INNOCN 24.5″ 2K QHD 2560 x 1440P 240Hz Monitor, Gaming Console Ready, Mini-LED Precisely Local Dimming, Monitor for Mac, HDMI 2.1, DP 1.4, Height Pivot Adjustable Stand, Black – 25M2S

In many situations this beats my C3 Unlike the Acer version of the same panel, this monitor works really well with SDR and HDR modes, you just flip the windows HDR switch on and off. Acer has had this problem for many years with multiple monitors (I personally experienced) and it's a huge hassle they should've fixed many years ago. So I cancelled my ACER order and went with INNOCN. I think there might be some confusion with how it's picture defaultsmodes are set up, but this is an unbelievable monitor! This will save you a lot of time: First off, if you are playing games with this monitor, HDR games, set the picture mode to SRGB and let NVidia auto switch between standard 8 bit and HDR 10 bit color. Works great, no glitches, huge difference in SDR desktop color and HDR games. Then calibrate HDR in windows, setting the lowest value to 0. You will get great blacks even with low local dimming. Put dynamic overdrive on 3 and local dimming to low. That's it, it works without effort and you're done!I've been playing on an LG C3 for 2 years, and it's an amazing experience. I would pick this monitor over it any day. Any day! You get used to the dimness of oled and you think it's bright. Then you get a monitor that has 1100 nits of glorious HDR with mini led and sooooo many whole bright scenes put my C3 to shame. I'd say around half of the time my games look better with miniled than my oled. I think it has to do with the amount of lighting zones and it's resolution. It has as many minileds as the 4k versions so it appears 27inches, 1440p is the sweet spot for great miniled local dimming. The clarity, response time are wonderful. The color is wonderful at all times, not overblown, just vivid and clean. The sense of real light in my games is really noticeable with miniled over oled. It's like oled does a great expressionspin on HDR but miniled just brings the real thing. I don't worry about burn in anymore or my organic tv slowly degrading.Here's the thing right now: from a gaming standpoint, the VA panel minileds are vastly inferior to the ips panel minileds. Be sure to nail that down before getting one or you might be really bummed. VA ghosting is unacceptable. Also, until the amount of miniled backlights increase, a 1440p 27 inch miniled monitor works better than the 27inch 4k versions because they have the same amount of backlights, so it's more accurate at 1440k. I don't see any blooming, it's incredible. The only caveat is local dimming on the desktop is just eh.I was impressed with the quality of the monitor, heavy stand, easy controls, zero dead pixels, almost completely uniform backlighting, very little backlight bleed. 1,100 nits, no ghosting, great response, uncomfortably close to oled quality without the dim explosions or bright scenes. On the desktop it's already calibrated, superb srgb and Adobe gamma accuracy. Overall, the most powerful, accurate and versatile monitor I've ever used, hands down.

FINALLY a mini led ips for the U.S! Purchased before any reviews were up, with coupon at $399.99. This is the one everybody! All the miniled panels at this time in the u.s. have been VA, I've tried them, and for someone who needs color and contrast accuracy for photo editing AND a good panel for gaming and hdr.. VA panels have fallen flat on the first category again and again. BUT THIS! this ips is what I was waiting for. I had previously tried the latest KTC miniled and while that got BRIGHT, even with all the adjusting on the world I couldn't get it accurate for my needs (plus I got 2 and both had dust or stuck pixels on the screen). I also had a nice ips panel but the ips glow in dark scenes and lackluster hdr levels had me searching for something better.This one gets bright, not as bright as the hdr1400 screen I tried previously but plenty, it's color accurate from the box especially in adobe and srbg modes, I only adjusted it a tic for preference, but it really didn't even need it. It has SO MANY screen modes with some are actually useful, it's highly tweakable in color/hue etc that anyone would be pleased. They also include a print out of them color testing your exact panel - I thought that was a nice inclusion.IT REALLY SHINES IN HDR MODE! My previous VA panels looked "eh" at best in SDR and were only really good in HDR, but this is nice and accurate in both.HDMI 2.1 is a lifesaver. Especially if you have apple TVs or Roku plugged in, you can run hdr and extended resolution modes instead of just being locked into 1080p on your 1440p monitor. I'm sure this is important for console players too.Build quality is good, although mine arrived with some mini scratches on the corner bezel. Considering everything I'm able to overlook this. The stand is actually pretty nice too, the base it stands on is metal instead of just plastic. There isn't a large amount of noticeable light bleeding from the corners like a usual ips. Local dimming mode really takes this from a nice ips panel to a miniled/OLED feel with the touch of a button. I really really like that, I feel like I don't have to compromise and I really do get the best of both worlds.My only little gripe is the rbg lighting on the back (which is a plus) only has a set of preset colors/modes. I wish at this price you could adjust the levels like a color wheel giving you access to more colors/saturation levels. Otherwise this is everything I was looking for and was worth going over budget, I just won't be able to afford a second one just yet - but I would 😂