Acer brought a fleet of new Predator gaming monitors to CES, including the curved colossus spanning 57-inches, the Predator Z57, and glasses-free 3D Predator SpatialLabs View 27, a mass market spin on the company’s SpatialLabs professional display. Sprawling across 7,680 x 2,160 pixels, the flagship Z57 MiniLED runs at 120Hz, with 2,304 dimming zones, dual HDR and peak brightness of 1,000 nits, according to Acer, which has it priced at $2,500, calendared in Q2, as is the $2,000 View 27. The Ultra HD 3D monitor boasts a 160Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync for fluid gameplay.

The Z57 is one of four new curved Predator screens, along with the Predator X34 V3 — a 34-inch panel that is also MiniLED — and two OLED models: the 39-inch Predator X39 and the 34-inch Predator X34 X, with up to 240Hz refresh rates and response time of 0.01 milliseconds. All support AMD FreeSync Premium.

“It’s like two curved 4K displays smashed together,” writes The Verge of the ultrawide Z57, with its 32:9 aspect ratio and 1000R curvature draw to immerse players in the game.

“VESA DisplayHDR1000 certification ensures that it achieves up to 1,000 nit brightness, produces highly accurate colors, and maximizes light and dark contrast to illuminate fine details, a total difference maker during intense gaming sessions,” Acer says in a news post, noting a DCI-P3 98 percent color gamut for visual realism.

“It’ll also show video from multiple sources at once, using picture-in-picture or a side-by-side split screen mode,” reports The Verge, adding that it has built-in dual 10W speakers and “an adjustable stand you can tilt, swivel, and raise or lower.”

Of the Z57, PC Magazine says “the appeal is easy to see.” And while The Verge compares it unfavorably to Samsung’s 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 (released last year, and updated at CES 2024 as a 49-incher), PCMag writes that the Z57 “provides extra-wide visuals for your full peripheral vision, delivering an immersive gaming experience that standard monitors and even multi-monitor setups can’t quite match.”

The Predator SpatialLabs View 27 uses a lenticular lens and built-in eye-tracking cameras while leveraging Acer’s SpatialLabs software to show games in full 3D, no special glasses required. The 4K display is created with 2K resolution per eye in 3D mode.

“The glasses-free trick is especially impressive in person, as the eye-tracking capability automatically adjusts the dual-image 3D renders for your eyes, constantly changing to match your position even as you tilt and move your head unconsciously during gameplay,” PCMag explains, calling the result “like magic, giving you a sense of depth and immersion that 2D panels can’t offer, and doing it without active shutter glasses or filtering lenses.”