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We have collected 2 reviews of the Acer S231HL. Experts rate Acer S231HL 6/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Acer S231HL and Acer LCD monitors.
If you're in the market for an attractive 23-inch monitor that won't strain your budget, consider Acer's S231HL ($199 list). This svelte LED backlit monitor offers three video inputs and generally good color performance, but it has trouble displaying portions of the grayscale and is susceptible to color shifting when viewed from a side angle. As you might expect from a monitor in this price range, features are scarce. At 0.70-inches thick the S231HL is thinner than most monitors, but not quite as thin as the AOC e2243FW ($149 list, 3 stars) (.50-inch). The cabinet juts out to around 1.2-inches towards the bottom. Razor-thin piano black bezels frame the 1,920-by-1,080 TN+ panel, which sports a matte coating that cuts down on glare while remaining non-reflective. The cabinet is perched atop an oval base (also piano black) that allows you to tilt the panel forward and backward, but doesn't support height, swivel, or rotation adjustments. Beneath the lower bezel are five buttons that are used to activate and navigate your way through the settings menu system. Pressing any button brings up an on-screen quick-launch menu with function icons positioned above each button.
There's no use looking for any accessories or flexibility: you won't find anything, apart from the ability to tilt the screen back by a few degrees. You'll also have to make do with just VGA and DVI inputs, which leaves the S231HL with just one star in this section. There are dozens of 5 ms monitors out there, and it isn't very often that they surprise us with their responsiveness. That's what the Acer S231HL managed to do though. It's not as fast as a 2 ms screen, but its results leave it firmly between the two categories. In reality, that means that fast-moving objects are displayed slightly more smoothly than we'd expect on a monitor that's reserved for office work. It's still not responsive enough for us to actually recommend it for gaming though. And as for the input lag, the gap between the signal leaving the graphics card and actually appearing on screen, there's nothing to worry about: it's so short in this case as to not be noticeable. With its default settings, this monitor produces colours that have a strong blue tinge. Flesh tones, meanwhile, have an annoying tendency to look purple.
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Acer S231hl 23" Widescreen Led Lcd Monitor - Black | $139.95 | See it |
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Acer S231HL bid 23 Widescreen LED Monitor - 1080p, 1920x1080, 12000000:1 ACM, 5ms, VGA, DVI, HDMI | $149.99 | See it |
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Acer S231HL bid 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor | $199.98 | See it |
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Acer S231hl Lcd Monitor 23" Led 1920 X 1080 12000000:1 | $216.99 | See it |
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Acer S231HL bid 23-Inch Widescreen Ultra-Slim LED Display - Black | $228.67 | See it |