Acer 8ms Widescreen AL1916W 19"

DaveBennett · 9 Mar 2006 at 16:55

Lol I cant wait to get mine too

reddeathdrinker · 10 Mar 2006 at 13:06

DaveBennett said:
Lol I cant wait to get mine too

Funny old thing, I've just ordered one as well.......Can't wait till the start of the week

davidcotton · 11 Mar 2006 at 12:18

Would a Geforce 4 ti 4200 (Nvidia) graphics card be ok with this monitor? Also theres a window to the right of the desk of where the monitor would go. Would that cause too much of a problem with positioning or would I have to tilt the blinds/close curtains etc?

fish99 · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:00

davidcotton said:
Would a Geforce 4 ti 4200 (Nvidia) graphics card be ok with this monitor? Also theres a window to the right of the desk of where the monitor would go. Would that cause too much of a problem with positioning or would I have to tilt the blinds/close curtains etc?

Are you planning to use it for games, and if so which games? 1440*900 will be a real struggle for a GF4 TI4200 in lots of newer games, but no more so than 1280*1024 on a 17" or 19" TFT. 1440*900 is actually slightly less pixels than 1280*1024. If you're used to running games at 800*600 or 640*480 though, expect much slower framerates at 1440*900.

As for reflections, TFTs have very matt screens and reflect very little light (except for the few glass fronted ones).

davidcotton · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:59

fish99 said:
Are you planning to use it for games, and if so which games? 1440*900 will be a real struggle for a GF4 TI4200 in lots of newer games, but no more so than 1280*1024 on a 17" or 19" TFT. 1440*900 is actually slightly less pixels than 1280*1024. If you're used to running games at 800*600 or 640*480 though, expect much slower framerates at 1440*900.

As for reflections, TFTs have very matt screens and reflect very little light (except for the few glass fronted ones).

Nope no gaming really. Used to play eve but more or less given up on that for the time being. Would be used for word processing, surfing, playing odd film now and then.

fish99 · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:04

GF4 should be fine then

WolfR1der · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:34

danderson said:
Dave,

Here's my setup.

Hopefully this will convince you.

Click Me

If you're still unsure, Click Me Again

Damn you... that makes me so jealous. Nice arms though, any more details on them please?
Edit: Oh wait, those are the Ergotron ones , right? Reading the thread made me want one quite badly.

And as for the rubbish stand, here's my solution

Textbooks for the win.

As everyone has said, very nice monitor for the price, only thing lacking being lots of inputs. It gives you a lot more room to work on things, and toolbars etc. are much sharper and prettier to look at.

davidcotton · 12 Mar 2006 at 09:42

WolfR1der said:
And as for the rubbish stand, here's my solution

Textbooks for the win.
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Heh, thats similar to how I've got the iiyama tft at work. Only difference is that I've got the tft on two packs of a4 nicked from the photocopier room

evapor8 · 12 Mar 2006 at 15:28

AMDPower said:
@camalot

where did you get that background?

http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbgallery/2/fluorescence6.shtml

WolfR1der · 12 Mar 2006 at 20:44

A4 Packs you say? Now that sounds like an idea, unfortunately i'm going to be needing those textbooks again very soon..

Still, one of those Ergotron Arms is very tempting... even if they are £80+...

Keylow · 13 Mar 2006 at 00:12

Thinking of getting this. A question for those who have it, does it support 1280x720?

Keylow · 13 Mar 2006 at 14:49

Anyone?

davidcotton · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:03

One other thing, has anyone had any problems with backlight on this monitor?

WolfR1der · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:30

Keylow said:
Thinking of getting this. A question for those who have it, does it support 1280x720?

In Catalyst Control centre it's supported, but it's not the native res so i don't know how nice it would look.

I haven't noticed any problems with the backlight, though i wouldn't know what to look for. With the lights off it isn't leaking out the sides or anything.

scousegit · 14 Mar 2006 at 00:50

Keylow said:
Thinking of getting this. A question for those who have it, does it support 1280x720?

Its supported on the Xbox 360, so don't see why it would not work on a pc.

Camalot · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:17

Keylow said:
Thinking of getting this. A question for those who have it, does it support 1280x720?

If i set it to that res, half the picture is off the screen, and it looks pants

Keylow · 14 Mar 2006 at 17:09

I read about someone using 1366x768 and it apparently looked fine. I'll probably order this tonight then.

quadboi · 14 Mar 2006 at 20:44

StevenG said:
Cant fault it is a fantatic monitor for the price.. :d:d

BUY IT!!!

Lovely wallpaper

scousegit · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:10

Keylow said:
I read about someone using 1366x768 and it apparently looked fine. I'll probably order this tonight then.

i use this res when usin the xbox 360.

SMlFFY · 15 Mar 2006 at 14:28

Just bought one of these after looking at the comments here and some other websites.
Absolutley fantastic screen

Well I have come from a 15" TIME monitor that is around 8yrs old !!!!!!!!!!!!

CS:S and NFSMW is now pure eye candy..........

Lovin' it guys

Thanks to you all