v173djb: retro gaming on a budget? | Monitors

tomr · 2026-03-01T00:53:19.883Z

so, i'm looking at this acer v173djb thing. 17 inches, which kinda feels small these days, right? especially when i see monsters like the [ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP by ASUS](monitors/asus/rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdp). but the price is def right. it's got a 5ms response time, which *seems* okay for some older games i wanna revisit. anyone actually *used* one of these? is it actually any good or am i just gonna be squinting all the time? like, how's the brightness actually feel at 250 nits, is it gonna blind me or be super dull?

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