| #879 - Acer AL2216W LCD Monitor |
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| Written by Zach Jeffers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Friday, 05 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Thoughts and Conclusion: The Acer AL2216W is an awesome answer to the average user’s desire for a larger monitor. I would not venture so far to say that this monitor would satisfy the enthusiast gamer and HTPC purists out there, but this 22 inch LCD monitor has all the basic functionality that anybody can enjoy. The 1650x1050 resolution gives you enough real estate to have multiple windows open with enough room to work in each. While the contrast ratio is limited at 700:1, I find that most every application looks great. Some games like Bioshock and Crysis are not as rich as you would expect but still look great. Another note on the contrast; while working with the color settings, I was never able to get the monitor to my personal ‘just-right’ setting. I felt a bit let down with this result but was expected with the 700:1 ratio. With the marketed 5ms response time, the monitor did act in this fashion as ghosting was never once evident. Over all, Acer has so many great products out there that it is no wonder why they are in the top five in computer and computer parts manufacturing. Their ability to leverage the market with such a wide range of LCD panels really pays off with the 22 inch AL2216W. This monitor goes for an average of $250 USD at the time of this writing. For those that were debating on spending the little extra to upgrade from a 19 inch LCD to something bigger, I would say that they would not be disappointed. This no frills ‘all about the real estate’ monitor is definitely worth the consideration for any consumer looking for more fragging room and we consider this Acer monitor a Great product at a Kickass price! Once again our thanks go out to Geeks.com for providing this product sample for review and their continued support of 3dGameMan.com! > ADDITIONAL INFO/COMMENTS IN THE FORUMS <
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