Acer G206HQL bd 19.5-Inch LED Computer Monitor Back-Lit Widescreen Display

I got this monitor in part because it is lightweight which is important for my application (traveling in an RV). It's about 5 lbs and is trim so stows away easily. It's plenty bright and has a full sRGB color gamut. My reason for downgrading it is that the 1600 x 900 resolution is annoying. Editing photos and such is okay but doing any kind of text work is annoying due to the very granulated fonts. I have monitors with not much higher dpi that do far better. I'm not sure what the problem is, maybe the "pixels" are small for the area they cover, but the fineness of text is below par for 1600 x 900 and 19.5 inches. If my judgement is misguided and this is simply what you get with 1600 x 900 on a 19.5" display, then be forewarned that you will see a lot of dots making up characters and not solid black characters as you might be used to on a higher res monitor or a 1600 x 900 laptop with a screen smaller than 19.5".UPDATE:While I am still disappointed with this monitor, I did experiment with the controls and improved the text rendering noticeably. I had previously increase contrast hoping for darker fonts and that did not work. On a lark I tried reducing the contrast and darned if that didn't help. I ended up with the contrast down in the 10-20 range. This reduced brightness so I pushed the brightness up into the 80's (though too much brightness reduces the benefit of these settings so set it at minimum for comfortable viewing (the eyes compensate well for low brightness so start on the low side). After making these changes, I re-did my clear-type settings to take advantage of the changes and that was more effective than earlier with the default contrast setting (50). There are 19.5" monitors with 1920x1080 resolution (about 20% more than this one) for about the same money. That should help some. ISP monitors (better for photo editing) in this size are few and far between but that feature is also on my wish list.

It does what I need it to do; it's a replacement for the one that came with my desktop. I wouldn't want to use it for gaming or working in an artistic field, but I need it for casual web-browsing, emailing, and office applications, so .. meh. This one has a slight yellow tint to it, which is odd, but not a deal breaker, and who knows?, maybe it will counter-act that blue-light strain? It really isn't enough to bother me. All pixels reported for duty, so I'm good.I don't think it's a good bargain though. It's the exact same monitor I got with my pc over 8 years ago and they wanted over $60 for it. At this point it should only cost around $40, especially since it lacks in quality, but it looks as if $60+ is about as low as they go. Hopefully it lasts as long as its predecessor which started going white all along the left side a couple of months ago.

It just arrived today, and I uncrated it and hooked it up. First, contrary to others who said it would not tilt, and to the person who indicated how you could get it to tilt by loosening a screw, the model I got tilts just fine. Use two hands one on top and one on bottom and you can tip it. Maybe they have changed the mount somewhere.But speaking of the mount--TERRIBLE directions and not very well made. There are three pieces (the base, the upright connecting the base to the monitor, and the socket the upright plugs into in the monitor). They only mention how to connect two pieces. The other one (upright to monitor) should be obvious, but it does not fit well. There is a "springy" piece of plastic that is supposed to latch in the upright piece, but without pressing down, the upright does not slide in. When I pressed down, it did not spring, I suspect it broke. Still works ok--just not latched as well as it should be.After I got it all started, I noticed a pixel in the upper right that is on all the time. Not good at all. This is not a critical monitor, so I'll not return it yet, but I'll sure keep an eye on it. Other than that the picture seems fine (running with VGA).The Viewsonic I got a few months ago is MUCH nicer, but a bit more expensive. I would have gotten it again except that this one is a bit smaller and fits more nicely where I want it in my shop.

This is a great monitor! Colors are vivid and accurate, definitely HD quality, and the 19.5" screen has dimensions equal to an HD TV, so watching movies through it is just like watching a small TV, meaning that a wide full screen movie has no black bars.Although the stand is a little too shaky, the only thing I absolutely despise about this monitor is it has two splash screens from a cold start, one advertising Acer followed by a second one for its "Energy Star Rating". The combination of those two will stay on the screen so long that my computer passes totally through the BIOS phase before dropping out, and there is no option for changing that. (I don't need to be reminded that it's made by Acer, nor do I give a damn that it's energy efficient! It's RIDICULOUS!)So in summary, if a 19.5" monitor is big enough for you (I don't want anything bigger), and if you can put up with its splash screens, I highly recommend this one. (Note: Try setting the brightness and contrast both to zero in the monitor then do the adjusting with your video drivers. I think you'll find that is the best way to achieve personal settings.)Good luck!