Acer Readies Full Range of Vista-certified LCD Monitors

malware · Jan 30, 2007

Acer now offers a full range of LCD monitors, ready and tested by WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) for Windows Vista compliance. Acer's widescreen LCD monitor lines include 20", 22", 24" and 26" sizes with 16:10 display ratio to give plenty of onscreen space for applications, and extra room on the side for Vista's Sidebar, Office2007, Vista Media Center, Internet Explorer 7's Tab Browsing, Navigation, Preview pane or Reading Pane modes of Explorer. Acer LCD monitors will now carry a Vista-certified logo, indicating clearly to purchasers that the devices can enable additional or enhanced capabilities. The corresponding lines/models are: ALxx1x series for Value, Xxxx series for X, ALxx2x series for Office, and ALxx5x series for the Performance and Gamers line.

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ktr · Jan 30, 2007

so the difference between my new acer monitor and that is a sticker? WOW that is so worth it, damn...that will increase resale value.

EastCoasthandle · Jan 30, 2007

Actually it has a lot to do with DRM (digital rights management) scheme they are planning. These monitors should be HDCP capable. Now all you need is a HDCP video card and HD-DVD/BR-DVD player (for your pc) and you should finally be able to watch HD movies at their intended resolution (using a smaller monitor which IMO makes for an oxymoron). Some people actually use their computer to watch DVDs and want to use their computer to watch HD. Problem is, they now have to buy a smaller monitor (instead of their HDTV that they used before to watch DVD). So they are not happy campers. Although DVD players are cheap, it was no need to buy one since they had their computer hooked up to the HDTV. In a nutshell HDCP supported Monitors allow for high-resolution playback of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs on your PC.

It still makes no sense why a person cannot use their regular HDTV to which HD DVD without the need of buying a separate HD/BR player.

WarEagleAU · Jan 30, 2007

I was beginning to think all of these manufacturers were on crack charging abnormally high prices just for a sticker saying VISTA Certified.

newbielives · Jan 30, 2007

I'm going to sell "Vista Ready" stickers on ebay for 5$ :banghead:

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
Video Card(s)	Colorful iGame Radeon HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5
Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
Display(s)	BenQ G2400W 24-inch WideScreen LCD
Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX
Power Supply	Chieftec CFT-1000G-DF 1kW
Software	Laptop: Lenovo 3000 N200 C2DT2310/3GB/120GB/GF7300/15.4"/Razer

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Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	D5, 7/16" ID Tubing, Maze4 with Fuzion CPU WB
Memory	XMS 8500C5D @ 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	HD 2900 XT 858/900 to 4870 to 5870 (Keep Vreg area clean)
Storage	2
Display(s)	24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Plantinum
Power Supply	Silencer 750
Software	XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7
Benchmark Scores	This varies from one driver to another.

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Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
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Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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