Acer XB271HU

[condition_zero]

My xb271hu has a problem. Yesterday morning was fine but my house had a power trip. Today the blue led is always on but nothing appears on the screen. I've unplugged all displayport cables and only left the power cable, cycled the main switch behind the screen, I still can't get any image out, not even the no input detected image. Anyone has any idea what's wrong?

 

[Kusanagi]

My xb271hu has a problem. Yesterday morning was fine but my house had a power trip. Today the blue led is always on but nothing appears on the screen. I've unplugged all displayport cables and only left the power cable, cycled the main switch behind the screen, I still can't get any image out, not even the no input detected image. Anyone has any idea what's wrong?

are you able to access OSD?
check if display out is to DP or HDMI

 

[condition_zero]

are you able to access OSD?
check if display out is to DP or HDMI

Nope, screen backlight doesn't come on when I push the front power button, and that blue led indicator light is always on. Normally it would be orange if there's no input signal.
Sigh... I think up the lorry liao. Warranty also over, can wait for 11.11 liao. Thanks for the help Kusanagi.

 

[spblind]

people getting butt hurt

 

[galaxynote]

Nope, screen backlight doesn't come on when I push the front power button, and that blue led indicator light is always on. Normally it would be orange if there's no input signal.
Sigh... I think up the lorry liao. Warranty also over, can wait for 11.11 liao. Thanks for the help Kusanagi.

Looks like it is not a reliable monitor

 

[LiLAsN]

i regretted buying xb271hu, considering i am a very competitive player,
masters in overwatch dropped to diamond, dps main top 1% soldier 76 and 5:1k/d mccree both with average of 45% aim, i couldnt aim nuts and my avg aim rating went down to 37% in 2 months...
global elite in cs (3k+ hours) but i cant seem to land shots even tho my crosshair is clearly on the target....

was pondering what happen? 3 months ago i change my benq xl2411 TN panel to xb271hu IPS, i admit IPS colours are significantly better...... however whoever says that the TN panel and IPS panel doesn't have much difference, most likely haven't understand how competitive a milisecond can take the edge over fights especially in cs go....

the reason why im saying this is.... i thought it was my problem, new monitor, new muscle memory, played in 2 months same thing, i keep feeling my shots ain't registering. I literally miss shots all the time on my xb271hu, which honestly impossible due to the hours i play and muscle memory trained everyday on aim maps etc.

went back to tried my xl2411.... and ...... i couldn't stop fragging lolz and hitting shots in overwatch....

anyone have both monitor going on a dual monitor setup ?
thinking of buying a new 240hz just for overwatch and cs.
and keeping my xb271hu for triple A titles.

Rig : 1070 + 8600k
4:3 stretched 1280x1024 for cs go
1920x1080p for overwatch @ all low
i can run both games @ 250fps without dips.
i dont play 1440p on competitive games due to muscle memory, keeping my usual settings. i only use 1440p on single AAA titles.

TLDR; TN 1ms imo huge difference in terms of fast pace fps against IPS panels.

LoL. I hope you did not turn on G-Sync for Overwatch. That was your mistake that will cost you your game.
The reason is simple. By sticking to a fixed refresh rate, you can predict and calculate where you want your cross-hair to be.

G-Sync means an inconsistent frame release. If the GPU has frames to push this time, then the monitor will display those frames at that particular timing.
In other words, you won't get a new frame every 6.94ms making it so hard to predict where your cursor might end.


Look at it this way.

144Hz fixed frame
6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms

G-Sync's adaptive sync
6.94ms - 16.66ms - 6.94ms - 8.33ms - 8.33ms - 16.66ms - 6.94ms


Of cos you will find it hard to find the right pacing as the pacing is adaptive and therefore inconsistent to begin with.
Make sure G-Sync is off when playing Overwatch.

As for the latency, don't assume TN panels are better.


Here's a comparison between the 240Hz BenQ monitor and the Acer XB271HU

Look at how often you see the BenQ monitor showing a faster frame when comparing the 2. Quite rare and far between considering the TN panel boasting a 1ms response time when comparing to IPS's 4ms response time.
Albeit, the test was done with both running at 144Hz.

