Acer V173b 17-Inch LCD Monitor

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 16.5 x 16.2 inches ; 9.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015IMZVS
• Item model number: ET.BV3RP.001
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9 in Computers & PC Hardware (See Bestsellers in Computers & PC Hardware)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 6, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
This Acer 17" flat panel offers color and contrast to dazzle the eye.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bang for the buck, October 17, 2008

By	Grant Brummett (Arizona USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I rated this monitor 5 stars because of the bang for the buck.

Pros:

Sharp
Great price
Very bright
Great refresh rate

Cons:

Does seem a little small if you have been on a 24inch iMac but what doesn't?

Review:

I bought this monitor for our backup computer which is an old Gateway PC running Ubuntu (free computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux). The old CRT monitor was over 10 years old and was fading into history not to mention it was huge, hot and took a lot of energy.

This computer is mainly used to check e-mails, surf the web etc. and I use it to check how photos I re size on the big iMac look on a smaller screen. So I thought this little 17" should be just the ticket.

Setup:

I unpacked it plugged it in and bang it was up and running!! No need to do anything all the settings were perfect right out of the box.

Conclusion:

If you are looking for an easy to setup 17" LCD monitor and want bang for the buck this is it!!!

I highly recommend.

10-27-2008 Update:

This little monitor continues to impress me. It seems almost as sharp and bright as my 24inch iMac which has always been my bench mark for the perfect monitor. But it's a heck of a lot cheaper. How do they make the price this low and the quality this good?

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good value, August 30, 2008

By	Gir (USA) - See all my reviews

Pros: excellent picture, fast refresh, compact size, very little heat generation, wide viewing angles, looks nice.
Cons: have run it near constantly for a month playing games and surfing with no problems yet so it may have none :)

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've never really seen it, but ...., October 21, 2008

By	C. Briggs (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this for my 78 year old mother to replace her old, CRT monitor. I purchased it 1.) for the low, low price 2.) on the basis of two positive customer reviews. Exceeding all possible expectations, the monitor arrived in her home within two business days -- free freight. She hooked it up by herself and is babblingly ecstatic with the results. ("I don't even have to use my glasses to read it!!")