Acer 22" Widescreen LCD, AL2216WBD, $350 at Costco B&M

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: amd4life
okay its now time to buy one of these lol, anyone know which one is better?

From the looks of the specs, it seems like they are using the same exact panel. The only difference is warranty.

 

[sgtBaker]

Sold my old rig.Now I have this awesome lcd on my desk



I'm getting this as soon as I sell my other computer.Someone please buy it.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=45&threadid=1922973&enterthread=y

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: amd4life
okay its now time to buy one of these lol, anyone know which one is better?

well viewsonic uses a lot of au optronics panels in their monitors.


acer owns au optronics.

 

[amd4life]

sacramento south area folks the viewsonic is in stock local, and VERY nice for the price

only bummer no adjustable height stand

 

[Trey22]

Heading to the Costco on Coleman in San Jose, want to see this thing in person.

 

[sgtBaker]

Costco website says no longer availabe so it might be hard to find.
Micro Center has it though for $329.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0244882

 

[Insane3D]

Just an FYI for some who don't have Costco membership or one near them...

Micro Center has them for $329...with shipping it's like $345. If you have a MC near you, you can pick it up...

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0244882

 

[kojigushi]

This one does not say HDTV ready or anything., the sceptre one I saw somewhere said 1080i/p 720 480 HDTV compatibiliy. Can someone elaborate on whether this works or not via DVI as HDTV? or what are the requirements for such functionality as some manufactureres say HDTV ready, but dont specify 480 720 or 1080, whats the diference and how do you tell.

 

[kakarot420]

I am tempted to jump on the MicroCenter deal, but can someone clarify for me what do videos/games look like on a widescreen monitor like this. Are there black bars down the side?
Thnx

 

[Ark]

Microcenter deal thread

 

[courvus]

just thought I'd let you guys know that I saw this today on tigerdirect.com for $299. See you there!

 

[cerebusPu]

Originally posted by: courvus
just thought I'd let you guys know that I saw this today on tigerdirect.com for $299. See you there!

you should clarify that its 299 after rebate at tigerdirect. its $299 at microcenter with no rebate. i just picked it up in the store but you can buy it online too. §

 

[courvus]

my mistake. i didn't see that the first time I looked. for the record, its $360 with a $60 mail in rebate

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: kakarot420
I am tempted to jump on the MicroCenter deal, but can someone clarify for me what do videos/games look like on a widescreen monitor like this. Are there black bars down the side?
Thnx

You can set up your display drivers to do whatever you want (well, only tried it on Nvidia), whether you want it stretched wide to use the whole screen but it will look funny, or if you want it stretched but keeping aspect ratio, or no stretching at all.

 

[kakarot420]

Thanks for the answer!
I don't think this will come down in price anymore than it already has, but I'm gonna give it another week and see.

 

[kmmatney]

Just went to Microcenter and picked one up - $299. I'm very pleased with it. I have one stuck sub-pixel off to the side, but I have to search hard to find it, and it usually not visible, especially in darker scenes. Its about the equivalent of having a tiny piece of dust on the screen. I'm going to run a pixel exercise program to see if it will go away, but it really no big deal.

This LCD is incredibly light-weight and thin. It almost like somebody took a 22" laptop panel and slapped a power transformer on the back. The first impression of the base is that it's cheap and flimsy, but in reality its adequate for the job, especially considering how lightweight it is. The base is also very thin, so my keyboard can go right over the top of it, which is very nice.

I ran a few color gradient programs, and they look excellent. Minimal or no banding, and colors look very good. I'm using DVI (it comes with both DVI and VGA cables).

Viewing angle is not an issue. The horizontal viewing angle is pretty good, bo issues with the monitor under normal use, or looking a little bit off to the side. TN panels normally have OK horizontal viewing angles. The vertical viewing angle is much worse, but again, this is really not a factor under normal use.

I have a few 8 ms display at home, and this one does feel "quicker", as you would expect for a 5 ms display.

I guess that's about it, its an inexpensive, large display with good image quality, and a pixel size that doesn't hurt my eyes. I'm very happy with it. I was able to sell my old 4:3 20" LCD, so this only cost me $60 extra from my old LCD.

Edit: I had another search for my dead sub-pixel, and it was curios that I couldn't find it a lot of the time I looked for it. It turns out to be a dead "green" sub pixel, so it shows up the most when I have a full green background. It is completely gone when I have any background without a green component, or when the green component is very small.

 

[nole1fan]

how does this far against 21in Gateway for around 440 after 10% online discount. I love gateway, but I am trying to see if that extra inch makes much difference and overall quality for movies, digital pictures, gaming and browsing.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: crystal
BTW, at Costco WA. It also got a viewsonic 22" LCD VX2235wm for $350. It got the same spec. as the acer. The reason I got the viewsonic because it got 3 yrs warranty vs 1 yr warranty for the Acer.

Acer is 3 years as well according to their site and the sites I see their LCD on sale on.

 

[substance12]

so were you guys satisified with this monitor or not?

 

[Zap]

Yes. Check the thread on the Microcenter deal, also a couple in Video. I'm happy with mine.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: substance12
so were you guys satisified with this monitor or not?

Loving mine, and have had a couple of people who were over visiting comment on how nice the picture is. No regrets here, and gaming on this thing is great .