Acer announces three new monitors at CES 2016

Steven Schroeder
Jan 5, 2016
2 min read

Acer is making a statement at CES 2016 this year by announcing three new monitors, two of which are one of the first to include USB-C support. If you recall last year, many manufacturers were starting to include USB-C ports in some of their devices, such as laptops and tablets. And now this year, we will see many manufacturers finally starting to support the new standard. And Acer was one of the first at CES to announce the support. Lenovo beat Acer by one day to claim the title of the first to support it.

Starting off with the H7 series monitor, it comes in 25-inch and 27-inch screen models. Both include an IPS panel and a resolution of 2560 x 1440, and has 100 percent os sRGB color gamut. Connectivity on the H7 includes HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, as well as a USB-C connector to charge the device while outputting to the monitor at the same time with one cable. The H7 has a thin bezel design with a champagne gold brushed metal finish on the front and on the base with a circular base. The back panel is white with a giant emblazoned Acer logo. The H7 Series monitor will be available next month in Europe, the Middle East and Africa starting at €499 (about $542USD)

Acer also launched the R1 Series is their thinnest monitor, and Acer even claims that it is the world's thinnest. The R1 series has a range of display sizes, starting off at 21.5, 23.8, 25 and finally 27-inch screens. All of them are 1080p IPS displays and comes with Acer's "ZeroFrame" bezel design that is found on the H7. The monitors enclosure is only 7mm thin, but there is a thicker section down towards the bottom of the monitor, just like Sony's ultra-thin TV's. Again Europe, the Middle East and Africa will get the monitor first, priced at only €139 ($151USD.)

Acer's final monitor announcement at CES this year is the XR342CK, which is a 21:9 34-inch curved display monitor with a resolution of 3440 x 1440. There is even a customizable ambient lighting on the monitors bottom edge. The monitor also works with AMD's FreeSync technology, which works coincide with the CPU to remove frame tearing from video games at variable refresh rates. The monitor again will launch in Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions in March for €1,099 ($1194USD). Stay tuned to TechDependent for more CES 2016 coverage. To search all of our coverage, search under the CES 2016 tags or categories.