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Oct 30, 2020 1:31 AM

Costco Members: 34" Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor

$350

$450

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34"Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Ozta for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3440x1440 UW-QHD
  • Panel Type: VA
  • AMD Radeon (NEW) FreeSync Premium Pro Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 144Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms VRB
  • Brightness: 400 nits
  • Screen Type: Curved
  • Screen Size: 34 in.
  • VESA: 75x75mm
  • Viewing Angles: 178/178 Horizontal/Vertical
  • Ports:
    • 2x HDMI
    • 2x DisplayPort

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34"Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Ozta for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3440x1440 UW-QHD
  • Panel Type: VA
  • AMD Radeon (NEW) FreeSync Premium Pro Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 144Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms VRB
  • Brightness: 400 nits
  • Screen Type: Curved
  • Screen Size: 34 in.
  • VESA: 75x75mm
  • Viewing Angles: 178/178 Horizontal/Vertical
  • Ports:
    • 2x HDMI
    • 2x DisplayPort

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D.8256
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Sure thing. Just spread some rep if you can Wink

Calibration was aiming for 6500K with gamma set to 2.2. So I calibrated with a brightness of 40, contrast 50, black boost 5. Color 2.2, color temp set to User, R Gain 48, G Gain 47, B Gain 47.

It's said you can adjust brightness without affecting the temperature or colors much. Rtings calibrates at 100 nits actually (for those that don't know).

Uploaded the .icm file and the DisplayCal report post-calibration.

I can try to calibrate again under the Warm color temperature setting. I think it should be more universal, and at 6600K it's already close to my target of 6500K. Just keep in mind the whole procedure takes roughly an hour, so give me a day or two if anyone is interested.

Slickdeals site doesn't allow me to upload .icm files, so I uploaded to Google Drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/fo...sp=sharing
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Son512
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Order on Nov 1st so you can price adjust on Nov. 30th(Cyber Monday). 30 days for price adjustment for costco.com


https://customerservice.costco.co...l/a_id/628
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camlen92
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I looked into this and general consensus is that this WILL NOT work. Most Costco employees online are saying they are told not to honor price adjustments for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals and sales for items purchased beforehand. Of course, you can risk it but there isn't any guarantee you will get the price adjusted (most said if the item goes out of stock, Costco will definitely not price adjust).

This deal is super tempting but I will play it safe and hold out to the 30th just in case a similar Dell monitor goes on sale.

Edit: also found out that even using the Costco Visa Rewards CC will not qualify your purchase for the price rewind. It only applies to other stores' prices, not to Costco.
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Nov 6, 2020 4:57 PM
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doesntmatterzNov 6, 2020 4:57 PM
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Anyone know if this has the same PWM flickering issue as the nitro? Im seeing a lot of reports of headaches from the Nitro which is similar to this one. Apparently its related to Freesync and PWM flickering.
Nov 6, 2020 5:55 PM
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TurmishNov 6, 2020 5:55 PM
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Quote from doesntmatterz View quoted comment :
Anyone know if this has the same PWM flickering issue as the nitro? Im seeing a lot of reports of headaches from the Nitro which is similar to this one. Apparently its related to Freesync and PWM flickering.
I can run the UFO test and post results
Nov 6, 2020 6:32 PM
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molohovNov 6, 2020 6:32 PM
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Quote from Turmish View quoted comment :
Looks great!
Funny enough my picture will look similar since I have the same mountup arm
Nice! I was concerned at first the monitor would be too heavy for the arm considering it is listed above the arm's capacity of ~14.5lbs. I really had to tighten the arm's spring to make it work. Fortunately it's holding up Smilie
Nov 6, 2020 7:50 PM
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doesntmatterzNov 6, 2020 7:50 PM
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Quote from Turmish View quoted comment :
I can run the UFO test and post results
That would be great thanks.
Nov 6, 2020 7:55 PM
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TurmishNov 6, 2020 7:55 PM
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Quote from molohov View quoted comment :
Nice! I was concerned at first the monitor would be too heavy for the arm considering it is listed above the arm's capacity of ~14.5lbs. I really had to tighten the arm's spring to make it work. Fortunately it's holding up
haha yeah I had to tighten it up quite a bit before I felt safe
Nov 6, 2020 7:56 PM
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TurmishNov 6, 2020 7:56 PM
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Quote from doesntmatterz View quoted comment :
That would be great thanks.
I see no flickering with the PWM test and very little ghosting with the UFO test. I have yet to game on it yet but so far looking good!
Nov 6, 2020 7:59 PM
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TurmishNov 6, 2020 7:59 PM
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Quote from TimmyT1611 View quoted comment :
Please do, I'll pull the trigger depending on your update tomorrow.
Excel looks fine and clear to me!
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Nov 6, 2020 8:33 PM
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JaxidianNov 6, 2020 8:33 PM
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I just got my monitor in. How the hell are people using this 75x75 VESA mount system? The bottom half of the mount is inset by like a full inch with plastic all around it! Is there some sort of proprietary bracket I have to buy to fit in there or something? I have ~10 different VESA mounts and not a single one will work with this.

