Acer G246HL Abd 24-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor

MODELS VARY - ** THIS REVIEW ** is of the bottom of the line 19.5" 1600 X 900 dpi G206HQL. I bought the bottom of this series on a whim as a backup monitor. One should always have a backup monitor eh? It was only $79.99. I had one of my security monitors die today, I finally unboxed the ACER G206HQL THE GOOD: It comes with both VGA and DVI-D cables (aside from power supply and stand). It will tilt forward or backwards about (Im guessing) 15 - 20 degrees. THE BAD: Its a cheap, lackluster display output. MAYBE it would look better of my video card on that system had DVI output. I find going from VGA to DVI gains about 10% of "snap" or better picture quality. This will be "something" for now, but even for my security camera output which is 3Megapixel, this is not true HD. Moral: You get what you pay for. There is no way this would work as a main , production monitor for business use (text legibility). Even casual surfing would be a bit tedious on this. Only buy this if you really dont care or are on a budget. Who knows maybe the ones up the ladder in this model series are a bit better? I cant speak to that.

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This monitor is easy to install, looks good, and worked well until today-- when it went black. It wouldnt turn on at all. I managed to plug my Toshiba laptops power cord into it, and now it works-- but of course now Im without a powersource for my laptop. My other complaint about the monitor is minor: The blue led light on the bottom flashes super bright when the monitor is not in use and the computer (that its attached to) is asleep. It lights up the whole house while pulsating, and I think my neighbors might suspect Im looking for aliens. But possibly theres a way to turn that thing off, and even if not, its easy enough to turn off the power button on the monitor itself. This would get four or even five stars, except that the power cord broke so ridiculously soon. Three weeks is a very, very short time. Ill see whethdr I can get a replacement cord for it and Ill report back.

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Decent monitor, blacks are a bit washed out. I have this paired with 2 same size LCD displays and you can see a big difference in brightness and contrast. Viewing angle is not great on the vertical, as it wants to be tilted back a bit, in my setup anyway.

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