Re: [OT] Acer AL712

["Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxx>]

Ah, ok, thank Paul. I'd say treat yourself to a video card with DVI output
:-)

Presumably if you use DVI the sharpness setting will not do anything.

Cheers,
Jon.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Acer AL712


> 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
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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