I'm dumb. There are long standoffs in the box. I looked & looked & didn't see them until I finally decided to post. Dumped the box upside down and a little baggie fell out.
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Nov 6, 2020 8:53 PM
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TimmyT1611Nov 6, 2020 8:53 PM
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Quote from Jaxidian View quoted comment :
I just got my monitor in. How the hell are people using this 75x75 VESA mount system? The bottom half of the mount is inset by like a full inch with plastic all around it! Is there some sort of proprietary bracket I have to buy to fit in there or something? I have ~10 different VESA mounts and not a single one will work with this.

I'm dumb. There are long standoffs in the box. I looked & looked & didn't see them until I finally decided to post. Dumped the box upside down and a little baggie fell out.
You scared me for a sec there
Nov 6, 2020 8:54 PM
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TimmyT1611Nov 6, 2020 8:54 PM
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Quote from Turmish View quoted comment :
Excel looks fine and clear to me!
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Thanks, pulling the trigger now. Hoping the price adjustment will work Smilie
Nov 6, 2020 8:55 PM
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hazardjsimpsonNov 6, 2020 8:55 PM
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Nice screen , it looks great. I'm gonna play with it for a bit and see if it's worth it to replace my other UW screen, which is a ROG Swift PG348Q. Same rez, but with IPS panel, but the ROG only hits 100hz, and doesn't have PiP , which was a big selling point for the Acer.

The stand on this thing is worse than horrible. I can't imagine how they actually thought anyone could use this POS stand. I'll definitely be mounting it on my VESA arm.

Pic of it on the stand for height reference. Running Divinity 2.

edit - by horrible, I mean short, and wobbly. It's solid, but not very useful , IMO.
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Nov 6, 2020 8:55 PM
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FragsterNov 6, 2020 8:55 PM
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Man...this deal never came alive and 20 pages of thread. I wonder if Costco may just run out of stock and the CyberMonday deal may never come to fruition.

But either way, even at $450 current price, monitor is probably the BEST 34" ultrawide under $500 (not to mention Costco lifetime policy on monitors).
Nov 6, 2020 9:02 PM
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JaxidianNov 6, 2020 9:02 PM
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Quote from TimmyT1611 View quoted comment :
You scared me for a sec there
Haha, I was about to be pretty upset. There's no way any ole VESA mount would fit the built-in holes. But the 1.5" long standoffs work just fine for the mount I was planning on using. Sorry for the scare. 😀
Nov 6, 2020 9:05 PM
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Akuma77Nov 6, 2020 9:05 PM
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Quote from hazardjsimpson View quoted comment :
Nice screen , it looks great. I'm gonna play with it for a bit and see if it's worth it to replace my other UW screen, which is a ROG Swift PG348Q. Same rez, but with IPS panel, but the ROG only hits 100hz, and doesn't have PiP , which was a big selling point for the Acer.

The stand on this thing is worse than horrible. I can't imagine how they actually thought anyone could use this POS stand. I'll definitely be mounting it on my VESA arm.

Pic of it on the stand for height reference. Running DEmbarrassmentS2.
1.) have you noticed black smearing in hour game? 2.) What game is that?

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Nov 6, 2020 9:09 PM
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Quote from Turmish View quoted comment :
Excel looks fine and clear to me!
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Text isn't blurry? That is my primary scare of VA

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