Acer announces USB-C 4K display geared towards professional image editor's needs [u]

At a live event on Thursday in New York City, PC-centric manufacturer Acer rolled out a 4K USB display aimed at image and video editors with USB-C connectivity and 85W of charging support suitable for the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro.

At its Acer Next event, the company debuted the 31.5-inch ProDesigner PE320QK monitor. The display is capable of 550 nits at 4K resolution. Additionally, the new display has what the company calls enhanced color gamut supporting 130 percent of the sRGB and 95 percent of the DCI-P3 gamuts in 8 bits. Response time is 4 milliseconds, with a 100 million to 1 contrast ratio.

The inclusion of USB-C as the connection method, plus supplying 85W of power makes it one of the only monitors available that will keep a 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro fully charged while in use. The display also features a removable anti-glare hood.

Update: Connectivity options include two HDMI 2.0 ports, audio out, a DisplayPort 1.2, a USB 3.1 type C input, and four USB 3.1 Type C outputs suitable for peripherals. A pair of 2W speakers are also present.

Pricing and availability are not yet known. At present, there is no product page display on the Acer website.

26 Comments

maciekskontakt 1168 comments · 15 Years

About 7 years ago

Good start., but it nmeeds to match reference quality (no Apple has never been even near that reference - that iis EIZO professional monitors): http://www.eizo.com/products/coloredge/

jcdinkins 114 comments · 12 Years

Buyer beware. I personally will never buy another Acer product again. Handled IT purchases at a company I used to work at years ago. Ordered 6 laptops for folks. Within 2 years all but 1 died. Horrendous build quality. They suck you in by offering their products just a little bit cheaper than most. Not worth it. Maybe they've gotten better since then, but I just can't go with them again because of past experience.

polymnia 1080 comments · 15 Years

maciekskontakt said:

Good start., but it nmeeds to match reference quality (no Apple has never been even near that reference - that iis EIZO professional monitors): http://www.eizo.com/products/coloredge/

I own an eizo coloredge cg318-4k. It's great and well worth the price of a higher-end MacPro (is that a contradiction in terms these days?).

why does this Acer display need to match the Enzo's reference quality? That's why we have Eizo.

A specrum of quality from totally non-calibrated, consumer-grade to hardware calibrated, high bit per channel displays seems positive. If acer can do better than average at a reasonable price it's more likely that more designers will have something better on their desks in the future than they have now.

suddenly newton 13819 comments · 14 Years

jcdinkins said:

Buyer beware. I personally will never buy another Acer product again. Handled IT purchases at a company I used to work at years ago. Ordered 6 laptops for folks. Within 2 years all but 1 died. Horrendous build quality. They suck you in by offering their products just a little bit cheaper than most. Not worth it. Maybe they've gotten better since then, but I just can't go with them again because of past experience.

My first laptop was an Acer. The logo came off while I was cleaning it.

Mike Wuerthele 6901 comments · 8 Years

jcdinkins said:

Buyer beware. I personally will never buy another Acer product again. Handled IT purchases at a company I used to work at years ago. Ordered 6 laptops for folks. Within 2 years all but 1 died. Horrendous build quality. They suck you in by offering their products just a little bit cheaper than most. Not worth it. Maybe they've gotten better since then, but I just can't go with them again because of past experience.

I've been pretty happy with their displays -- more on that shortly.