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Acer’s AL1916W 19-inch Widescreen LCD Review

A little over a year ago, I purchased a new LCD monitor from Acer. Upon arrival, I noticed a very bright stuck pixel and immediately sent the monitor back to Newegg. My replacement also suffered the same fate, causing me to purchase an LG monitor instead.
Last week, Acer found out about my dissatisfaction with stuck [...]

Stuck Pixel Issue is Going to Be Resolved

For those of you wondering what’s up with my stuck pixel issue, I got some great news for you. I’m getting a replacement monitor. If you’ve heard about dead/stuck pixel issues with LCD monitors, you’ll know manufactures don’t like replacing monitors with a small amount of imperfect pixels. That’s why I’m so glad that this [...]

My New 19-inch LCD Monitor

On Sunday I finally made up my mind on which monitor I’d purchase to replace my dying CRT monitor. To my surprise, it was none of the monitors I was looking at previously. I ended up choosing the Acer AL1916Ab 19″ LCD Monitor. It had good reviews on Newegg, was cheaper than the previous monitors [...]

Monitor Trouble Part 2

A while back I told you about my issues with my CRT monitor. Well, I have an update for you, and it’s not looking good. Yesterday while I was using my computer, I heard a loud pop come from inside the monitor. Nothing changed on my screen, so I wasn’t sure exactly what happened. Sometime [...]

Monitor Trouble

My CRT monitor has started to act up. What’s happening is when I switch between computers using my KVM switch, or when one of the computers goes into sleep mode, the monitor displays some deep blue scan lines and then does what I call a hard shutdown. The whole screen gets real bright and it [...]