Acer Predator X34

One look at the X34 tells you that this is not a typical display. For starters, the cabinet is huge, measuring 14.8 by 32.2 by 4 inches (HWD). It uses a bezel-free design and has a glossy-black finish with a chevron-shaped pattern at the rear and a Predator logo on the front. The 34-inch panel uses In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology and has a 3,440-by-1,440 resolution and a 21:9 aspect ratio. It has a matte anti-glare coating and a curvature radius of 3,800R. (This means that if you put these monitors edge to edge to create a complete circle, the circle's radius would be 3,800mm.) The 20-pound cabinet is supported by a V-shaped aluminum stand that offers 40 degrees of tilt (5 degrees forward, 35 degrees backward) and 5 inches of height adjustability. There are four VESA mounting holes for use with the included mounting plate if you prefer to hang the X34 on a wall, but you'll need to supply your own wall-mounting bracket kit.

Embedded in the cabinet is a pair of 7-watt speakers that use DTS Sound technology to deliver robust audio output with a generous helping of bass response. All of the X34's I/O ports are located around back, facing outward. You only get two video inputs with this model (DisplayPort and HDMI), but it is equipped with a five-port USB 3.0 hub (4 downstream, 1 upstream) and a headphone jack.

There are five red function buttons and a Power switch located on the bottom edge of the cabinet, off to the right. The buttons are used to access the settings menus and use on-screen labels that makes navigating the menus easy. They also serve as hot keys for several functions: toggling between inputs; selecting one of three-user defined game profiles that allow you to assign custom image settings for each profile; selecting a overdrive mode (Off, Normal, Extreme) that accelerates pixel response to eliminate motion artifacts; and adjusting speaker volume. 

Picture settings include Brightness, Contrast, Adaptive Contrast, Dark Boost, and Low Blue Light. In addition to Gamma and Color Temperature, there are settings for Saturation, which adjusts color brightness, and 6-Axis Color, which lets you fine-tune color quality by adjusting red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow intensity levels. There are five picture presets, including User, Standard, Movie, Graphics, and Eco modes.

Gamers looking to improve their shooting skills will appreciate the X34's Aim Point feature, which offers three different aiming targets for use with first-person-shooter (FPS) games. There's also an Ambient Light feature that lets you enable the LED lights embedded in the bottom edge of the cabinet. You can select a color (red, green, blue, white, and orange) or have it change randomly, and you can select a style (fixed, flashing, breathing, and ripple) to suit your mood.  Finally, the Overclock setting allows you to speed up the monitor's refresh rate to 100Hz (the default rate is 75Hz), but you'll have to reboot your PC in order for the change to take place.

The world's first curved gaming monitor that completely immerses you in the game universe. Absolutely stunning.