It’s hard to say that a nearly $1,000 display is affordable, but Acer’s newly-launched 32-inch B326HK is one of the less-expensive monitors in the 4K market. With a resolution of 3840x2160 (four times the available pixels of a 1920x1080 display) and
IPS technology for wide-angle viewing, the display is bound to get the attention of everyone from artists to gamers.
The B326HK isn’t a flashy display, but it’s designed to be easy to adjust, whether you want to raise, lower, or tilt it. The monitor also comes with a full complement of ports, including HDMI with MHL (for mobile devices),
DisplayPort, DVI, Mini DP, and USB 3.0.
Other specs are solid, but unsurprising: the B326HK has a 6ms response time and 100,000,000:1 maximum contrast ratio. The monitor is mercury-free and Energy Star and
Epeat Gold-compliant and is backed by a three-year warranty.
The Acer display isn’t the only sub-$1,000
4K Ultra HD display.
Dell has three under a grand for example, including the 24-inch P2415Q, which rings it at just under $600. But none of Dell’s sub-$1,000 monitors provide more than 27-inches of screen real estate, whereas the B326HK boasts 32 inches.
Joshua Gulick
Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to
Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote
CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for
Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for
HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.