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This 19'' flat-panel LCD display features 1280 x 1024 (SXGA) resolution, a vivid 700:1 contrast ratio and a fast 8-millisecond response time. Easy on the eyes and on the budget,...
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Acer AL1916C, great screen - but could be better.
A review by gtsang123 on Acer AL1916ASD
December 29th, 2007


Author's product rating:   Acer AL1916ASD - rated by gtsang123

Picture quality Good 
Colour sensitivity Good 
Design Excellent 
Ease of use Easy 
Value For Money Good 

Advantages: VGA/DVI input, large screen for movies, fast response time for movies and games
Disadvantages: non - adjustable height and tilt, default brightness settings (of mine) was too bright .

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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The Acer 1916C. This has been with me for a while now, and I've connected it up to desktops and laptops. I've used this for surfing the net, playing games, watching videos and working on websites.

I bought this mainly because I wanted a large (19") flatscreen monitor with a decent resolution, which I could use for working and playing on. I deliberately didn't go for the widescreen version of this because I expected to also play games on it.

Things I like about it:
- It's slick
- Was easy to setup out of the box
- Decent screen size
- 5ms response - i.e. fast response for games and movies
- 700:1 contrast - i.e. high quality, the higher the better.
- came with both VGA and DVI cables (you might be amazed at the number of monitors which only provide one of the two cables - which would probably set you back £5!)

Things I didn't like about it
- The height of the flatscreen can't be adjusted. I've put a book underneath to upraise it.
- The screen can't be tilted to face upwards / downwards. Something else I had forgotten to consider. It shouldn't matter too much if it's at the right height - but ideally, it should tilt slightly upwards.

One thing - make sure that you change the default brightness settings! When I picked this up initially, it was too bright, giving a bit of a headache after an hour's use - this was fixed by decreasing the brightness and reducing the colour settings.

Other things of note:
- It's a large screen. Leave approximately 60cm of space between your eyes and the monitor. (about 2 A4 sheets lengthways = ~60cm)
- Watching movies, I tend to chill out about a meter away. :)


Overall, I think this is a great piece of kit, the only annoyances letting it down is the unadjustable height and tilt, and the default brightness settings (which can be fixed) 
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Image Size in relation to tube size Good 
Ease of Installation Excellent - very quick and easy 
Speed when refreshing at a chosen screen resolutio Very fast 
Manufacturer Support Good 
Instruction manual Good 

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