so then I was on the lookout for a 27" monitor with an adjustable height stand.This worked out perfect. I can adjust the height so the monitor lines up perfectly with my AIO monitor. Looks great. Screen quality is very good. Bright (adjustable) and crisp. Perfect for what I do (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, e-mail, videos and web surfing).Moving up from 24" to 27" screens doesn't seem like a big deal, but it really is. Makes a huge difference.100mhz refresh rate is a nice little bonus, since most of the monitors at this price point have 60 or 75. Not a huge difference, but higher is better.There are several reviews about receiving units that wouldn't power up (DOA). I thought I had one too, but I didn't. The problem is that turning the monitor on is very unintuitive. There is a rocker switch that says power, so you would think that is how you turn on the monitor. It isn't. You have to turn the power on with the rocker switch, then you have to press another small, nearly hidden button to turn the monitor on. I was literally about to pack up the monitor and return it until I figured this out. I suspect that many of those who thought their monitor was DOA didn't realize it was a 2-step process to turn it on. Very confusing.Overall, this is a good monitor at a budget price point. I recommend.

6 months in and it developed an area of dead pixels. Acer's warranty service expects that you have kept the packaging just in case you have to send it in for warranty service. That's completely unreasonable in a one-bedroom apartment. They don't cover packaging and won't schedule a pickup. And without a car, I can't traipse all around a city with terrible public transportation looking for a box for this thing.I expected better from a color-calibrated monitor for creatives. I'll never purchase another Acer monitor.