Customer Reviews

Acer AL1916WAB 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I have other Acer monitors and love them all. This one is bright and clear just like the others. I did overlook the native resolution of 1400x900. 100% my fault. Be careful if you want to use its full capabilities. Many laptops don't go this high. I bought this to go with a laptop. My new Toshiba laptop only goes up to 1280x800. I had to back my laptop video down to 1024x768 to show the task bar. And, of course, everything is larger and there is less on the screen than if it was running at 1400x900. It appears many higher end desktop pc video cards have 1400x900 as a resolution selection. I'm mildly disappointed but I probably would have bought it anyway. An excellent value for the money. But if you want to use this for tasks where you can fit a maximum amount onto the screen, be sure your pc's video card has 1400x900 resolution as a selection.

I bought this monitor for my two boy's computer this past Christmas, based on a couple of reviews---but mainly based on the price. Mostly I swear by Samsung flat panels and the Acer name is hardly the one I think of for top-drawer components....

But the monitor beat all of my expectations. It features both impressive top resolution and good brightness/clarity. The cheap features are mostly the lack of extra utilities and adjustment in the base. It doesn't swivel or tilt or do height adjustment.

Other than that, though, it's been a rock solid monitor.

There are many comments about how people can't get the correct 1440 x 900 aspect ratio with this monitor... but the problem is not with the monitor nor is it with the drivers. The problem is with their video card / adapter. Just make sure your video adapter allows you to view 1440 x 900 and this monitor will work great. It's a nice minotor with excellent resolution... HD stuff looks great on it and it's hard to beat the price.

Another great product from Acer! I use to own an Acer Aspire laptop, which I recently sold to purchase my mac mini. I am using this monitor with the mac mini and I love it. I have had no problems and the quality is great.

For $200, I guess it's pretty okay. It's bright and big, which is really all I thought I wanted. It isn't quite as sharp as I'd hoped, and no matter how hard I try I can't get the colors to match my MacBook display. I'm pretty picky though.

But here's the real problem: Right out of the box, my monitor has a dead pixel. It isn't even off in the corner; it's right smack dab in the middle of the screen. The Acer website is pretty easy to navigate and I got a warentee ticket submitted right away, but now I have to send the monitor to Texas to get it fixed. Lame. Still, I can't say I wouldn't recommend this monitor to a friend who couldn't afford something a little bit nicer.

This is not the quality I expected from Acer. It came with a bad pixel. Do not buy this model. Go for the AL1916WABD, thats the newer model to this that also comes with DVI port. 3 Stars because the monitor is great otherwise. The base could be sturdier but I don't see that as a problem because it won't topple over unless you really hit it hard. This would have been so great if it did not have that bad pixel. The auto adjust functions work well, even with games and movies.

This is a pretty good monitor, haven't noticed any backlighting issues and there were no dead pixels in the two I bought. Resolution is nice and the 5ms refresh rate means you can use it for games without any problem.

The only problem I found is that this monitor doesn't have a DVI input. Although the description doesn't mention the monitor having one (which would have changed my rating to zero since it would have been a lie), its not something you look carefully at, as one would expect a 19W monitor to have a DVI input by default.

You can buy an adapter for that, but it just feels like a blemish on an otherwise excellent product.

This is a great monitor, and you can't beat the price! I have purchased three of these monitors now - one as a gift, one for home office and one for my public office. It has great color quality and clarity. It's compact enough to fit in a smaller office space, but you still get the larger, wide screen. It is plug and play. Just make sure you set your computer to the correct resolution, and you are good to go.

This monitor is great for the price. I would have given 5 stars if the instructions had been a little better. I was able to figure it out... but a good set of instructions would have been easier.

After having a 13 in. screen this absolutely great. Pictures look
as if you could walk right into them the color and calarity of the pictures.
Everything is so much clearer and does not hurt my eyes after use as ny older one did. Best investment I have made lately.