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Far as I can tell it's false advertising at this point.
As for kot0005's response to me, the issue is in conjunction with the monitor bought a new PC at over $3k, my old PC was no slouch and perfectly capable of maxing out my old monitor, so moving back to it would essentially cause $3k of components go to waste as their prices drop and better stuff comes out. If I were to return this the option would be to get a non HDR1000 monitor such at the LG34GK950F or upcoming LG38GL950GB monitors, and having to wait at least a year or two before even considering upgrading again as I typically keep a monitor for several years. But I'm currently leaning towards doing just that and returning the unit to the store, maybe trying one exchange just incase it's not actually a 100% rate problem. Even if it also has the defect at least I'd be taking another defective monitor off the shelf and sparing someone.
Acer really should be providing replacement units once a fix is found, and then allowing the return to happen afterwards at Acer's expense not the customer's. I live in NYC which means square footage in my apartment is at a premium, the prospect of keeping the box around for weeks or even months just so I can ship it in the future isn't very exciting as I don't have much space for it. If I knew I could get sent one first I could get rid of the packaging and wait for a fix knowing I'd have no downtime. I bet many users here would've done the same. But instead we're having returns, cycling through units as people fish for a working unit (if they exist), talks about chargebacks, etc... Surely that's costing Acer money.
Tinkerer
Maybe now we get some answers
I'm just going to buy a monitor in the $1k range and wait for a future monitor that doesn't have issues such as this.
Never got a denial that this isn't every unit. I'm thinking it's every single unit and people who report they don't have issue just haven't met the conditions to see it. Either that or a very majority of the units are defective.
Tinkerer
When you stop supporting and buying these super overpriced monitors (VA for 2.5k$!!), companies will stop selling such ***** products.
But who listen ? Nvidia acer asus doesn't care about you guys. They need your money only.
Use your brain guys and return all these monitors to them. This issue CANNOT BE FIXED. It is VA panel issue.
Which review did you see that states this flicker is "va panel issue"? None that I have seen. Please provide us, the actual owners of this monitor, the reviews you have seen that proves this. If not, than it is simply an unqualified opinion.
These lines for myself are actually more annoying than the flicker as they heavily injure the awesome hdr experiance when you can keep seeing lines rapidly appearing over everything. Gears of war hammer of dawn scene gets ruined.
I would say that if you're X35 has flickering with the "No Signal" box then you should replace it right away.
Note that you'll also see the flickering with the OSD menu in this situation as well.