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The Acer PE320QK is a bit of a strange monitor. On the one hand, it’s a straight-up professional imaging monitor, with exceptional image quality as its main priority. On the other hand, it boasts an HDR mode and it has several gaming-centric features.
The result would seem to be the ultimate all-rounder monitor that’s great for work and play. However, it doesn’t entirely deliver on all fronts, making it more a jack-of-all trades than a master of any.
For instance, it doesn’t stretch to 100% AdobeRGB colour space coverage, so that somewhat limits its applications (though the use of AdobeRGB is admittedly very limited). Plus, the HDR mode doesn’t deliver true HDR. It lacks the contrast to meet any existing HDR standard, so only really is useful for colour grading of HDR content, not working on anything contrast related.
Similarly its gaming chops are something of a token add on. While it claims a 4ms response time, it can feel a little more sluggish than that at times and just generally it wouldn’t be the sort of display we'd ever particularly consider with gaming in mind. For instance, Acer’s own XB321HK offers the same 32-inch size, 4K resolution and great IPS image quality (though limited to sRGB colour space only) but also includes G-Sync and costs less than half this display.
All of which isn’t to say this is a bad monitor – far from it – it’s just that without that true HDR capability, it’s hard to see quite who would buy this display.
We found the PE320QK for £1475.98 from CCL HERE.
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Pros:
- Excellent image quality.
- Very high contrast for IPS.
- Versatile stand.
- Plenty of connectivity.
- Huge screen and high resolution.
Cons:
- Expensive.
- 10-bit colour unnecessary for most.
- Slow response time.
- Not true HDR.
KitGuru says: An immensely capable, professional-grade monitor that also has some gaming features. We’re just not sure who it’s really for.
