Predator X34 X0bmiiphux VA

I was in the same boat as you and then learned about this monitor that met all of my needs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSBW8F96?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Mini LED with 1000+ zones, HDR 1000 certification, Fast IPS panel, 200hz (at 8-bit color, 144hz for 10-bit color), and G-sync support. I've only had it for about a week but it has been excellent. Mini LED is absolutely worth the upgrade over standard IPS for HDR gaming. And there's no risk of burn in so you can use it for office work all day!

Their product page says otherwise: https://www.acer.com/us-en/predator/monitors/x34

I ordered from that Amazon link and got the 1900r ag-ips version. The same one with the sound bar below the screen.

Where do you see it listed as a VA monitor?

That's a bummer. Though I will say that I haven't noticed any ghosting or any other issues typically seen with VA panels at high refresh rates

I’m in the oddball camp that thinks if your going for HDR over motion clarity that miniLED is the way to do it I had an issue with color fringing on my QD-OLED that had a color vibration effect for me. Which induced headaches and eye strain. I linked the 3440x1440 miniLED I had and I really liked it. It was blurry in motion being a VA but still has great HDR performance. GW2….found times. The only MMO that I didn’t quit after a month. Good combat. Fun exploration.

Acer had a predator ultrawide Va miniLED. I liked it a lot but it still had all the VA woes. I get the hesitancy for going OLED with that use case. Are two panels out of the option?

Get this if in US: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSBW8F96/](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSBW8F96/) However, it's 1500r which I prefer at this 34" size, 3440x1440, VA miniled, 1152 dimming zones, 200hz, HDR1000, 99%dci-p3, comes with factory calibration report (very accurate). This monitor is so good, just got it, super bright scenes, vivid colors, great contrast, fast response VA, no black smearing in gaming. This is the best 34" HDR gaming monitor in US currently IMO. The only oled monitor that gets close to as bright in peaks and sustained brightness has to be the newer tandem oled. Bright scenes look muted on most oled monitors. Also, I don't believe there are currently any tandem oled in 34" 3440x1440. It's worth saving for HDR gaming especially if you play single player games, so I would delay purchase if you can't afford yet.

Very happy with it, HDR looks very good super bright, good contrast, don't notice blooming with HDR content, colors pop, accurate color calibration comes with a certificate, minimal black smearing only seen in UFO test and not in gaming, good response time without ghosting, 1500r curve is just right for 34" in my opinion. I don't think most gamers will notice the black smearing while actually playing games. Very very minimal. Unless this malfunctions or I see a major issue while I continue gaming on it, I'm keeping it. I'm leaving static content while on HDR, it's so much better liveability compared to oled. No more hiding taskbar. Also the brights on this is way better than my 42 LG C4.

It's matte but not too heavy, so it's fine. Backlight bloom is very minimal thanks to VA and the dimming algorithm is fantastic in HDR gaming. Resident Evil 2 is jaw dropping. That oled is not the newer tandem so in bright scenes it will look muted. This is the best HDR gaming 34" currently available IMO.

I set it up, happy with my initial impressions. Far from done testing. Housing is well ventilated, vents all on top can see through to the bottom speakers. I like this as overheating kills electronics. I thought it had KVM and USB ports, it has none. 3440x1440 200hz confirmed for USB c, display port 1.4 connection. I think it has HDMI 2.0 because it caps refresh rate at 100hz. It has auto HDR which turns local dining on and off with Windows 11 HDR. 10 bit color works only with 144hz, not with 200hz. I couldn't tell the difference with HDR YouTube videos so I'm leaving it at 200hz for now. Overdrive has 3 settings, middle one is good on UFO testing. It looks smooth with only minimal black trails, I'm happy with this. I've seen much worse on VA. Extreme setting has too much ghosting. The bright peaks look great on HDR video, I think VA is a good choice as dark scenes still look good without too much noticeable blooming. No dead pixels found. Right now I'm leaning towards keeping it but way more testing to do.

Another thing I forgot to mention. It came with a color calibration factory report. Measurement result: Gamma curve 2.2 Color Temp 6493K Avg Delta E of 0.40 Max Delta E of 1.36 This looks like a great result. Under Delta 1.0 is imperceptible, Gamma and Color Temp is spot on. Color accuracy is very good on this.

So far so good. I’m on a gtx1070 , when I get home I’ll get an older game to play at higher fps to see if black smearing is an issue. Any recs? I played abiotic factor and dayz just to test out and it was very nice I’m waiting for build a 5070ti rig in next week or so to really stress it Right now I’m pleasantly surprised. If there’s specific things ppl want me to test I can try my best. I’m a casual gamer

Got this recently and like it a lot. If VA is ok, then I’d check out miniled. Does have blooming when using HDR or the active dimming on desktop/web browsing. Ive never noticed in games/video and just switch back to SDR and no dimming when not gaming. I bought it to have high SDR brightness and no burn in risk as its 90% used for work, but still get good contrast and HDR 1000 for games. Seems kind of unique as I didn’t see any other mini led while shopping. Pricey for a VA, but if you’re ok with a bit more ghosting inherent to VA, the miniled makes a pretty big difference for games. Perfect for my use case and price range. Acer Predator, x34 X0bmiiphux miniled https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSBW8F96?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_7ZP7J05SA68JMDSV7HYK&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_7ZP7J05SA68JMDSV7HYK&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_7ZP7J05SA68JMDSV7HYK&titleSource=true