Re: [OT] Acer AL712

["Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>]

Jon,

I'm using analogue. No DVI on my video card :-(

There are 3 sharpness settings on it. "Smoother" at one end,
"Sharper" at the other end and the
middle (default) option is not named. "Smoother" is horrible -
quite out of focus. The default is
marginally better than "Sharper".

I have 3 17" CRT monitors here, with the best CRT being of a pretty
good quality display (I do
notice these things). I'd rate the Acer LCD in second place for image
quality.

I've been using it continually since I had it - about 2.5 hours ago - and I
am happy with it.
Although, if a digital connection was going to improve matters, that would
be a nice bonus.

If I were to be picky with it, then I'd say that the top-left corner of the
screen is slightly
darker than the bottom-right. Text shows that the image isn't quite as
sharp as it could be, but
it's not bad.

Looking at photos on it (which I've done very briefly) the image looks
pretty good to me. But then,
I'm not a colour-phile IYSWIM. I'm much more interested in text display
quality.

On the whole, for what I paid, I think it's a good buy.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Acer AL712


> Hi Paul,
>
> Hmmm, I'm sorely tempted too...
>
> You say it's not pin-sharp - are you using (digital) DVI or analogue?
>
> We've got a couple of flat panels at work and there was a noticable
> improvement going from analogue to DVI...
>
> Ta,
> Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:14 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Acer AL712
>
>
> Following yesterday's post, I decided to take the plunge and buy the
Acer
> AL712 17" LCD monitor for £250 + £6 delivery + VAT from Insight.
This is
> intended for office type applications only...no gaming.
>
> I ordered it just before noon and decided to save £3 and go for
"2-3 day"
> delivery rather than "next business day". That seems to have
been a sound
> choice because it arrived about 11am today!
>
> After connecting it to my PC, the first thing I did was turn the
brightness
> DOWN. Too bright for my liking :-o
>
> It's certainly not as pin-sharp as my CRT, but will probably do just
fine.
>
> Paul
>
>
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