Acer AL2016WBBD 20-inch Wide LCD Monitor

I purchased this Acer monitor for my MacBook so I had to get a mini-DVI to DVI adaptor which was not a problem. The product description does not mention it comes with both a DVI and VGA cable.

It is actually 1680 x 1050 though the title says 1600. When I purchased a couple of days ago (February 17, 2008) it was sold through Amazon and had free shipping but for some reason I see now it is sold through another vendor that is charging shipping but the price is still good. I paid $199 total.

When you look in the manuals that come with it there is about a page and a half of instructions, though the manuals are larger because of all the different languages. It it so easy to set up and use, nothing more is required.

It is nice to open a product and just plug it in and have it work great right off the bat.

The picture of the item on Amazon seems to make it look like it has a white or gray frame even though it is listed as black. It is...Read more

Not much more to say. I highly recommend this product. It has great resolution, great price. If I had to say something critical it would be that I can't seem to get it to render the resolution I want under Ubuntu (note that is an unsupported configuration), but that's more of an Ubuntu or Linux configuration problem. My windows boxes all work wonderfully and as advertised.

I'm very pleased with this monitor. Plugged it in, booted the computer and it works. Settings take a little practice, but overall very easy.