Entered CNET Catalog: 08/14/2007
SKU: P223W
Manufacturer: Acer America Corp.
Manufacturer description
Presenting precise, high-quality images, the Acer P Series LCD monitors are perfect for home and educational environments requiring optimal display performance. Designed for extended use, the Acer P Series ensures comfortable, eyestrain-free viewing of detailed text and graphics. Shining in its glossy black bezel and standing proud on its sturdy silver base, the Acer P Series epitomizes Acer's design and engineering excellence. For maximum multimedia enjoyment and multitasking prowess, let the Acer P Series show you the perfect view.User opinions
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5.0 stars
out of 5 user reviews
Looks Fantastic & great performance
Pros: Hi Gloss White Finish looks amazing, get compliments on it all the time.
Performance and picture perfect.
Cons: None that I can think of
Review: The visual appeal is amazing, the value, and performance great.
User Rating:
4.0 stars
out of 5 user reviews
I like it alot but have 1 issue
Pros: Big, Crisp and fast refresh
Cons: Glossy Screen
Review: Great crisp images, nice size and awesome value. However; the screeen is glossy!?!?! Which means a lot of glare and reflections on the screen.
User Rating:
4.5 stars
out of 5 user reviews
Awesome Value
Pros: compact size, small foot print base for small work areas
Cons: base to monitor connection a little weak
Review: Great Value Monitor, performs right out of the box as a plug and play monitor. I am using it as my main screen with a 19" Acer (Analog) wide screen to the side (Dual Monitor setup). There is a very noticeable difference running a analog and digital screen side by side.Both monitors are running at there peek resolutions with no issues. Dual monitor set up was easy and fast.Purchased this monitor because of past performance of my 19" Acer. Very Happy with my choice.
User Rating:
4.5 stars
out of 5 user reviews
Photographers will enjoy this monitor
Pros: Bright, high contrast display for a good price
Cons: No hight adjustment
Review: This is a great looking monitor that's finished in the popular piano black. The thin frame and shallow depth also make it a very attractive centerpiece to your desktop.
The colors, contrast and brightness are fantastic for photographers and general email/internet/word processing use. Sure, there are very expensive monitors out that cost many times the price of this one, but for value and quality this has to be a near perfect combination. I have no problems recommending this monitor to friends and family.
The colors, contrast and brightness are fantastic for photographers and general email/internet/word processing use. Sure, there are very expensive monitors out that cost many times the price of this one, but for value and quality this has to be a near perfect combination. I have no problems recommending this monitor to friends and family.
User Rating:
1.5 stars
out of 5 user reviews
Nice, but some serious problems!
Pros: Nice design, glossy screen (if you like that), good price
Cons: Problems with video card to monitor communications - won't run in native resolution in XP, video input controls extremely cumbersome
Review: I looked at the Samsung, LG, etc...trying to find the best 22" monitor. I was very disappointed in the Samsung 226BW when I saw it - the viewing angles were horrible. Then I saw this Acer monitor - I'd never seen it during my web investigations, so I thought I'd try it and return it if I didn't like it.
I first tried it on a laptop but as soon as I set the resolution to 1680x1050, the display when white & black distorted. I bumped it down one level of resolution and it worked okay, but of course looked terrible. I tried it on another computer running Server 2003 and it worked fine. Connected it to my Windows XP computer and it refuses to run at 1680x1050. The video card sends the signal, but the monitor says it's running at 1600x1200 - which it doesn't even support! It's clearly not native resolution. I tried installing a driver from Acer, but it only has a Vista driver - tried installing that anyway (which installed fine), but it made no difference. I reinstalled the video drivers and updated them (eVga 7900GS PCI-E card) and still made no difference. Tried uninstalling the monitor driver and went back to plug n play - no difference. I have a dual-boot config on this machine with Vista installed, so I tried that - and what do you know - everything worked just fine in Vista. Basically, there's some serious issues with anything but Vista...I won't be waiting around for someone to fix it though...it has to go back. I've seen other similar issues from other people in forums, so it's not just the one monitor either.
Also, I have two computers connected to the monitor (DVI, DSUB) and to switch between the two, you have to hit the menu button, move down to the input selection, hit the enter button, select DVI or DSUB, and hit enter again. Wow...is that stupid!
If they could fix those items, it would actually be a very good monitor - I like the glossy screen, the contrast is much better with it - and it even cuts down on the poor viewing angles typical to all TN panels (ie, all 22" monitors). But...there's no way I'm running this monitor in non-native resolution!
I first tried it on a laptop but as soon as I set the resolution to 1680x1050, the display when white & black distorted. I bumped it down one level of resolution and it worked okay, but of course looked terrible. I tried it on another computer running Server 2003 and it worked fine. Connected it to my Windows XP computer and it refuses to run at 1680x1050. The video card sends the signal, but the monitor says it's running at 1600x1200 - which it doesn't even support! It's clearly not native resolution. I tried installing a driver from Acer, but it only has a Vista driver - tried installing that anyway (which installed fine), but it made no difference. I reinstalled the video drivers and updated them (eVga 7900GS PCI-E card) and still made no difference. Tried uninstalling the monitor driver and went back to plug n play - no difference. I have a dual-boot config on this machine with Vista installed, so I tried that - and what do you know - everything worked just fine in Vista. Basically, there's some serious issues with anything but Vista...I won't be waiting around for someone to fix it though...it has to go back. I've seen other similar issues from other people in forums, so it's not just the one monitor either.
Also, I have two computers connected to the monitor (DVI, DSUB) and to switch between the two, you have to hit the menu button, move down to the input selection, hit the enter button, select DVI or DSUB, and hit enter again. Wow...is that stupid!
If they could fix those items, it would actually be a very good monitor - I like the glossy screen, the contrast is much better with it - and it even cuts down on the poor viewing angles typical to all TN panels (ie, all 22" monitors). But...there's no way I'm running this monitor in non-native resolution!
Updated
I've had the monitor a few months now and I managed to find a fix for the problem getting into native resolution. It seems to be a problem with some models of nVidia cards and this particular monitor. If you go into the advanced nVidia display properties and create a custom resolution (Display->Manage custom resolutions) of 1680x1050,it works - don't know why!
Anyway, I still like the looks of the monitor and now everything works, but I've noticed that the back-light bleeding is getting worse too. I think it has stabilized now. If you use a back blackground in Windows, you don't see it. If you run full-scren with a black background, or watch a DVD full-screen with a dark scene, it's extremely noticeable. If you're just using Windows, you probably won't notice it though.
Overall, I guess it's mostly worth the money, but I'm glad I have another monitor (BenQ FP24W) that's very solid and has no weaknesses (of course it cost another $350 too)!
I've had the monitor a few months now and I managed to find a fix for the problem getting into native resolution. It seems to be a problem with some models of nVidia cards and this particular monitor. If you go into the advanced nVidia display properties and create a custom resolution (Display->Manage custom resolutions) of 1680x1050,it works - don't know why!
Anyway, I still like the looks of the monitor and now everything works, but I've noticed that the back-light bleeding is getting worse too. I think it has stabilized now. If you use a back blackground in Windows, you don't see it. If you run full-scren with a black background, or watch a DVD full-screen with a dark scene, it's extremely noticeable. If you're just using Windows, you probably won't notice it though.
Overall, I guess it's mostly worth the money, but I'm glad I have another monitor (BenQ FP24W) that's very solid and has no weaknesses (of course it cost another $350 too)!
