Acer 21.5 Inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS Ultra-Thin Zero Frame Computer Monitor (HDMI & VGA Port), SB220Q bi

i loved product

I bought this to use as a second monitor for grad school. It serves its purpose, but Im no sure it would be a good choice for gamers (Im no expert though!). I like being able to work on a bigger screen than my laptop, and its way better for ergonomic purposes. The one think that I dont like is that it is SUPER bright. Im currently using the level 1 of brightness (out of 100), and thats the only level that I can stand. Other than that, its good for the price!

Exactly what I wanted and bought

Good monitor for the price. Nice picture, no dead pixels. Menu system allows for lots of adjustments, but is hard to navigate thanks to a roughly 5 second timeout if no buttons are pressed. Be sure to download the .PDF manual, it has lots more information than the printed one that comes with the monitor. Both manuals say that monitor will tilt, but at first it would not budge with any reasonable degree of force. My husband, whose mechanical skill is high, looked over what appeared to be the hinge joint at the top of the base pedestal. Its made of steel, and it looked like there was a nut that controlled the friction of the hinge. However, the nut is inaccessible to a wrench while the hinge is installed in the pedestal. Removing four screws from the pedestal allowed the hinge to come out. Loosening the nut did not free up the hinge as expected. The rivet on the other side of the hinge joint was still causing excessive binding. Application of some silcone lube didnt help, nor did working the hinge back and forth using tools. Eventually my husband resorted to drilling off the driven head of the rivet and punching it out. Note there are several small washers on both the screw and rivet that need to be kept track of. Rivet was not reusable. It has a shoulder on it, which should have kept it from binding the hinge, but apparently the wider portion of the rivet was too short. He replaced the rivet with a 6mm screw. This involved both reaming the hole in the outer hinge bracket and grinding the screw head so it would fit inside the pedestal. A nut was installed just a little more than finger tight on the new screw. Some Loctite might be advisable for monitors that get frequent tilt adjustments. The original screw, stack of washers, and nut was reinstalled, and the nut adjusted to what seemed the correct degree of tightness. The hinge was reinstalled in the pedestal. When the base was attached to the monitor, it tilted easily and stayed where it was put. This job took a considerable amount of skill, and probably voids some warranty or other. Not for the clumsy or faint of heart. FWIW, many users will likely find that loosening the friction nut will free up the hinge enough to make it work properly, without dealing with the rivet. The hinge is well designed and plenty beefy, and the amount of leverage available to the user when its joined to the base and monitor is considerable. However, theres a high risk of breaking the plastic parts of the monitor case or pedestal if the user gets too frisky. A little more attention to QC by Acer or its suppliers should have made this a non-problem.

The colors are bright and the picture clear. For a sub $100 monitor, you cant ask for much more! I used this for a virtual pinball table build Im working on and it looks great!

The display is clear and crisp, providing great color and contrast. Its also very easy to set up and use. The build quality is solid and the screen is lightweight, making it easy to move around. Overall, a great value for the price.

Honestly for the price (I think I paid 70 bucks) you cant really beat it. My main issue is that its not adjustable and not able to be rotated like my other monitor but otherwise really solid quality.

I wanted to upgrade from my old monitor and picked this up on sale. Plug and play with a HDMI cable. My only problem is that sometimes the screen will cut to black when looking through photos, then immediately come back in. Not sure if it’s a driver related issue or something to do with my setup, but 90% of the time it’s a great monitor for gaming and videos. The price was right and the quality is good.

I used to live in a cool, quiet house in a valley but had to move into a hot and noisy apartment in the city, with no A/C. The temps inside get up to 88 F on a hot day with a 90 F high! As room temp is considered to be 68-72 F, I was worried about my high end Lenovo ThinkVision monitor ($300) and HP color laser printer ($400) being fried or corroded in the heat and humidity of this wretched climate. So I placed both in my air-conditioned self storage unit while I look for better living conditions. To replace them, I decided to buy this $85 Acer monitor and an $85 HP inkjet printer (which costs less than a black toner cartridge for my color laser) and I could pretty much dump then when I move abroad to live (my main intentions). While the Acer is no match for the color saturation, overall screen quality, and bells and whistles of the Lenovo (which was pretty much hand-picked at Best Buy before I pulled the trigger on a good monitor), the Acer has surprised me for such a cheap monitor. Its sharp and color contrast is excellent. My main issue was the screen background being yellowish-green compared to my Lenovo or my Dell XPS, however it got whiter with time as the monitor burned in. In addition, I used the preset screen settings and found a couple that was able to whiten up the screen quite a bit, so that now, its not bad at all. For $85, I expected soft, blurry text with dull colors in which case Id return the monitor but I have no complaints now: sharp, excellent color saturation and contrast, and decently white background. Just be aware it has ZERO USB ports, no USB charging port, no HDMI or DisplayPorts, and no audio out port - nor height and tilt adjustments - like my Lenovo. In addition, Acer deleted the audio out port that the earlier models had. Well, I guess you get what you pay for. Its probably worth it to spend 3-4X the cost of the Acer to get a good monitor like the Lenovo, but for my purposes, the Acer suits me fine. I might have to find room in my self storage to keep the monitor as its too good to throw away!

Great monitors. Love them. Great picture quality