Acer ET.1717P.221 reviews and prices: : 17" Monitor

Acer ET.1717P.221 reviews and prices: : 17" Monitor reviews

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8.7 out of 10 based on 9 reviews.

Acer ET.1717P.221: 17" 1024 x 128 LCD screen with DVI and Louspeakers function. See full product description

Overall rating	8.7
How easy to set-up	9.6
Image quality	8.8
Build Quality	8.8
Value for money	8.4

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Mark, Bushey

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: Sharpness of pictue

Overall rating	8.0
How easy to set-up	9.0
Image quality	7.0
Build Quality	9.0
Value for money	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Oct 2007

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: A good quality, well priced monitor, which is basically just plug and go. Very easy to use. The factory default settings are very adequate.
Bad points:: The built in speakers are very quiet, which I found a bit disappointing should you want to play music or watch any visuals with sound through your system, as I'd bought this to do away with the need for external speakers.

Overall rating	8.0
How easy to set-up	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Build Quality	7.0
Value for money	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Jul 2008

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	17
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
Extra functions	Louspeakers

Connections	VGA

Connections	DVI

Response time (Milliseconds)	12

Contrast Ratio (X:1)	500
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Screen aspect ratio	5:4
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	128

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1024

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	300
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Dot pitch (Millimetres)	0.26

Reflection angle	150
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Release date	2006-11-23
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Acer 17", Acer AL1717CS, Acer AL1717As, Acer AL1717

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