- What's up?
We're at Acer's booth at CES 2023,
and they've got their own version
of what we've seen from a few companies.
We've got their new X45 Predator model,
it's a 45" OLED display running at 240Hz, 1440p,
it's pretty sweet.
This thing is basically what we've seen
from a lot of other companies.
It's probably LG supplying the panel,
similar to the Corsair Xeneon Flex,
except we're not able to flex it.
But because of that, we're probably also not gonna see
the flex tax that they've put
on those monitors of, like, three or $400 at least.
So honestly, this is now, like,
becoming available for people.
It's crazy, I never would've expected a 45" OLED
to be available to the public in this day and age
at the prices that we're seeing.
We don't know the exact MSRP of this yet,
but if it's at all competitive with everyone else,
it's gonna be at least, you know, expensive.
don't get me wrong,
for those of us who wanna splurge though, a little bit,
on our display and our graphics card, this might be the one.
I mean, it's gonna be beautiful.
It's got 98.5% coverage of DCI-P3,
it's running at the lightning fast pixel response time
that OLED's gonna give you.
It's also gonna get you an incredible HDR experience
with every self emissive pixel
acting as its own dimming zone, unlike Mini-LED,
which honestly, is starting to get eclipsed
even when it didn't really, you know,
stretch its legs all that much.
Yeah, $1,699, that's pretty much in line
with what we're seeing
from other people that have got basically
this exact same panel.
So if you like Acer for other reasons,
then honestly, you're not gonna get screwed over in any way
by going with this one.
One thing that I absolutely love is this stand.
Don't get me wrong, it's big, but it's also a big screen,
so you're gonna need that to make sure it's nice and stable.
I'll be honest, I haven't played "Flight Sim,"
I don't know the controls,
I just clicked ready to fly, and here we are.
And I can tell you, it looks absolutely stunning.
Like, the reality is, it's really hard to go wrong
when it comes to OLED, it just looks so good.
It's hard, it's so hard to describe
without actually showing it to you in person,
and that's the one biggest problem
about making videos about displays,
is that I can't actually show you how good it might look.
If I didn't mention it already,
it's gonna hit 240Hz, which is crazy,
with the enlightening fast pixel response times of OLED,
it's just stunning.
The 800R curvature as well for display this size,
is actually preferable, at least to me personally.
There are some who might want to argue
that, you know, it's a bit too much,
but when you're getting to this level
of ultra wide and size, I really don't think so.
You want this curve here so you
don't have to bend your neck every which way
to, like, see the corners of the screens.
And you're gonna be kind of up close
with this thing anyway.
USB-A, USB-A, USB-B, USB-C, display port I'm guessing.
And what? HDMI?
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I'm not optimistic for how this is gonna go.
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You wanna flip it over probably.
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- Now if you want a smaller display, because let's be real,
45", a bit too big for a lot of people,
especially if you've got a smaller desk.
We've got the X27U here,
which is another 1440p display, but also OLED.
And one of the things
that I'm actually really excited about,
is that we're seeing a lot more 1440p displays this year
than we have before.
And I think that's because they've just kind of realized
that, like, it's really hard to run 4K, and on top of that,
like, you're gonna be able to save a buck
by going with 1440p resolution instead of a 4K resolution.
So I'm a big fan, personally,
and especially when you're up this close,
like 27" at 1440p, is pretty much perfect for me.
That's about 110 PPI, if I remember correctly.
Sorry, I'm not doing any of this,
like, off camera right now.
This thing is also going to hit 240Hz,
it's got, again, like 98, 99% coverage of DCI-P3,
it's got lightning fast pixel response time
thanks to it being OLED.
And both of these displays are gonna have free sync premium.
So you're gonna get a really good
variable refresh rate experience if you need it.
We've got basically the same stand again,
but a little smaller.
So it should have, yeah,
essentially the same functionality, which is great.
Yep, fantastic.
- [David] And vertical?
- It will, it will.
I'm not gonna tilt this the whole,
I'm not gonna pivot this the entire way
because there's a bunch of cables plugged in
and it's not our displays,
but it does look like it's gonna pivot to 90 degrees
if you want to go portrait mode.
For IO, it's not bad,
we've got a barrel plug for power,
what looks like a headphone jack, USB-A, USB-A, USB-B
to connect to your PC, USB-C might be power delivery,
might be display port, I'm not sure.
And what we got here, a display port and two HDMI ports.
So there's plenty of IO
for basically whatever you want to do.
I don't think there's a KVM on this one,
but it's also $1,099, not $1,699.
So, it's significantly cheaper,
and you're still getting a absolutely mind blowing
level of performance when it comes to 1440p gaming.
Honestly, OLED is just fantastic these days.
One thing about OLED
is that you can make the panels crazy thin
without losing any kind of performance
or anything like that.
And on the back of both of these displays,
we've got a, like, big electronics control box,
and then the actual panel though,
is like razor thin along the edges here.
Now, I feel perfectly fine maneuvering it
and adjusting it in any way, that's fine.
But if you're a little nervous about that sort of thing,
then, I don't know, just don't worry about it,
it's meant to be moved and whatnot.
You're good, you're good to go,
don't worry, don't worry, I promise it'll be fine,
it'll be fine.
If you wanna save a bit more,
you can go with the Nitro here, it's their XV,
sorry, I've gotta read this one off the sheet
because, you know, monitor names.
It's an XV275K P3.
Now, if you do need 4K, because let's be real,
as much as I love 1440p,
and I think it's the right choice for most gamers,
4K looks really good you guys, it's beautiful.
If you want a 4K panel and OLED is kind of out of reach,
or you're afraid of burning and image retention and whatnot,
Mini-LED is still a fantastic technology.
Another major advantage to this guy over the other two
that we looked at,
is it does have slightly more color gamut coverage
with 99% of Adobe RGB, and it's still going fast, you guys.
Like, this thing is 160Hz
with, like, one millisecond response time.
It's got HDR 1000, it's probably hitting over 1,000,
its no problem thanks to Mini-LED.
And with over 500 zones,
you're actually getting a pretty good dimming experience
in a screen this size.
The only problem with the Nitro that we're seeing here,
is that unlike our other two that we looked at earlier,
this is coming out in Q2 of this year,
and I mean, that might change, who knows?
It wasn't even on the list today,
they had it out, we saw it,
we're filming a video about it.
You know, I love RGB.
Look at this!
It's a really nice diffusion strip
that's arcing across the back here.
I'm a really big fan.
It's a little understated.
They've also got a nice little cable cover here
and the stand looks like it can do basically the same
as the other ones.
It looks like it can pivot, but once again,
we've got a bunch of cables here
so we're not gonna do that.
As for the IO, we've got similar IO for this one
with USB-B, two USB-A ports, a USB-C port, display port
and then two HDMIs.
A little harder to take a look at this one, sorry,
cables are wrapped a little tighter than the other guys.
But the reality is you're getting
a pretty solid both IO and stand experience
with any of these displays.
So at the end of the day,
you've gotta just pick whatever is in your budget
and whichever one is right for your experience.
Thanks guys, this is Acer's booth at CES 2023.
As you can see, they've got a ton of other stuff here too
that we haven't really talked about much.
They've got pre-builds, they've got some new speakers,
they've got some backpacks, they've got a bunch of laptops
and portable screens over there too, It all looks sick.
We're gonna try to cover as much as we can,
but, you know, we only have so much time.
Thanks for watching.