Boasting about skills without an understanding on the science. How funny.
Where's that "huge" difference you were talking about?

 

[spblind]

LoL. I hope you did not turn on G-Sync for Overwatch. That was your mistake that will cost you your game.
The reason is simple. By sticking to a fixed refresh rate, you can predict and calculate where you want your cross-hair to be.

G-Sync means an inconsistent frame release. If the GPU has frames to push this time, then the monitor will display those frames at that particular timing.
In other words, you won't get a new frame every 6.94ms making it so hard to predict where your cursor might end.

Look at it this way. 144Hz,
6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms - 6.94ms


G-Sync's adaptive sync
6.94ms - 16.66ms - 6.94ms - 8.33ms - 8.33ms - 16.66ms - 6.94ms


Of cos you will find it hard to find the right pacing as the pacing is adaptive and therefore inconsistent to begin with.
Make sure G-Sync is off when playing Overwatch.

As for the latency, don't assume TN panels are better.

Here's a comparison between the 240Hz BenQ monitor and the Acer XB271HU

Look at how often you see the BenQ monitor showing a faster frame when comparing the 2. Quite rare and far between considering the TN panel boasting a 1ms response time when comparing to IPS's 4ms response time.
Albeit, the test was done with both running at 144Hz.

Boasting about skills without an understanding on the science. How funny.
Where's that 'huge' difference you were talking about?

i never ever like g-sync and i don't on it, i so much prefer outright refresh rate.

tested on overwatch 300fps @ everything low no dips
xl2411z TN - SIM 3.1ms/3.1ms/ lowest being 3.1ms highest being 5.1ms (averages 3-5ms)
xb271hu IPS - SIM 3.1ms/3.1ms/ lowest being 3.1ms highest being 13.5ms ( average 7-10ms.)

lol @ boasting at skills, im not even boasting, im telling you so that you would understand that i come from a competitive background.

well its okay, to you maybe you cant feel the difference but to me i obviously can.

 

[m0n0n0ke]

i regretted buying xb271hu, considering i am a very competitive player,
masters in overwatch dropped to diamond, dps main top 1% soldier 76 and 5:1k/d mccree both with average of 45% aim, i couldnt aim nuts and my avg aim rating went down to 37% in 2 months...
global elite in cs (3k+ hours) but i cant seem to land shots even tho my crosshair is clearly on the target....

was pondering what happen? 3 months ago i change my benq xl2411 TN panel to xb271hu IPS, i admit IPS colours are significantly better...... however whoever says that the TN panel and IPS panel doesn't have much difference, most likely haven't understand how competitive a milisecond can take the edge over fights especially in cs go....

the reason why im saying this is.... i thought it was my problem, new monitor, new muscle memory, played in 2 months same thing, i keep feeling my shots ain't registering. I literally miss shots all the time on my xb271hu, which honestly impossible due to the hours i play and muscle memory trained everyday on aim maps etc.

went back to tried my xl2411.... and ...... i couldn't stop fragging lolz and hitting shots in overwatch....

anyone have both monitor going on a dual monitor setup ?
thinking of buying a new 240hz just for overwatch and cs.
and keeping my xb271hu for triple A titles.

Rig : 1070 + 8600k
4:3 stretched 1280x1024 for cs go
1920x1080p for overwatch @ all low
i can run both games @ 250fps without dips.
i dont play 1440p on competitive games due to muscle memory, keeping my usual settings. i only use 1440p on single AAA titles.

TLDR; TN 1ms imo huge difference in terms of fast pace fps against IPS panels.

Wa talk like super pro player..must be from our national team...liked

 

[spblind]

Wa talk like super pro player..must be from our national team...liked

kk i dont need these kind of replies. i end here.

 

[LiLAsN]

i never ever like g-sync and i don't on it, i so much prefer outright refresh rate.

tested on overwatch 300fps @ everything low no dips
xl2411z TN - SIM 3.1ms/3.1ms/ lowest being 3.1ms highest being 5.1ms (averages 3-5ms)
xb271hu IPS - SIM 3.1ms/3.1ms/ lowest being 3.1ms highest being 13.5ms ( average 7-10ms.)

lol @ boasting at skills, im not even boasting, im telling you so that you would understand that i come from a competitive background.

well its okay, to you maybe you cant feel the difference but to me i obviously can.

