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Jun 5, 2023 11:42 PM

Costco Members: 34" Acer Nitro UWQHD 165Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Monitor

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34" Acer Nitro UWQHD 165Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Gaming Monitor (ED343CUR Vbmiippx) for $269.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member HappyRose936 for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 34" UWQHD (3440 x 1440) 1000R Curved Widescreen VA with AMD FreeSync Premium Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 165Hz Using Display Port
  • Response Time: 1ms (G to G), Up to 0.5ms (G to G, Min.)
  • 300nit Brightness
  • Color Saturation: Adobe RGB 90% - Color Accuracy: Delta E < 2
  • HDR 10 w Panel Type: VA
  • Acer VisionCare Technologies
  • 2 Speakers, 3 Watts per Speaker
  • Ports:
    • 2x Display Port 1.4
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Audio Out

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • $30 manufacturer's savings is valid 6/5/23 through 6/18/23. While supplies last. Limit 5 per member.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.

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Written by HappyRose936
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34" Acer Nitro UWQHD 165Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Gaming Monitor (ED343CUR Vbmiippx) for $269.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member HappyRose936 for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 34" UWQHD (3440 x 1440) 1000R Curved Widescreen VA with AMD FreeSync Premium Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 165Hz Using Display Port
  • Response Time: 1ms (G to G), Up to 0.5ms (G to G, Min.)
  • 300nit Brightness
  • Color Saturation: Adobe RGB 90% - Color Accuracy: Delta E < 2
  • HDR 10 w Panel Type: VA
  • Acer VisionCare Technologies
  • 2 Speakers, 3 Watts per Speaker
  • Ports:
    • 2x Display Port 1.4
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x Audio Out

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • $30 manufacturer's savings is valid 6/5/23 through 6/18/23. While supplies last. Limit 5 per member.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.

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Written by HappyRose936

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techx
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This is a VA panel.
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HappyRose936
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OP here. I bought one and it seems good*. I'll try to answer some questions and comments. I'm not a monitor expert, but I am a game dev who pays close attention to picture quality.

USB C? No, as indicated in the specs there is none, despite one of the Costco reference images seemingly indicating a USB port.

Ultrawide? Yes. It's UW, with a native 3440 x 1440 as in the given specs, which I guess is slightly off from a perfect 21:9 aspect ratio by my math, but still a typical UWQHD resolution.

Viewing angle? Not seeing any issues vertically or horizontally at any part of the monitor from various typical viewing positions. EDIT: I'm now noticing some very subtle shadowy white stripes in the corners if my viewing angle is more than say 3 inches off vertically from the ideal. This would be fixed for me by a riser.

Dead pixels? I got a tiny clump of IDK how many dead pixels. Looks like a permanent ` on the screen.

Legibility of tiny text? Good.

Saving settings? It seems to be saving my settings after power off. There is an option to save settings to 1 of 3 banks. EDIT: Save banks no longer seem to be working. Tested for brightness and contrast. Not sure if it worked before or if I was just confused or if I'm doing it wrong now. Anyway we now have several anecdotes of it not working in this thread.

Refresh rate autosync to games? Haven't configured anything special, but haven't seen any tearing on various games, some with < 60 FPS and some with > 200 FPS, so I haven't bothered to confirm any Hz matching. I'm using HDMI.

Other thoughts:
- The metal monitor stand is much more solid than is typical, but it would be nice if it were a little higher. I'm 6'2". It does have some vertical angle adjust, but I might get a 3" riser. Assembly was convenient.
- The side and top bezels are very thin, maybe 2 or 3 mm. The bottom isn't super thin.
- Curve is pleasant and useful.
- Supposed bespoke calibration at the factory as stated by insert in the box. Seems plausible.

*Generally quite happy with this deal, but may return due to dead pixels defect. I'd say the subtle viewing angle issue is not a deal breaker for me because it won't be present once I set up the position properly.

Also, thanks to the editor who improved my post!
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That's correct, but a curved VA panel. So you personally don't have to worry as much about viewing angles.
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Jun 7, 2023 10:37 AM
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ton714Jun 7, 2023 10:37 AM
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Quote from tejas4goa View quoted comment :
Which is better? Costco or Best buy?
Costco for return?
Jun 7, 2023 10:44 AM
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brian504Jun 7, 2023 10:44 AM
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Quote from opus123 View quoted comment :
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012043

I've given serious thought to buying this one. Seems like all the other IPS ones are $700 or more. I hate to pay more than I did for my current 34" alienware monitor that is over 5 years old. Just not sure if not having a curve will bother me. If Best Buy would run Gigabyte monitor at $399 I would probably buy it.
BB has it for 399 as well. Debating on getting it as i have a bunch of bb GCs from last amex deal
Jun 7, 2023 1:10 PM
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CBass151Jun 7, 2023 1:10 PM
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Quote from James_bond003 View quoted comment :
Really good deal for this price.
Really nice curve, I mean real curvature of 1000R, unlike those barely there curve of 1800R.
But, it's not ultrawide and doesn't have USB-C both are must for me.
This is ultrawide.
Jun 7, 2023 1:16 PM
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wrathreJun 7, 2023 1:16 PM
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Quote from brian504 View quoted comment :
BB has it for 399 as well. Debating on getting it as i have a bunch of bb GCs from last amex deal
Solid price for a good IPS ultrawide like this. According to RTINGS, this monitor also uses the standard RGB layout which is a win (some of gigabyte's other/older IPS monitors over the years used a BGR subpixel layout, which would make text appear slightly more blurry). The built in KVM is nice if you have a laptop or separate office computer.

