19" Widescreen LCD Monitor

monkeyfudge

I got one of these delivered from Komplett today and it's absolutely lovely... really slim and neat.

http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=321589

A great price at just €219... Works great with my Xbox 360.

connundrum

Is this good for normal TV connection? Some comments say that playing DVD's is possible so I'd presume there'd be a scart port?

monkeyfudge

Just a VGA connection on the back of it. I think they mean DVD playback from a computer.

There are DVD players that can hook up to it though, I have a player with a DVI connection at the back which would fit into it with a simple adapter.

zAbbo

It's a PC monitor not a TV, I've one very similar.

Works well connected to Xbox, PC, anything that can output to VGA.

It's widescreen 14:10, not 14:9, not that it matters much.

monkeyfudge

No photos on the site... I'll take one later on of my one. I'm very happy with the quality of it... especially for that price.

darkmaster2

I picked up one of those for a buddy a few weeks ago at pixmania. They were doing them for €199 :eek: Lovely monitors

They actually have a slightly better spec one than the komplett link for €211 right now, not available til the 15/9

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/350854/art/acer/lcd-tv-19-5-ms-al1916ws.html

kazzer

Is the lack of a dvi connection a big deal? (matter of opinion i know)

wanwarlock

i've bought 1 of these on amazon.co.uk when they shipped to ireland late last year. very good monitor and nice to look at!!

highly recommended...

me... not to worried it not having dvi. vga is ok by me

Lawdie

darkmaster2 wrote:

They actually have a slightly better spec one than the komplett link for €211 right now, not available til the 15/9
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The pixmainia spec looks inncorrect

http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page9.do?sp=page4&dau34.oid=14407&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&crc=3273497219

tk123

Hey I got one of them (well i think it's the same) from pix last month they're brilliant!!! Here's a pic of it with my lovely cubey pc - thats a MINI bottle of coke beside it for scale!! :cool:

Scruff

how do game, particularly older ones look on that with it widscreen aspect and odd resolution of 1440x900 that probalby isnt natively supported?

TomCo

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/screenshots/

Roll the cursor over the images.

Ruu_Old

tk123 wrote:

Hey I got one of them (well i think it's the same) from pix last month they're brilliant!!! Here's a pic of it with my lovely cubey pc - thats a MINI bottle of coke beside it for scale!! :cool:

Thanks for the feedback, decent price for a nice looking monitor.:)

Lawdie

I've just received four of these and there tony the tiger. Great price!

Update: They are boxed as 5ms monitors from Komplett, so Pixmainias spec is correct...cool

Beelzebub

tk123 wrote:

Hey I got one of them (well i think it's the same) from pix last month they're brilliant!!! Here's a pic of it with my lovely cubey pc - thats a MINI bottle of coke beside it for scale!! :cool:

That's a neat setup! I like also the Wireless router. Might I be so bold as to ask which one it is? I suspect a linksys maybe?

Darando

set of speakers and a tuner box( ebay - €30) and you can make it in a tv!!

kaisersose77

is their any cheapish monitors around that would handle 1080p or would that be no use on a smallish screen?

tk123

Beelzebub wrote:

That's a neat setup! I like also the Wireless router. Might I be so bold as to ask which one it is? I suspect a linksys maybe?

Yep it's a linksys. If you keep an eye out Maplins have them in their specials every now and again bundled with the pc card.

Beelzebub

tk123 wrote:

Yep it's a linksys. If you keep an eye out Maplins have them in their specials every now and again bundled with the pc card.

Verily I will do that tk123, and thanks.

Ghost Train

I see they also have a similar spec. monitor for €199. doesn't look as nice as the acer
http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=325473

monkeyfudge

eolhc wrote:

I see they also have a similar spec. monitor for €199. doesn't look as nice as the acer
http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=325473

It has built in speakers and DVI as well.

Ghost Train

monkeyfudge wrote:

It has built in speakers and DVI as well.

.. and faster response time

kaisersose77

anyone have one of these:

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6Vsuw163DJ0cW4/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=5872&agid=560

Thought it worth paying a bit extra for the tv tuner and seems to be very good according to ppl over at avforums, plus its an awful cheaper at that price than komplett

Saruman

similar to the one in argos for €209 i posted about recently.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055003879