| Physical Views | | | | streaking. |
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| In terms of adjustability, the screen is | | | | Screen uniformity is another major topic of |
| extremely limited. Height or rotation options | | | | concern for judicious monitor purchasers, and |
| are not available; however the monitor can be | | | | specially those looking to do graphic design |
| tilted forward and backward by about ten | | | | work on their displays. However, the Acer |
| degrees. This should be enough for most | | | | AL1916W doesn't fare so well in this regard. |
| people. However for taller people, the | | | | The right and left side of the monitor are |
| monitor will definitely need to be stacked on | | | | comparatively brighter than the rest of the |
| top of something, unless of course you prefer | | | | screen, and it is seems that the backlight is |
| looking down on the screen. | | | | leaking through in some area roughly under an |
| | | | inch on either side of the screen. |
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| | | | This monitor is extremely bright. Even at |
| The only inputs on the back of the screen are | | | | very low brightness levels, the backlight |
| for a VGA connector and a power plug. | | | | still seems to peek through. The brightness |
| | | | is fantastic in most instances, but it only |
| The buttons for controlling the On Screen | | | | helps to compound another issue with the |
| Display are fairly solid and provide a decent | | | | screen. Colors on the AL1916W seem to be |
| enough 'click' thus it doesn?t cause | | | | slightly anemic, rather than the full, |
| headaches adjusting the monitor. There are no | | | | vibrant colors we are generally used to |
| problems with response delay as far as the | | | | seeing from CRT's. Because of the backlight |
| buttons are concerned. The look and feel of | | | | that is brighter-around-the-edges, colors |
| this display will be more pleasing enough for | | | | along the left and right sides of the monitor |
| 95% of monitor shoppers. | | | | are slightly weaker in comparison to the rest |
| | | | of the image. |
| Impressions | | | | |
| | | | All these generally do not cause problems in |
| Though a 19 inch widescreen monitor is | | | | gaming or other motion sequences, as colors |
| shorter than a standard 19 inch screen, the | | | | stay relatively true; however there is some |
| sight becomes immeasurably more attractive | | | | noticeable falloff and color shifting when |
| because of our natural field of view. Human | | | | viewing a plain desktop screen from different |
| vision is wider than it is tall. This is why | | | | angles. |
| movie theaters use widescreen exclusively. | | | | |
| All games benefit from the wider resolution, | | | | While these issues will be slightly |
| which results in a physically larger field of | | | | bothersome to some and utter deal breakers to |
| view - which is only a good thing. | | | | a few, they really aren't that bad. The |
| | | | AL1916WB from Acer offers a relatively decent |
| Performance | | | | value. This monitor represents the first |
| | | | widescreen monitor aimed directly at the |
| The first question that is asked about any | | | | masses and its general performance matches |
| new LCD monitors by gamers is whether they | | | | what a majority of the market expects. |
| ghost. Until about a year and a half ago, | | | | |
| most LCD monitors had difficulty keeping up | | | | Acer can definitely work on a number of these |
| with fast paced games due to the poor | | | | things for a future revision. Currently, this |
| response time when moving a pixel from white | | | | monitor is recommended to those who don't |
| to black, or turning a pixel "on" or "off". | | | | need color accuracy, don't mind a few issues |
| Even after many long sessions of gaming, this | | | | with the backlight, but want widescreen and |
| monitor has not shown any problems with image | | | | great general gaming performance. |