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We have collected 2 reviews of the Acer GD245HQ. Experts rate Acer GD245HQ 9/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Acer GD245HQ and Acer LCD monitors.
Whether it's gaming or movies, it seems the whole world is going mad for stereoscopic 3D. With that in mind, the 3D-capable Acer GD245HQ is probably the monitor of the moment.By most metrics, it's a pretty ordinary panel. It's a 24-incher with a TN panel, a CCFL backlight and the standard-issue 1,920 x 1,080 HD pixel grid. None of that would necessarily be bad if it weren't for the minor matter of pricing. The Acer GD245HQ is knocking on £300.That makes for a tough sell compared to similarly proportioned panels available for over £100 less. Some, such as the BenQ EW2420, even have VA panels and LED backlight. What they do not have, however, is support for stereoscopic 3D. Of course, for 3D visuals you need some additional kit, such as Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision. That adds another £125 to the overall figure required to enable 3D visuals. Whatever you think about stereoscopic 3D, it doesn't come cheap. The Acer GD245HQ is a tale of two monitors. At least, it's a tale of two monitor usage models, one as a conventional LCD panel, the other as the purveyor of eye-popping 3D visuals.
That makes the GD245HQ a highly anticipated monitor, whose design resembles that of the earlier G24, even if only the stand now has a metallic finish. So this is the third 120 Hz screen on the market, and the hardware is gradually improving from model to the next: the , for instance, only had a single DVI input for instance, but ViewSonic added VGA to its a few months later. The Acer GD245HQ, though, has VGA, DVI and HDMI. It isn't all wonderful news, though, as at this pace, we'll need to wait through another five or six product launches until we get a height-adjustable stand or a USB hub ... While we're looking at the connectivity, it's a good time to revisit a question that we're often asked: can a HDMI cable carry a 120 Hz signal/? The answer is 'no'--with the current version of the standard (1.3) at least. Our tests did manage to push the refresh rate above 60 Hz, but only to 75 Hz with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. That means you'll have to use DVI--and a Dual Link cable at that--if you want to get up to 120 Hz in 1920 x 1080 pixels. As you might know, we prefer to examine the responsivess of a monitor by counting the number of frames of ghosting, those traces that take too long to disappear and end up on top of images that are currently on show, rather than in milliseconds.