19" WideScreen LCD > Acer AL1916W(asd) colors?

[Shaitan00]

I'm looking to replace an old CRT with a new 19" Widescreen LCD and, given my low budget, have come up with a pretty nice contender and was wondering if anyone could help fill in some gaps and offer some recommendations to help me make my decision.
>> The most important question I have, regarding the Acer AL1916W(asd), is the colors. I am unble to find a reliable source to confirm if it is actually 16.7million colors (24-bit) or not as this would be a real deal breaker. Does anyone know or able to confirm this?

And if anyone has any first-hand experience with this monitor (this is the DVI & VGA model) it would be much appreciated - I read a lot of reviews and aside on this model and most are pretty positive aside from some tradeoffs such as bag viewing angles and colors but in general, for the $190CDN price, it seems like a good buy.
Any information, comments, feedback, and/or suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[postmortemIA]

AL1916W 1440x900 300 500:1 8 150/130 CMO 19.0 TN M190A1

so pretty much there's nothing worse than that that came out last yr or so

 

[Shaitan00]

postmortemIA: meaning it is a BAD lcd? (sounds like you are implying it isn't worth the buy). Why not? Anything else in that price range to recommend (19" Wide)?

And I have all those specs, I am specifically looking for the COLORS (16.2m or 16.7m)?
Thanks,

 

[postmortemIA]

colors are 262144, read the sticky

 

[apoppin]

it is "fair" ... and some are worse than others from what i've seen

i don't like ANY lcds ... not even the very expensive ones ... so i am not the one to ask ... it is "fair" in every regard ... not so good on the viewing angles ...
... but it has ONE advantage ... cheap ...

 

[n7]

No way you're gonna find any other non-TN this cheap:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824009105

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:


edit: Ah crap you're in Canada, like me

 

[Shaitan00]

postmortemIA: This might be a stupid question (and if so I'm sorry) but 262144 means what exactly? 6-bit 16.2m or 8-bit 16.7m?

n7: ya a little out of my price range...

Thanks,

 

[postmortemIA]

6 bit, 6bit x 3colors=18 bit, 2^18 is 262144.

 

[vhx]

I have the the AL1916W. First off the viewing angle is atrocious, but I assume that's the same with all TN panels. Like sitting too low makes the top noticeably darker so better make sure this will sit above/at eye level. Second of all, the colors are OK I guess, but I haven't had much experience with 'high' end monitors since I am cheap (lol). I pretty much did a lot of adjustments to saturation, brightness, and contrast which spruced it up quite nicely.