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Just wondered.
I have a fair pile of Argos vouchers to spend, and as I can't find a small LCD TV for my bedrom that I like, I thought I'd get a new monitor for my PC.
Anyone use ACER monitors? I wouldn't buy one of their laptops, but the monitors might be ok.
Any ideas?
Well, the monitor in front of me right now is my Acer AL1721 17", I've had it for around two years and I can't fault it (CS: Source + BF2 and others look great on it).
Also my home laptop is an Acer 4151, had it for two and a half years or so. It's no powerhouse but I'm very happy with it :)
ah i've heard some good reviews but depends on the model, some of them are said to have alot of problems with ghosting
cool
anyone else?
i have had a few of the 19'' widescreen and for the money i like them alot. not the best on the market etc etc but for price i think they beat any video7 etc
Have one at work, 17" image looks very sharp. I don't know how about gamin. I heard Philips make quite good screens, and NEC aswell.
Video7 one at work and I'm really disappointed.
I have an old 15" Acer with my second pc and it developed a line of dead pixels about 3 years in (5 years old now). Still working overall though.
It depends on the model.
Some are nice and come with decent panels, some are utter tripe.
I have an Acer AL1716 TFT, think i paid over a hundred quid for it over a year ago, other than a red dot which was there when it arrived i have had no problems with it. and the red dot, sorry i have forgotten the technical term is only noticeable if i look for it and quite common with TFT's i think.
so thumbs up from me
got AL1714 here got cheap from wifes old work seems sharp must be about 3year on no dead pixels
Bought an Acer AL1716 around this time last year and I hate it. So much so I moved it to someone elses desk ;)
It came with the added bonus of at least 15 dead pixels after I requested the "staff" in Argos to check it before I took it home. The upside is I managed to undead them with some massaging and flicking.
Quality/colours etc aren't a patch on my 3 HP L1706. With XP the Acer is passable, with anything lower its ghosting, and far from sharp.
I have dual screen acer lcd's, budget monitors from argos, cant fault them.
Mine just died it seems, 20" widescreeen acer about 2 years old. No longer displays anything just black. :(
I have a Acer AL1916W, which is a 19in widescreen at 1440*900 and although i dont use it for movies etc, i use it mainly for gaming (FPS) and personally I have had no problem with it. I am tempted to get the 24" variant of it, but one thing to note is that there isnt usually a DVI on some of the models, but this means that they are very competitively priced. And no - i havent really thoght, oh its on a DSUB, this look blurry.
In short they are good value, average quality monitors - oh, and IMO they are styled quite well.
JP
I have 2 of those AL1916W and they're just great for everything.. VGA out only, but AFAIK, its as good as the Viewsonic I have on the side with DVI..
I got the 24 incher for the office, its a very good panel for a very good price.. practically 1/2 the price of a 2407.. yet I dont really see any difference with those Dell panel.. (well.. probably I was really comparing it to a Dell 2007 so its not entirely fair)