Acer’s rolling out four new models in all, none bigger than its beastly Predator Z57, an absolute unit of a display with a curved (1000R) 57-inch VA panel with mini LED backlighting.
In case you missed it, gaming monitors were the big buzz at least year’s CES event, with several models boasting delightfully bright mini LED backlighting. Since then, OLED monitors have gained a modicum of steam. Which type of display will ultimately win out? That’s to be determined and as we wait to find out, Acer is hedging its bet by introducing a handful of curved OLED and mini LED gaming monitors at this year’s CES.Acer’s rolling out four new models in all, none bigger than its beastly Predator Z57, an absolute unit of a display with a curved (1000R) 57-inch VA panel with mini LED backlighting. All that physical real estate leaves room to pack a whole bunch of pixels, which in this case translates to a 7680×2160 resolution (32:9 aspect ratio), otherwise known as Dual Ultra High Definition (DUHD). Neck pillow not included, presumably.The strengths of mini LED lie both in its ability to get immensely bright while offering better control of what parts of the display to illuminate, which in turn can greatly reduce blooming (otherwise known as the halo effect).
