Tried and Tested - and no Ace(r) puns either! (Acer AL1916C)

Member Name: danser

Product:	Acer AL1916C
Date:	09/08/09 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: Relatively Cheap. Solid build. Keep on truckin'.

Disadvantages: No height adjustment.

So what do I mean by "tried and tested"? Well we have been using these at work for the last 18 months and have approximately 150 in the office, so I have a fair bit of experience with this model.

I won't go too much into the technical specs as you can get them all from the tabbed marked Technical Details funnily enough, but a few of the major points are:

Max resolution = 1280x1024. You wouldn't want anything less on a 19" screen

Image Brightness = 300cd/m2. This is so so, but for your general day to day use it's fine - if you are really finicky about picture quality and brightness you probably would be looking to spend more on a monitor anyway.

Contrast = 700:1. See above as the same applies.

Connectivity = VGA and DVI-D. It's nice having the DVI-D option as a lot of newer graphics cards have this as an output.

Warranty = 3 years as standard. We have had a couple replaced with no problems, just keep your receipts/invoices!

Overall it is a good, solid screen that does what it says it will. It's not the prettiest screen I have ever seen but far from the ugliest. Unfortunately there is no height adjustment on the stand but you can tilt the screen back and forth a little. Out of 150 we have had about 5 play up - but these have been replaced by Acer after we proved our purchase with an invoice.

Summary: We pay about £100 for one of these which is a bargin for what you get!

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