Acer AL2016Ws

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Just wondering If anyone has this and what they think about it, viewing angles, response time etc.

I am considering either this, the Belinea or the Philips but would like to spend as little as possible.
 
Was thinking the same, But the problem is I have £380 and am trying my hardest to get a 250gb external HD into the spec as well.

If the philips is a massive improvement over the Acer then I can wait for the HD.

Thanks for your help.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I know i would like a better panel if i am going to spent £300 ish on a monitor, it will be 1 component that last longer than the rest of the PC so i think its worth it.
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That may be true for most people ;)

Only had this screen a year :p I suppose you are right though, time to pop down to a shop and have a look in the flesha s they sell the philips (£400 though)

Make the salesman think i'm gonna buy then just walk off and order it elsewhere :D

Edit: If that was Gilly you still have bad taste in music and I still beat you at pool :p
 
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anyone here used this monitor then, i like the look and 280 is my budget limit and theres nothing else better around for the money afaik, (feel free to enlighten me)
 
I'm really working to a budget and as its on special at the moment i'm really temped, I really don't mind not having DVI, I curruntly own an LG 1950S, being used to this monitor do you think I will be dissapointed by the Acer AL2016W as the acer on paper has better specs than my current LG, contrast ratio, viewing angles etc.
 
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Just ordered 1 and OcUK are delivering Monday. Will put on my thoughts next week. Been using CRT at home, but at work I use a Dell Inspiron 9300 With a 1920x1200 screen. thought that WoW deserved a widescreen...
 
HakMe2Deth said:
Just ordered 1 and OcUK are delivering Monday. Will put on my thoughts next week. Been using CRT at home, but at work I use a Dell Inspiron 9300 With a 1920x1200 screen. thought that WoW deserved a widescreen...
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Nice one, thanks for that :)

I am still completely undecided on which one to buy :p
 
HakMe2Deth said:
Just ordered 1 and OcUK are delivering Monday. Will put on my thoughts next week. Been using CRT at home, but at work I use a Dell Inspiron 9300 With a 1920x1200 screen. thought that WoW deserved a widescreen...
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Hmmm, wonders how to book Hakme2deth into a meeting for when Citylink delivery man comes...
 
lowrider007 said:
Sweet cheers, I'll be looking forward to a review then :).
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Got it today and had a few problems. 1 "stuck" pixel right in center!!!! - not good! But after a bit of help from OcUK got it "fixed" and I have just played 4 hours of WoW on it.

First impressions - Bright screen, especially after a CRT.
Excellent for playing WoW (my main prog atm)
F.E.A.R. looks crystal, and I guess the LCD makes the game less blurry than CRT - more like Quake4/Doom3 engine

Just realised I hadn't turned on ClearType :) looks better now

My eyes aren't the best for judging things like this, but I cant see any "shadow blur" on games or windows.

Overall is it worth the £280+ for the monitor? Well it complements my new ATI X1600 AGP Pro perfectly. Neither of them are the best available, but they are both worth the money!

Remember, my experiences may not be the same as yours...

can post some pics if requested... just tell me what u would like to see?

3Dmark06?
WoW?
F.E.A.R. ?
DVD?
Desktop?

ANOther?

Hak
 
HakMe2Deth said:
Got it today and had a few problems. 1 "stuck" pixel right in center!!!! - not good! But after a bit of help from OcUK got it "fixed" and I have just played 4 hours of WoW on it.

First impressions - Bright screen, especially after a CRT.
Excellent for playing WoW (my main prog atm)
F.E.A.R. looks crystal, and I guess the LCD makes the game less blurry than CRT - more like Quake4/Doom3 engine

Just realised I hadn't turned on ClearType :) looks better now

My eyes aren't the best for judging things like this, but I cant see any "shadow blur" on games or windows.

Overall is it worth the £280+ for the monitor? Well it complements my new ATI X1600 AGP Pro perfectly. Neither of them are the best available, but they are both worth the money!

Remember, my experiences may not be the same as yours...

can post some pics if requested... just tell me what u would like to see?

3Dmark06?
WoW?
F.E.A.R. ?
DVD?
Desktop?

ANOther?

Hak
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Sounds good, how about a pic of a black background in a darkened room to see what lightbleed is like, also try and get some fast moving shots from FEAR/WoW and a couple from films to try and check for ghosting.

Oh and from high/low/extreme left/extreme right angles :)
 
lowrider007 said:
cheers thanks for that mate, what are the viewing angles like ?, also a couple of pics would be great, :) .
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Took some pics and will post em as soon as.. F.E.A.R. Spiderman 2 DVD and desktop background (complex pic) and Web Pages on top

Viewing angles... Wierd topic imo. I have my screen on a computer desk and dont use it from any other angle other than 0 degrees. Despite that, I can still read the screen at 85 degrees from 0 (i.e. almost perfectly side on) Screen starts to go less bright from that angle (white becomes light beige etc) but still perfectly readable. Will take some more pics of that aspect (and looking down for those who think thats important)

If anybody can give me a few pointers on what they think is important (closeups of certain images to highlight bleed etc) I will be happy to help/contribute

cheers

Hak :cool:
 
lowrider007 said:
I'll also be intrested to know how your 7800gt performs with the screens native res if possable, also the veiwing angle vertically, cheers :) .
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Just got it as you posted that. : D

Set it up in 2 minutes, had to log out so it regognised the new resolutions available and with a little bit of playing around in the OSD it looks brilliant.

This screen really is massive and has excellent build quality for a screen of it's price, 1680x1050 is SO much better than 1280x1024.

Viewing angles obviously arent that amazing as it is a TN panel, but it is fine for 3-4 people to stand around and watch something. The only angle I would describe as "bad" it when looking up at the screen, which you rarely do. The others all look fine, better than my last monitor (also TN based)

Havent noticed any ghosting but will need some "extensive testing" ; )
And guildwars seems perfect, very sharp image and a constant 60FPS at max settings, 4xAA, 8xAF (with vsync on). But again will have to test other games to see how they run at the native res. I am now off to watch some video and will be back with an update : )

For now here some pics of Guild Wars at diferent angles, the screen doesnt look very bright due to the flash on the camera.




Edit: I have one stuck sub pixel (red) in the top most far right corner and it is barely noticeable... for some reason doesnt appear when black is on the screen :confused:
 
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Im wanting to upgrade from a Samsung 172V (17" 25ms) & the Acer is the main monitor iv been mostly looking into buying lately - is it definately reccomended then?

Also do all games run at WS or do i need a get round? (ATI card)
 
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