Product Description

The essence of versatile productivity, Acer AL2216W brings you the right combination of high-definition performance, slim design and cost effectiveness. With this 22" Widescreen LCD display and features such as 5ms response time, your games and movies will come to life like never before. 170 Horizontal / 160 Vertical Viewing Angle 300 cd/m2 Brightness 0.282mm Pixel Pitch Capable of displaying 720p HDTV mode from Internet or if your computer is equipped with an optional HDTV television tuner VGA (analog D-sub) and DVI-D (digital) Connectors VESA Compatible with optional wall mount Color - Black Three-year parts and labor Manufacturer's Limited Warranty Dimensions (WxDxH) - 20.2 x 7.8 x 16.0 inches (514.0mm x 198.0mm x 406.0mm) Weight - 10.6 lb. (4.8kg)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3 in Personal Computers
• Color: Black
• Brand: Acer
• Model: AL2216Wbd
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x 16.00" w x 20.20" l, 10.60 pounds
• Native resolution: 22
• Display size: 22

Features

• 22" TFT LCD monitor is ideal for gaming, multimedia and video applications
• Native 1680x 1050 resolution
• 1 DVI Port and 1 VGA Port
• 700:1 contrast ratio, 5ms refresh time, 300cd brightness
• 170 degree horizontal and 160 degree vertical viewing angles

Amazon.com Product Description
Add more screen real estate to your computer's desktop with the 22-inch Acer AL2216Wbd LCD monitor, which features an elegantly sophisticated, stylish black casing. But more than just a monitor for your desktop or laptop PC, the AL2216Wbd is also an excellent choice for gamers with its blazing fast 5ms (millisecond) response time. It also offers a high level of brightness with a 300 cd/m2 rating and a 700:1 contrast ratio. Other features include a 1680 x 1050-pixel resolution, dual DVI and VGA inputs, VESA compatibility for wall mounting, and user friendly controls on the front.

The monitor's 5ms response time is essential for hard-core gamers, and it's also great for watching high-intensity action movies with fast movement. It offers a high level of brightness with a 300 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) rating and a 700:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a monitor's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The screen also has a 170-degree horizontal and 160-degree vertical viewing angle.

The AL2216Wbd has a 22-inch screen (measured diagonally) that is framed by a thin, black bezel. The screen housing measures 20.2 inches wide by 16 inches tall. It sits upon a flat stand that measures 7.8 inches deep. Get just the right view with forward and backward tilting. The spare back includes just a power connector and the two video inputs: analog VGA and digital DVI with HDCP, which enables you to hook this monitor up to a cable or satellite set-top box for watching your favorite TV programs. It also supports Kensington locks for added security.

What's in the Box
LCD monitor, power cable, VGA/D-Sub cable, DVI cable, printed user guide

Tech Talk

• HDCP -- High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a form of copy protection technology designed to prevent transmission of non-encrypted high-definition content as it travels across DVI or HDMI digital connections.

• Response Time -- The amount of time it takes for a liquid crystal cell to from active (black) to inactive (white) and back against to active (black). It's measured in milliseconds (ms), and the lower the number the faster the response time--translating to a smoother picture with fewer pixilated or ghosted artifacts.

From the manufacturer
Value, versatility and high-performance in an attractive package

The Acer Al2216Wbd LCD delivers clear motion video with exceptional clarity and vibrant images, as this wide-screen flat panel display incorporates 33 nits of brightness, a five millisecond response time and a 700:1 contrast ratio. It also features native 1680x 1050 resolution and both digital (DVI) and analog signals. Its performance is further enhanced with a very ergonomic design, featuring clean, minimal borders with adjustable tilt and 170 degree horizontal and 160 degree vertical viewing angles.

The AL2216Wbd's panoramic, wide-screen display is ideal for multimedia, gaming and video applications and is the latest addition to Acer's Value line of LCDs. The monitor provides the flexibility, functionality and support of various multimedia applications.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Monitor
Great looks, perfect for minute editing in Pro Tools. This is the reason I bought it. And I am not disappointed. Great price, no tax, and free shipping. What's not to like...

Stuck pixel makes this a bad unit
Mine arrived from Amazon with a bright stuck pixel in the middle of the screen. Intolerable for use a monitor. Acer should have better quality control then this. Do not buy this monitor.

The 250 dollar 22 inch
There was a time when monitors were square and CRTs were the end-all-be-all. Despite many limitations LCDs are teh defacto standard these days because of their appearance and thinness. And then of course high-definition display formats had to come along and make everything even more complicated with widescreen displays becoming the new standard. Thus when making a decision to buy a new display I found myself leaning towards a large widescreen LCD...

I just love Acer products. They might not make the ultra-high-end crazy gizmos that people brag about (can't stand people who go on and on and on about their ultra-high-def-plasma-10,000 inch-blah-blah-blah), but they work great, and they are cheap, cheap cheap.

You could go to just about any electronics store and pay about $400.00 for a 24 inch, or pay about $300.00 for a 22 inch. Or you could pay $200.00 and get this bargain (and laugh at everyone who paid more). As always, there are sacrifices and tradeoffs when you go after the best bargain.

For starters, picture quality. While the resolution and clarity are quite good, some other areas are rather sub-par. There's light leakage around the border as times (especially the top of the screen), and the contrast is not very good at all. You CAN get the screen to look rather good, but it will take considerable tweaking. Personally I have it configured to the Animation setting which maximizes contrast and brightness and color fidelity. It works great for me because I'm using the screen as the center of my home theater (with an Xbox 360, a computer, a VCR, and every other game system hooked into it with multiple switchboxes). Of course that brings up another point. Unlike high-end screens, there are no inputs on this screen besides standard VGA. That means that if like me, you would like to plug in a lot of external devices besides a PC, you can either buy a bunch of converters, cables, and switchboxes, or you can just buy a more expensive screen that has all kinds of crazy inputs like one of those high-end dell screens.

I have absolutely zero worries about product reliability and usabillity, because I'm typing this on an Acer laptop and buy quite a few Acer products, and they've never let me down yet. If you're looking for a decent screen at a ridiculously low price, this is the one to get. If you're looking for something high-end, look elsewhere.