Acer AL2216W - 22" LCD Monitor, 700:1, 1680x 1050, 5ms, DVI - ET.2216B.0D0

Fast service from Buy.com Unit arrived in perfect condition. Looks and works great!
 
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I upgraded from a 17" CRT... So this thing is humungous! What's even funnier is I paid more for my old CRT... I've had this monitor for a few weeks now and I'm in love. I watch movies, do music and video editing, and many other things that were a pain to do with my little monitor. It's bright and colorful. It doesn't glitch or lag at all. I'm EXTREMELY happy with it! Can you hear the heavenly choir singing in the background? It's not HD, but for $200 including shipping??? I still hear the choir... AHHHH
 
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Quite lovely. I just wish it had a usb port, but one cannot have everything, can one? The price is right and delivery was quick. I recommend both the monitor and buy.com.
 
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You just can't beat the price, and this is a decent LCD monitor. It arrived with one dead pixel awkwardly close to the center of the screen, which can be occasionally annoying, but not annoying enough to put everything back as it was and deal with the shipping back and forth and proof of purchase and all that kinda crap. I just got unlucky and got a dead pixel. The low contrast ratio is not a problem. You really don't need 10,000:1. This may become an issue as the monitor ages, but for a little over $200 you just can't beat it. Buy a new one. This is a large but low end LCD. Setup is straightforward if you RTFM, otherwise it can be a little confusing figuring out which button does what. I've watched quite a bit of streaming content from Netflix and the picture quality is excellent. Note that I'm using an analog hookup because my notebook graphics card only goes to 1200 x 800. Perfectly acceptable for most purposes. As I use it, highly recommended. As a digital monitor with 1650 x 1050 native, I'm sure it would be quite stunning for visual design work, or for watching DVDs off a progressive scan player. I'm good with 1200 x 800 for everything I do, which includes a fair bit of Photoshop work. You just can't beat this deal. As usual, Buy.com was super prompt with their free shipping, as in 2 days after ordering. Dinged 1 point on performance because of the dead pixel. But I'm more or less happy as a pig in **** with this monitor. Sure kicks my notebook monitor's butt.
 
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Everything the other reviewers have said regarding the ease of setup is correct. Out of the box, hook it up, and change your screen resolution and you're up and running. I was also impressed with the ability of the monitor to make it's own color adjustments. I haven't even needed to touch the adjusting buttons.
 
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After six months of ownership I give the AL2216W five-stars across the board considering the product for the price. Ignoring price I'd have to lower the "performance" down to a "mere" four stars compared to some of the stand-outs in the 20+ inch LCD category that have enticingly rich, deep color displays (not that this Acer looks bad -- it looks quite good). I currently own six LCD monitors, one LCD TV and one plasma TV plus I used to sell and install home theater displays so I feel I have a decent amount of personal experience to judge general display quality. I feel the Acer is great for most all users -- the exception would be those doing serious graphic work that depends on precice color coordination with real world objects. The primary "con" I can point to is the lack of a height-adjustable stand but that's a feature not normally found in this price range under any brand. I've used this panel extensively for programming, gaming and low-quality video (YouTube, MSNBC, online training, etc). The monitor is beautiful for normal use and responds very well to a range of games including WoW, Eve and BF2142. I'm using an Nvidia 8600GT-series card with 512MB video memory in a dual-monitor setup along with a standard 4x3 19-inch auxillary LCD panel. (A standard 19-inch has the same display height as a 22-inch widescreen, in case you were wondering.) This is all on Vista Home Premuim with 4GB ram on an AMD X2 CPU (2GHz). Vista sometimes chugs a bit but the graphics and this monitor are great. The combination of performance, low price, no tax and free shipping make this a "highly recommended" panel to anyone looking to get maximum panel size for minimum investment.
 
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After using a 17in. LCD screen for several years it took a few days getting used to the wide screen. But it's great! The color is vibrant and clear and its easily adjustable if you need to do that. The only thing I wish the monitor could do is adjust the height up and down. But for the price I paid, it couldn't be better. Plus, with google check-out I got an additional $20 off. With that additional money off I could afford to pay for the 2-day shipping which was much better than having to wait for a week or more. All in all, I couldn't have done better for the money.
 
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this is a great screen to buy. Fantastic quality!!!
 
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I got it as a replacement for a 20" Apple Cinema display and it's worked well in the three weeks I've had it. The extra real estate is nice.
 
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A 22" widescreen LCD is simply the best value for money, because the 24" ones cost about $150-200 more. I chose to implement this as a dual monitor setup, as I often work with large spreadsheets and need to cut-paste between documents. My other monitor is an older Acer 22" - X221W. One observation I have is when placing this side-by-side with the old one, I had to reduce the brightness to about 40%, the default was simply too bright. Buy.com has the best price, especially considering the free shipping. Even with free shipping, this arrived via FedEx ground 4 days after I placed the order. I wish the stand could swivel 90 degrees for portrait mode, but that may be too much to expect at this rock bottom price. I've decided to go for an Ergtron dual monitor desk stand. Overall, delighted with this purchase, and will most certainly buy from Buy.com again.
 
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Buy.com must have a distribution center next to my house. i got the free shipping and still the monitor was here on the 2nd day... can't beat that. i also have to agree with other reviewers that the quality of this monitor is spectacular. No dead pixels, great resolution, excellent contrast - i was a little worried by the 700:1 ratio, which is lower than other monitors, but there's no need to worry. for typical (and probably atypical) applications, this monitor is fantastic. Maybe even superfantastic.
 
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no problem so far. Only pity is that it does not have height adjustment.
 
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