Just got this budget Acer LCD monitor last week. 
It is connected to a PC which is mainly for watching movies on the TV and the occasional web browsing and word processing. I thought of getting a used CRT monitor for this purpose, but topping up a little more money for a budget LCD monitor is irresistible.
It is connected to a PC which is mainly for watching movies on the TV and the occasional web browsing and word processing. I thought of getting a used CRT monitor for this purpose, but topping up a little more money for a budget LCD monitor is irresistible.Acer V203H specs
- Size: 20” Widescreen
- Resolution: 1600x900 @ 60Hz
- Pixel Pitch: 0.276x0.276
- Brightness: 300cd/m2 ( Typical )
- Contrast ratio: 10000:1 (ACM)
- Viewing angle: 170 (H) 160 (V) (CR=5)
- Response time: 5ms
- Display colors: 16.7M colors
- Horizontal Frequency: 30 – 80KHz
- Vertical Frequency: 55 – 75KHz
- Connectors: 15Pin D-Sub
- Power Consumption: On 25.4W, Sleep Mode 0.52W , Stand-by/Suspend 0.42W
- Button: 6 buttons
- Dimension(W x H x D): 474.8 x 350.16 x 177mm
- Weight: 4.197kg
- Stand: Tilt
- Panel type: TN
What's inside the box? 
Power cord, VGA cable, User guide CD, Quick start guide booklet, product warranty booklet, and the LCD itself. The box came with VGA cable only because the LCD has a D-Sub (Analog) input only.
Power cord, VGA cable, User guide CD, Quick start guide booklet, product warranty booklet, and the LCD itself. The box came with VGA cable only because the LCD has a D-Sub (Analog) input only.The monitor works with windows default driver, but I went ahead and installed the driver provided by Acer. I find the ADM software that's bundled in the CD to be useless and loads quite a few programs at startup. I wouldn't recommend installing the ADM software. The OSD (on screen display) menu and Nvidia Control Panel ( or if you're using ATI graphics card, ATI Catalyst Control Center ) is sufficient to control the display on the monitor.
Acer don't have the driver for the V203H for download on their official website, I wonder why. Like I said before, the monitor works with windows default driver. But if you insist on getting it because you lost the CD that came with it, let me know. I'll see if I can upload the driver for you. The manual can be downloaded at Acer's official website.
Acer don't have the driver for the V203H for download on their official website, I wonder why. Like I said before, the monitor works with windows default driver. But if you insist on getting it because you lost the CD that came with it, let me know. I'll see if I can upload the driver for you. The manual can be downloaded at Acer's official website.
Too bright?
If you still find it abit too bright for reading after adjusting through the OSD menu, try to lower the gamma level using Nvidia Control Panel( if you're using a Nvidia graphics card) or ATI Catalyst Control Center (if you're using a ATI graphics card ).
The text may be too sharp or crisp when looking at them. If you're on Windows XP/Vista you can download ClearType Tuner for free from Microsoft website. Clear Type Tuner improves readability on LCD displays, which is some sort of an anti-aliasing or font smoothing program.
The text may be too sharp or crisp when looking at them. If you're on Windows XP/Vista you can download ClearType Tuner for free from Microsoft website. Clear Type Tuner improves readability on LCD displays, which is some sort of an anti-aliasing or font smoothing program.
On a side note, someone said the monitor is 1440x900 resolution on some forums which isn't true. It is surprising he/she didn't read the manual before complaining what's not working. The Acer V203H is a 16:9 ratio screen.
Below are some screenshots of the Acer V203H.
10 comments:
Yes please, I can't get my laptop to drive it at 1600x900 out of the box...
I'm sorry I don't quite get you. Are you trying a dual monitor setup with your laptop?
my screen is streched like the videos on youtube and movies, I had a regular montior the square monitors with my windows xp compaw presario, how could i unstrech my screen? i went to the properties when right clicking on the screen but nothing
I have a new 8.9 inch acer, aspire 1 lap top and Im pluing it in to my new acer monitor v203h lcd and the monitor tells me the cable is not connected I've checked it many times, including resart computer, then windows intializing then I get cable not con. again. This little lap t. doesn't have a cd drive. plse help!!
To those having output/display problems, get the latest drivers for your graphics card/chipset. This Acer monitor may not work with some graphics card especially older ones.
Hello crunchy,
How to connect acer V203H to tv? What do I need to do? Ofcourse, my acer v203H has only D-sub (analog/VGA) port?
Please tell me....
Thanks a lot...
HappyAcerUser
Not sure if it's even possible connecting V203H to the TV. I assume you want to connect your PC to the V203H and TV at the same time, which is a dual monitor setup.
i have this monitor and a netbook with gma900.
and it works with full 1600x900 resolution.
Netbooks will be able to output at 1600x900 if u set it up right.
yes gma900 will display it well and netbooks most come with newer onboard graphics, so it's not a problem. It is the older cards such as those AGP ones may have a problem.
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