I purchased this Acer to replace our old 17 inch square monitor that went out on us. I’ve had that old flat screen for about 10 years and didn’t want or need anything super fancy to replace it for our regular daily use. I ordered this one in the 21.5 size and most of the new monitors I was researching are no longer square but rather a rectangle that is longer/wider than it is tall. You can see this in the picture on the products page.
The monitor was super easy to install, it came while I was at work and my not computer savvy husband and children managed to get it set up and working without my help. When I came home I double checked their work, but they had done everything correctly and I didn’t have to fix anything. That means that this is a good basic monitor for someone who may not have a lot of experience and needs something simple to set up.
It comes with a basic non-adjustable stand, this smaller size does not support using swinging/multimonitor stands or wall mounts that would screw into the back. I did find that it was a bit short for my personal preference and the stand is not adjustable height wise so I bought a monitor stand that raised it up about 4 inches and gave me room to store office supplies below. At this height with the stand it is perfect. It does slightly tilt so you can do some minor adjustment if needed for glare or comfort.
It does say that it is Full HD, but I just have it hooked up to my computer via a basic monitor cord (I think it is the VGA cord, my husband connected the cord that was plugged from the computer to the old monitor into this new monitor) so I don’t know if it truly is HD. I’m a bad judge at those kinds of things, it looks nice…better and brighter than my old monitor. I do more web surfing and using Microsoft Word and it looks good with all that I have used it for. My husband watches a lot of Youtube videos on it and says that the videos look better than the old monitor that it replaced.
| Standing screen display size | 21.5 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
