What a Great value widescreen 19" monitor! (Acer AL1916ws)

Member Name: commanderbond

Product:	Acer AL1916ws
Date:	23/07/08 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: Good value and picture quality

Disadvantages: No height adjustment or DVI input

What a Great value widescreen 19" monitor! I was buying a new PC anyway, to replace a laptop, and was convinced I should get a widescreen, so that the monitor could double as a TV/DVD player in my bedroom.
Looking around the market it was soon apparent that Acer make some very well specced good value PCs, but I wasnt going to have one of their monitors unless it was also good value and gave a quality picture. After reading a few reviews I could see this was the best value widescreen monitor and also the best quality.
Whats it like to live with?
Well after a year its still reliable and has a lovely crisp picture, it hasnt failed me yet, despite a few power cuts and surges. To acheive a good picture, I find you have to manually adjust the contrast quite low, the 4 presets (Text, standard, movie and graphics settings) are too bright for my taste.
The only criticisms I would make are you can see where the money has been saved: there is no height adjustment, only tilt, so this could create neck pain, looking down at the screen. There isnt a DVI input, only the old style blue VGA socket, and finally the power button seems a bit flimsy.

Summary: Overall a great value, good quality screen, but check you dont need the missing features.

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