Acer AL2216W: a worthwhile compromise?

Calibrated Results

Brightness and Contrast Ratio

While a lot of people may never use a properly calibrated monitor, image professionals definitely need accurate colors. Here, we report scores for the same areas as we did on the previous page, only this time the results are taken after we have used Monaco Optix XR to calibrate the display.




The most significant changes from calibration come in the area of brightness, where all of the displays end up running at less than their maximum brightness. You can of course choose to run a display of a higher than recommended brightness level, and the ambient lighting in a room will also determine what brightness setting is best. Our testing was performed indoors with a moderate amount of lighting, and the displays were adjusted accordingly.

Color Accuracy



After placing at the top of the uncalibrated results for color accuracy, it's interesting that the Acer AL2216W comes in last after calibrating the monitor. The scores are still acceptable to the vast majority of people, but basically it is almost impossible to get "perfect" colors from the AL2216W. Whether that is due to the TN panel type or merely a result of cost cutting measures, image professionals will almost certainly want to look elsewhere.