I have a home office setup with an ACER ultra-wide second monitor on a floating arm. It's a nice monitor, but for some reason it's a buggar to get my work laptop (a Dell CAD workstation) to find the correct resolution with. I had to fiddle with the settings (as it's a 75Hz monitor) and finally my system recognized the correct settings... and even with that, sometimes my system sees the monitor as just a 1920x1080 generic PnP monitor or sporadically flashes in and out (as if it's struggling to find the correct settings/source (as it's autosensing). Ugh. It drives me nuts. With that, I also use it has an extended monitor for my home setup (where my wife and I share the monitor, swapping between a couple older MS Surface products (SurfacePro5 and SurfaceBook2)); when those are hooked up to the ACER ultra-widescreen monitor, it's the worst looking stretched-out blurry 1920x1080 interpretation, and by no means 75Hz). It was nasty.
Now bring in this AOC 27" monitor. It's a big monitor, but it has basic settings: 1920x1080 at ~60Hz. It's much thinner than the bulkier ACER, and this AOC monitor is nicely 'frameless'. It fits on the computer arm in our little home office so much better/more-flush. Also, it is instantly recognized by all our computers and Windows effortlessly matches up the correct settings. It's a clean, bright, and crisp image monitor. It's SOOO much nicer with our older laptops than that ACER ultra-wide.
I had such high hopes for that ACER ultra-wide... but this taller rectangular 27' AOC unit is actually much nicer to work with. The AOC viewing real estate is 13.5"x24"... where the ACER ultra-wide is 11.5"x27". The taller/narrower AOC screen is just nicer when reading webpages, building a presentation slide, or doing CAD. That's probably just a preference (based on my usage), but it's noticeable. I imagine the ultra-wide is perhaps better for gaming, but it didn't really work well for other uses.
Oh, and for under $100, this AOC 27" unit is a smokin' deal! Great size, quality, and performance for the price!
| Standing screen display size | 27 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