Purchasing from local B&M versus online is nice if you need to exchange due to a dead pixel too.
Jun 7, 2023 1:18 PM
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James_bond003Jun 7, 2023 1:18 PM
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Quote from CBass151 View quoted comment :
This is ultrawide.
Thanks.
I am tempted and still lack USB-C.
Jun 7, 2023 1:18 PM
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brian504Jun 7, 2023 1:18 PM
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Quote from wrathre View quoted comment :
Solid price for a good IPS ultrawide like this. According to RTINGS, this monitor also uses the standard RGB layout which is a win (some of gigabyte's other/older IPS monitors over the years used a BGR subpixel layout, which would make text appear slightly more blurry). The built in KVM is nice if you have a laptop or separate office computer.

Purchasing from local B&M versus online is nice if you need to exchange due to a dead pixel too.
What are your thoughts on not having a curve?
Jun 7, 2023 1:24 PM
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Jbh88Jun 7, 2023 1:24 PM
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Quote from James_bond003 View quoted comment :
Thanks.
I am tempted and still lack USB-C.
The picture shows one even though the description doesn't.

I see: HDMI 2.0, DP 1.4, USB-C, USB Up, 2xUSB 3.0, Audio out

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Jun 7, 2023 1:32 PM
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wrathreJun 7, 2023 1:32 PM
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Quote from brian504 View quoted comment :
What are your thoughts on not having a curve?
I actually have and run an HP x34 as my gaming monitor, which is also a flat 34 inch IPS display. I have it mounted on the wall and feel it looks better flat when mounted that way. I can appreciate the curve if you're sitting fairly close to your monitor, however I have no issues with it being flat when sitting at an appropriate viewing distance (I have mine sitting about 2.5 feet away from me). I think I paid around 430 for it back in October 2021, been very happy with it.

It does everything a curved IPS does for about half the price, and I don't see a curve being worth around $400+ unless you just have lots of cash to burn.

Hope my experience helps you figure out what works best for you, and good luck!
Jun 7, 2023 1:41 PM
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brian504Jun 7, 2023 1:41 PM
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Quote from wrathre View quoted comment :
I actually have and run an HP x34 as my gaming monitor, which is also a flat 34 inch IPS display. I have it mounted on the wall and feel it looks better flat when mounted that way. I can appreciate the curve if you're sitting fairly close to your monitor, however I have no issues with it being flat when sitting at an appropriate viewing distance (I have mine sitting about 2.5 feet away from me). I think I paid around 430 for it back in October 2021, been very happy with it.

It does everything a curved IPS does for about half the price, and I don't see a curve being worth around $400+ unless you just have lots of cash to burn.

Hope my experience helps you figure out what works best for you, and good luck!
Certainly does. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
Jun 7, 2023 6:43 PM
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xxjorelxxJun 7, 2023 6:43 PM
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Quote from Jbh88 View quoted comment :
The picture shows one even though the description doesn't.

I see: HDMI 2.0, DP 1.4, USB-C, USB Up, 2xUSB 3.0, Audio out
I have this monitor and mine does not have a USB-C.
Last edited by xxjorelxx June 7, 2023 at 10:10 PM.
Jun 7, 2023 8:26 PM
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tejas4goaJun 7, 2023 8:26 PM
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For me right now, I would go with Best Buy if you buy the extended warranty. They are truly no hassle return compared to what I'm dealing with at Costco. I posted in another thread how my daughters chromebook broke with only a few weeks left of the HP 1 year warranty. i had the extended warranty thru Costco. I went to the store and they blew me off, handed me a pamphlet and said call the number. Called the number and they made me call HP. They said they would look at it and sent me a shipping box. Now at this point the laptop worked, it was just that one of the hinges had broken. We packed it in the box as instructed and sent it to HP. They then sent us an email when they got it and sent us pictures of a broken laptop. They basically broke the monitor off the hinges. They said it would be $400 for them to repair or they could just send us back the laptop. We chose to have it sent back since it was less than $300 for a new one. At this point we were no longer within the 1 year HP warranty so we called Costco back thinking they would handle it under their extended warranty. We were wrong. They made us send it back to HP. At this point we don't know what is going to happen. I'm too the point of just calling it a loss and buying a new one from Best Buy. Everything so far I've returned to best buy that was under warranty they have just told me to go find a replacement and if it was the same cost they just rang it up as zero or in a couple of cases I've gone with a better model and paid the difference at the time. After all the stories I've read over the years of people returning electronics to Costco with no hassle even after owning it for a year or more, I was surprised at how I've been treated. Maybe I just don't have a persuasive enough voice.
Price matched with Best buy and got this one. Although did not get the extended warranty. Purchased with Amex Gold so hoping that will help with Purchase protection/ accidental damage for 90 days and 1 year extended warranty.
Jun 7, 2023 8:43 PM
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k43kf0Jun 7, 2023 8:43 PM
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Would this monitor be good for work such as typing and video editing?
Jun 7, 2023 9:06 PM
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opus123Jun 7, 2023 9:06 PM
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Quote from Jbh88 View quoted comment :
The picture shows one even though the description doesn't.

I see: HDMI 2.0, DP 1.4, USB-C, USB Up, 2xUSB 3.0, Audio out
Are you looking at the one the OP posted or the Gigabyte that some others are talking about?
Jun 7, 2023 9:55 PM
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andyha1010Jun 7, 2023 9:55 PM
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Quote from opus123 View quoted comment :
Are you looking at the one the OP posted or the Gigabyte that some others are talking about?
The back picture does show it has USB C if you zoom in

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Jun 8, 2023 12:15 AM
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0rbitalframeJun 8, 2023 12:15 AM
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Quote from derubermensch View quoted comment :
Nice...i was looking at the specs on best buy and it says not mountable, but teamacer says yes in questions section, like you said
Just got it delivered and it is vesa 100x100 compatible

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