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Acer X193W+ 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Testing
There shouldn't even be a set-up guide; Acer's creation is as basic as they come. There's only one flaw with this monitor--everything else is greatness. The bottom half of the display is slightly, though perceivably, brighter than the top half--the bot-tom obviously houses the back light. Darks remain vivid and retain their contrast, but lights get a shade washed out. With the darks, this monitor crushes other, much more expensive displays. Only in a pitch-black room could I tell if the monitor was blank or just off. With so much as a 25W light on, the blacks were black like construction paper, and the contrast was great enough to show any amount of gray. Its color contrast is equally good, and about as good as can be without closing in on the quality (and cost) of professional displays. In brightly-lit rooms the display didn't suffer. Whites remained white without burning your optics out--something I've come to hate in other monitors. The software, which includes a calibrator, was still pretty useless. It's just that, out of the box, the display presets (text, internet, gaming, and user-defined) are likely to fit your needs no matter what kind of room you're in. Feature-wise, there's nothing. Not that there's anything wrong with that--and it goes a long way to explaining the price tag. If you're just looking for something that connects to your computer, this is as simple as it gets. Gaming was just magnificent. With the kind of contrast this display is capable of, every detail comes to the front, and there were no signs of the shadowing or ghosting that go hand-in-hand with wider displays. Clearly, a .243mm pixel pitch makes a difference. Because the pixels are so small, they blend together without any loss of detail. It's like getting a step of anti-aliasing for free (or, if you're not a gamer, it makes Clear Type that much clearer).
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9 User Comments 1 - Posted by
eddie
on August 30, 2008 - 11:40 am The display is darker at the top, therefore the backlight is at the bottom? Tilt the screen forward slightly and the screen is the same all over. 2 - Posted by
aggrivated
on September 2, 2008 - 7:21 pm did the cd actually have the driver on it or did it only have user manual and quick start guide. i have been looking for a driver for the moniter because i cant get dvi to go higher then 1280 x 1024 but vga works fine and everything else has failed. let me know if there is actually a driver for it (for xp)
3 - Posted by
Max Slowik
on September 3, 2008 - 3:57 pm You should be able to run the display at whatever resolution your adapter is capable without any monitor drivers. Are you sure your video card drivers are installed correctly?
4 - Posted by
Kurtis
on September 4, 2008 - 12:47 am Yeah that sounds like video card drives to me. Perhaps drivers for your motherboard, if it's onboard video.
5 - Posted by
Hirakendu
on November 24, 2008 - 3:23 pm It actually supports 1920x1200. Can anyone else confirm it? Although it is not ultra sharp at this resolution. Aside, its a syzygy - sub 200 usd, small size of 19" and small footprint and light, high res of 1080p.
6 - Posted by
AdiL
on January 24, 2009 - 5:36 am hi i just bought this for a second monitor for my laptop. if im using a resolution of 1280x800 should that be the resolution for my new screen too? whats the best resolution for this monitor?
7 - Posted by
Max Slowik
on January 24, 2009 - 6:48 pm Not knowing what your platform is, I can't say for sure, but I have never seen a laptop that couldn't drive an external display at its native resolution, in this case, 1680x1050.
8 - Posted by
plauph
on April 19, 2009 - 3:26 pm What type of panel it it? bits-wise and LCD-type-wise
9 - Posted by
jake
on April 30, 2009 - 8:00 pm i have had this moniter as of 12/25 2008 it has had no issues at all
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