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