Renowned worldwide for its innovation and leadership in gaming displays, Acer today announced the expansion of its Predator monitor line-up in the United States, giving gamers in North America more choices for battle.
The new Predator XB1 Series includes two 27-inch models, the Predator XB271HU and the Predator XB271HK. These new monitors feature a sleek and aggressive black design with sharp angles and bold red accents. Designed to provide a no-compromise visual experience, the new models feature NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ technology that reduces screen tearing and minimizes display stutter and input lag to sharpen gamer’s views with incredibly clear and smooth images.
Predator XB271HU l WQHD, Zero-Frame Design
The new Predator XB271HU touts a zero-frame edge-to-edge design with a WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS panel that supports 100% of the sRGB color gamut as well as NVIDIA® ULMB™ technology1 to reduce motion blur by delivering sharp edges in fast-paced gaming environments. It has a fast 4ms gray to gray response time, 350 cd/m2 brightness and up to a supercharged 165Hz overclocking refresh rate that speeds up the frames per second for delivering ultra-smooth gameplay.
Predator XB271HK l 4K UHD
The 27-inch Acer Predator XB271HK touts spectacular picture quality with a 4K UHD (3840×2160@60Hz) panel boasting 300 cd/m2 brightness and 1.07 billion colors. This stunning monitor also provides a high 100 percent sRGB color accuracy and reproduction.
Rendering fast-moving actions and dramatic transitions without smearing or ghosting, the Acer Predator XB271HK’s IPS display offers a quick 4ms response. It also provides wide viewing angles with accurate colors up to 178 degrees horizontally and vertically.
GameView In-Game Advantage
The new Predator gaming monitors feature GameView technology, which allows gamers to swiftly toggle between three customizable display profiles to tweak settings in-game without the need to navigate through an OSD menu, a significant advantage when every second counts. Special settings include dark boost (black level adjustment) to ensure gamers can best see every threat, aim-point assistance to help get a jump on opponents and perfect the shot as well as the ability to select the on-screen refresh rate.
Comfortable Ergonomics
Featuring Acer Eye Protect Technology, the new monitors are outfitted with flicker-less, blue-light filter, ComfyView and low-dimming technologies to help safeguard the eyes from blue light emissions and decrease eye fatigue during long gaming sessions.
An ergonomically-designed stand provides tilt from -5 to 35 degrees, swivel from +/- 30 degrees, pivot and height adjustment up to 5.9 inches, enabling customers to find the most optimum viewing position. A quick release design easily disconnects the display from the stand for VESA wall mounting.
They also offer excellent connectivity with HDMI, DisplayPort v1.2 and a USB 3.0 hub (1 up/4 down) as well as dynamic audio with two 2W stereo speakers.
Pricing and Availability
The Predator XB1 Series monitors will be available at leading retailers this month. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) is $799 for the Predator XB271HU and $899 for the Predator XB271HK. Click on this link for Acer Predator XB1 Series images.
The monitors are backed by professional, high-quality technical support and a standard three-year parts and labor warranty.2 Acer’s online community at community.acer.com provides customers discussion forums, answers to frequently asked questions and the opportunity to share ideas for new and enhanced services and products.
About Acer
Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software + services company dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support of innovative products that enhance people’s lives. Acer’s product offerings include PCs, displays, projectors, servers, tablets, smartphones, and wearables. The company is also developing cloud solutions to bring together the Internet of Things. Acer employs 7,000 people and ranks No. 4 for total PCs globally.3 Revenues for 2014 reached US$10.39 billion. Please visit www.acer.com for more information.
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- Users can turn on the ULMB function from the OSD setting. ULMB cannot be activated at the same time as G-SYNC. ULMB technology works only at 85Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 144Hz and 200Hz refresh rate.
- Limited warranty agreement applies. For a copy, write to Acer Customer Service, P.S. Box 6137, Temple, TX 76503.
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