No worries. And sure, I get where you are coming from. Every advantage that you can get matters.
Thus why I got the 240Hz monitor to begin with.

I already started to realize how ridiculous OW's Comp rank is. You may say you are Top 500, but you are only Top 500 for this region. Not Asia region and Europe region. End up, the Top 500 can go up to Top 2000.

And that can clearly be seen with Singapore's funny performance in the World Cup a few years back. Whooped for thinking you are Top 500 when in actuality you are way above the TOP 2000 ceiling when you are comparing the entire world's Top 500.

Anyway, you are free to go to 240Hz display if you want. But take note, it is like a mismatch of displays when comparing the XB271HU to the old outdated design of the BenQ monitor.

 

[jnashville]

i "downgraded" from xb271hu to a benq xl2546 240hz monitor.. but sometimes i wonder whether the DYAC function got lag time or not.. when i off dyac, seems like i can snipe better and my shots registered better.

 

[Kamalraj07]

Guys, I bought this monitor and plugged my laptop (Asus G751JT) into it via HDMI (no dp port). Unfortunately, nothing shows up on the monitor. I’ve set the input to hdmi and tried with two different hdmi cables. I tried duplicating and extending the display from my laptop but still can’t seem to fix it. Anything else that I can try out to get it working?

 

[LiLAsN]

Guys, I bought this monitor and plugged my laptop (Asus G751JT) into it via HDMI (no dp port). Unfortunately, nothing shows up on the monitor. I’ve set the input to hdmi and tried with two different hdmi cables. I tried duplicating and extending the display from my laptop but still can’t seem to fix it. Anything else that I can try out to get it working?

Try connecting other devices like your console or android media player to it. This is to ensure that the HDMI ports are working.

Then, apply the same method on your PC by connecting it via HDMI to your home TV for example to see if it works too. To then rule out your PC's HDMI port not working.

If there's a spare HDMI cable, even better to try to use that instead as well to determine you are not using some cheap HDMI cable not rated to deliver the resolution bandwidth.

Anyway, the bottom right should show a yellow light to indicate it is in sleep mode and it will automatically turn a solid blue when there's a video connection. There's a main power switch right behind the monitor if the monitor does not receive power.

 

[Kamalraj07]

Try connecting other devices like your console or android media player to it. This is to ensure that the HDMI ports are working.

Then, apply the same method on your PC by connecting it via HDMI to your home TV for example to see if it works too. To then rule out your PC's HDMI port not working.

If there's a spare HDMI cable, even better to try to use that instead as well to determine you are not using some cheap HDMI cable not rated to deliver the resolution bandwidth.

Anyway, the bottom right should show a yellow light to indicate it is in sleep mode and it will automatically turn a solid blue when there's a video connection. There's a main power switch right behind the monitor if the monitor does not receive power.

Thanks for your kind reply LiLAsN. I’ll try whatever you suggested when I’m back home tonight and update this thread.

Edit: Just tried it around 8pm. It works! Thanks once again!

 

[Raynesis]

Where else to find this monitor, or something similar with 144+ hz?

 

[MeetYourTea]

Where else to find this monitor, or something similar with 144+ hz?

ASUS, AOC and viewsonic got similar specs

 

[xtractor]

does anyone ever exchange or replace this monitor because of BLB?
Just curious...mine a bit off but i dont care much because it is not noticable....but the monitor is really amazing

 

[5star_pundit]

Using this monitor to watch mediacorp tv programmes the aspect ratio looks weird with cropping

 

[Myu~sun]

Anyone experiencing flickering when using? The whole screen will just flicker and flicker.

 

[LiLAsN]

Anyone experiencing flickering when using? The whole screen will just flicker and flicker.

Flickering means a bad DisplayPort cable. If it is not able to deliver at the intended resolution and bandwidth, this is what will happen. Buying a quality or reputable cable will help solve this. I just buy one off Amazon Prime Singapore for the added security of returns upon any problem faced. No issues for years since.

Bought DisplayPort 1.4 cable.