14 DAY TRIAL // VA panels have started to show up a bit more often on the consumer market, but it seems Acer used them in the making of a pair of larger than usual monitors intended not for such customers but for office use.
The things that define a high-quality display are those features that, besides resolution and color sharpness, optimize contrast, brightness and viewing angles, among other things.
When LCDs started out, viewing angles were a particularly troublesome element, but technology has since evolved to the point where they are no longer an issue.
That said, VA (vertical alignment) panels are one thing that companies use these days to enable angles of 178 degrees both horizontally and vertically.
This technology was adopted by Acer in its development of the 24-inch and 27-inch B243HLCOymdr and B273HLOymidh.
The larger one, B273HLOymidh, has a response time of 10ms, a brightness of 300 cd/m2 and multiple connectivity capabilities, those being DVI, D-Sub and HDMI.
The B243HLCOymdr, by comparison, has a brightness of 250 cd/m2, a response time of 8ms and just D-Sub and DVI for connectivity to computers.
The rest of their specifications are mostly similar, with a dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1, a 'Zero Bright Dot' guarantee (no dots will remain permanently bright) and, of course, a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels (the contrast ratio is of 16:9).
All in all, they should be more than enough for any task that business users (those are the target customers in this instance) could think of putting them through.
Finally, the LED backlighting ensures good visibility, besides also optimizing the power consumption by a great deal (Energy Star 5.0 and TCO 5.0 Certifications have already been earned).
Online vendors should already be listing the 24-inch and 27-inch monitors with prices of 249 Euro and 399 Euro, respectively.