Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor

by Acer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EWFXTM
• Item model number: ET.L5209.005
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,301 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 13, 2006

Product Description

19 Lcd .294 1440 X 900 Black 2 X 2.5w Speakers Vga Wide-screen 16:9 Contrast Ratio 500:1 170/170 Viewing Angle 48 Per Pallet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knocked my socks off---solid monitor for a great price!, May 22, 2006

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L. A. Kane (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

Granted, I had pretty low expectations for a $200 widescreen monitor but I'm really impressed. The picture is great, it's easy to set-up and adjust, and there are absolutely no dead pixels. I use it for business applications, web browsing, and playing DVDs. I'm not a gamer but I can't imagine any problems there either as the refresh rate is plenty good for videos. It only took a couple minutes to unpack, plug-in, and set-up. I've had it for just over two months with absolutely no problems. I'm quite pleased with this purchase. Highly recommended!

43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Low quality Image in a nice chassis, April 24, 2006

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Marty Watson "Never late for supper" (Near Roanoke Va. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I am not pleased with this purchase. The only nice thing I can say about this monitor is that; the fit and finish are super. Controls are great and the OSD is great. UI is intuitive effecient.
My complaints are the backlight dims midscreen, there is a rippling shimmer at all resolutions/refresh, the overall brightness is lacking and color syncing to any other monitor is nearly impossible. Colors cannot be set to an accurate representation...period. If you have low expectations and just want an affordable widescreen this would be a good choice. If you need a bright monitor with accurate color display, I would recommend a pass.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where is customer support?, November 26, 2006

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T. Yiu (BAYSIDE, NEW YORK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I bought this monitor to be used on my Windows 2000 machine. It turns out this monitor works perfectly only at 1440X900 resolution. (as a 19" inch wide screen, this resolution is like a standard). And there is no driver for Windows 2000.

Acer web site only has the driver for Windows XP. I understand the limitation of technical. So, it is fine if there is no support for Windows 2000.

I end up buying a new XP PC from Dell ($460) to use with this monitor.

However, I posted a question to Acer to ask about a Windows 2000 driver.
There is no reply. Later, I asked another question (through email) to Acer. And there is no reply again. I am very disappointed with this lack of customer support. If the company doesn't care about a customer, I am not going to buy any more product from them.

After all, the monitor is excellent. But what if something goes wrong and I need technical support.