Acer P243W 24 inch Widescreen Review
Makaveli - June 1, 2008» Discuss this article (6)
Testing:
To test this monitor, I'm going to be using the DisplayMate Multimedia Edition program. Here is a tidbit about the DisplayMate Company:
"DisplayMate Technologies is widely recognized throughout the computer and video industries as the worldwide leader in video diagnostics, which are used in the calibration, testing, evaluation and optimization of image and picture quality for all types of displays, such as CRTs, analog and digital LCDs and plasma displays, video projectors, microdisplays, HDTVs and more."
This program is a great way to gauge the performance of this monitor. I'll be comparing this monitor to the BenQ FP241VW 24" Widescreen monitor to see which is the better of the two.
Testing Setup:
- Processor: Intel Q9450 Core 2 Quad 333x8
- Motherboard: Gigabyte X48-DQ6
- Memory: Mushkin XP2 8000 Redline 2 x 2GB 5-5-5-12
- Video Card: Gigabyte 8800GT
- Power Supply: Mushkin 800watt Power Supply
- Hard Drive: 1 x Seagate 1TB SATA
- Optical Drive: Sony Dual Layer Burner
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
Benchmarks:
- Video System Info
- Set Up Display
- Tune Up Program
- Script LCD Test
Comparison Monitor:
Set Up Display:
"This selection will show you how to properly and precisely set all of the controls on your display and video board to produce Optimum Geometry, Grayscale and Contrast. All of the other picture quality enhancements in DisplayMate assume that this procedure has been followed carefully."
Tune Up Program:
"The Tune-Up Program further improves and enhances display picture quality by searching for every possible potential weakness of a computer display at high sensitivity, and then showing how to improve the image at every step. The program selections include the following:
- Geometry and Distortion
- Sharpness and Resolution
- Screen Pixel Resolution
- Color and Grayscale
Script LCD Test:
"A set of test patterns to setup and check LCDs."
Video System Info:
Upon boot up no changes.
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Screen Pixels
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1920H x 1200V
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Screen Colors
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16,777,216
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System Colors
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16,777,216
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Intensity Levels
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256
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Screen Orientation
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Landscape 8:5
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Reported Screen Size
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677 x 423 millimeters
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Screen Aspect Ratio
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1.60 H/V
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Square Pixels
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1.00 H/V
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Color Capability
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True Color
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Color Depth
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24 Bits per Pixel
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Color Palette
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Not Available
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Color Planes
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1
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Pixel Pitch
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0.35 x 0.35
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Dots per cm
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28 x 28 dpcm
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Dots per in
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72 x 72 dpi
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Total Pixels
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2,304,000
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Screen Memory
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9000 Kbytes
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Pixel Memory
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32 Bits per Pixel
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System Font Pixels
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7H x 16V
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System Font Format
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274 Columns x 75 Rows
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System Font File
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Vgasys.fon
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Display Driver
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VGA
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Driver File
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vga.dvr
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Driver Version
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64.0
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Enhanced Lines
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Yes
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Wide Lines
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Yes
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Styles Lines
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Yes
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Filled Lines
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Yes
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Block Lines
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Yes
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Polygon Lines
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Yes
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Curved Lines
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Yes
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Flood Fills
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Yes
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Clipping
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Yes
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Curves
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Yes
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Polygons
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Yes
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Device Fonts
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Yes
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