Acer AL2216Wbd 22" LCD Monitor - Black | 
| Brand: Acer
List Price: $329.99
Buy New: $199.99
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Rating:  243 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 22
Display Size: 22
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.6
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 16 x 7.8
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: AL2216WBD
Model: AL2216Wbd
UPC: 099802554439
EAN: 0099802554439
ASIN: B000HAR8UI
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| 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 |
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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)
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 238 more reviews...
 Unbelievable value! September 26, 2006
David J. Silver (Almost unbearably sunny, Houston, TX)
104 out of 112 found this review helpful
A 22" widescreen LCD monitor in the $300 - $350 range. Unbelieveable - you might skeptically think. Think again - this one is a great product at a great price. Mine was perfect right out of the box - no dead pixels, fast as lightning (5ms), took me more time to unpack the box then to set up the monitor. Takes almost no desk space at all - and comes with a 3 year warranty! This is most definitely one of the best deals I've found on anything anywhere. With a native resolution of 1680 x 1050, the picture, via a DVI connection is crystal clear and just plain beautiful!
Great bang for the buck December 5, 2006
M. Pierce (SLC, UT USA)
71 out of 74 found this review helpful
I've been using a 12 inch laptop for school and it was fine for taking notes. When it came time to doing more intensive work, sitting behind the screen for 8-12 hours with documents overlapping was killing my eyes and driving me crazy. So I went out and picked up this monitor. It's like night and day. I can have two VERY large windows side by side for sifting through and combining information. Plus, I still have the laptop's screen as real estate.
There is a little bit of light leakage on the edges of the screen, but it's only slightly noticeable with a completely black background. My other gripe is that it cannot rotate, but when I have some time I'll see if there isn't an after-market solution I can utilize.
Altogether I'm very happy with the purchae.
-Viewing angle is good.
-Colors are bright.
-The option to set the focus is nice.
-The automatic adjustment works like a charm.
-22" of space is very useful.
-The price is right.
-No dead pixels that I can see.
 Cheap in more ways than one September 12, 2007
Wayne Paterson (Teaneck, NJ United States)
55 out of 63 found this review helpful
Originally this monitor seemed like a great buy, but it's proven to be nearly impossible to correctly calibrate. Quality as compared to my 19" Viewsonic is fairly poor; text doesn't render as well, the color temperature varies dramatically across the face of the monitor (blueish on the left and definitely pink on the right!), and text is a bit harder to read. There was also a stripe down the monitor which went away when I adjusted the angle - after turning bright blue! I'd keep looking and pay more for a better quality monitor. It's the thing you stare at all day, after all. For movies it might be OK as long as you don't mind a huge color shift from side to side.
Great Picture, Right Price November 24, 2006
Aaron Dahl (San Antonio, TX)
42 out of 46 found this review helpful
I bought this monitor to be paired with a computer that I plan to use for AutoCAD and PhotoShop. The images come out great, sharp contrast, vibrant colors, I could not be happier with the picture quality. The wide screen format is nice, but it took a few minutes to get it properly configured with my system. The tilt function does not feel solid, it's like the screen (which is not small) is perched on this plastic pivot, but it seems to work fine, I just hope it doesn't break a year down the road. It does not have any integrated speakers which would be nice, but then who would want a nice big screen with some little speakers that sound like a tin can anyway?
 Good picture, poor stand June 14, 2007
Wayne (Union City, CA USA)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
When I upgraded from a 1280x1024 Dell, I expected to see a better picture. What I got instead looked washed out, and lacking in detail. The Dell had a few advantages. I can't fault this monitor for lacking USB ports, although it's a nice feature to have, but I can fault it for having a completely non adjustable base. After finding the right size software box, and a book of just the right thickness, I was able to prop it up to the maximum height allowed by my computer hutch. It still looked wrong. I then lowered my chair to the point that I have to reach up a few inches to use my keyboard, and things look perfect.
Unless you keep this monitor so that the center of the screen is exactly at eye level, you won't get a proper picture. It might not show a big difference, depending on the source, but if you look at something with a mostly white background, but a lot of subtle detail, such as a snow bank or a salt flat, you will lose all the details if you are even two inches above the preferred viewing height. If you are an average height male, and have your chair at the ergonomically correct position for the angle of your arms to your keyboard, then the monitor stand is almost a foot too low if you expect to sit it on your desktop.
You "swivel" by lifting the monitor and turning it sideways. I can't fault Acer for the limitation of my computer hutch's maximum height, but I can fault them for not working well in it, when every monitor I used in the past had enough of a viewing angle that things worked. My Dell's height adjustment was more for comfort than viewability, and it was very simple to do.
Aside from that, it worked great out of the box. Time will tell if it stays that way, but the warranty is good. Setup of the monitor itself was almost non-existent. I plugged in my existing DVI and power cables, and was up and running. I pressed the AUTO button, but saw no difference. That might mean that it was fine to begin with, though. That feature also gives you selectable settings, such as text, graphics, or movie, to further optimize for content.
I had to adjust some of my applications, which is no fault of the monitor, but you might have some setup as a result of moving to ANY wide screen monitor. For example, my ATI TV/media system needed to have a wide screen box checked, and these sorts of settings might be hard to find, expecially for software installed long ago. So if things look very wrong on some applications right out of the box, it's not the monitor's fault, but it does mean that it might take some work on your part anyway.
The bottom line is that it's an excellent monitor, especially considering its price, if your setup allows proper placement.
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