Similar to the P223W we reviewed earlier, Acer's X223W is a 22in widescreen PC monitor. It sports identical specifications, but comes with a less fancy design and a slightly reduced price. The issues we found on the other model are again evident here, including a noticeable blue tinge in shades of grey and some contrast problems, although overall it offers a good option for day-to-day computing and the occasional bout of something more entertaining.

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One thing that stood out to us using the X223W was the excellent blacks. They were rich and dark and should please film aficionados. Unfortunately this model had some contrast issues which hurt its performance in our movie and game tests. Detail in patches of darkness was really lacking, which hurts many genres of film and video games. This was also evident in some of our contrast chart tests, where definition between sections was lost towards the dark and light ends of the spectrum.

Acer X223w Input Not Supported in OS 9 Restart I have a PowerMac G4 with a Rage 128 Pro Graphics Card, running OS 10.3.9 - the monitor ACER X223w 22' widescreen works fine in OS X, the problem I'm having is that I need to restart my computer in OS 9 to use my scanner and I get a message saying 'input not supported'. Can't get my Acer X223W (DVI+HDMI with Apple's adapter) widescreen monitor to show anything. Discussion in 'alt.windows7.general' started by Ant, Apr 3, 2013. Power reset the monitor by removing power from the monitor and pressing and holding the power button for 30 seconds. Reconnect the monitor and power it on. If your monitor has an internal battery, unplug the monitor and press the battery reset pinhole near the power port on the monitor. Acer LCD Monitor X223W - driver software manual installation guide zip Acer LCD Monitor X223W - driver software driver-category list Remember, adding the wrong driver would not stop the detrimental effects on your laptop or computer, and might actually make things worse still.

In most of our other tests, however, it performed well. Desktop icons were sharp and text was crisp. The 5ms response time is quite speedy and ensured we saw no ghosting or blurring in our film and game tests. There was no image noise or flickering, and uniformity was excellent right across the length of the display.

Our DisplayMate Video Edition charts were rendered quite nicely, although there were some shades of blue evident in the greyscale images. We tried to correct this using the on-screen calibration options, but lowering the level of blue adversely affected all the other colours too, so we had to put it back to normal. This issue won't be evident in many situations, but is noteworthy nonetheless. Other colours were reproduced accurately.

It has reasonably good viewing angles, with specifications of 170 degrees horizontally and 160 degrees vertically. There was some minor loss of detail at extreme angles, but performance was more than adequate for multiple people to watch the display at once.

Aesthetically this unit is a little plainer than the P223W, with a matte black bezel rather than the eye-catching glossy finish found on its sibling. It looks more suited to an office environment than as part of a flashy, high-end PC setup, but that's a minor thing. It can be angled backwards slightly but no other motion is possible.

Calibration options are roughly as we expected. You can alter contrast, brightness and colour levels, as well as use a variety of presets, which is more than adequate for most users. A PC can be connected via either D-Sub or DVI, but as usual we'd strongly recommend DVI, as using D-Sub results in a lot more noise and a strange flickering that really detracts from the quality of the picture.

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'Worked well on my Win2K system.'

'Worked well on my Win2K system.'

Pros

Easy, free, convenient - CNET does it again! :)

Cons

Would have been ideal if all compatible operating environments had been listed (as is, I just took a chance and tried it - luckily, it worked).

Summary

File was named 'X223Wv Vista WHQL Driver.zip', implying Vista, but it worked perfectly with Win2K .. and I'd say it's a good bet it'll do fine in WinXP also. (Why didn't Acer make this easily available on the CD that came with my monitor?! <shakes head in disbelief>)

Reply by silencer32 on July 8, 2011

Lol. You don't need a monitor driver for it to work...

Pros

Worked perfectly

Cons

Not Windows certified yet

Summary

My only comment really is to the person who left the other review. It's not a set up program. It's a DRIVER if you don't know how to update drivers please hand your computer over to someone that can.

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'Couldn't get it to install, no .exe file.'

'Couldn't get it to install, no .exe file.'

Pros

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nothing, it sucks

Cons

no instructions or backup

Summary

Acer X223w Software

Not much in the way of instruction on how to get this installed

Reply by paul1149 on September 22, 2012

I have to agree. I'm no novice at installing drivers, and this one does not install either via context menu or device manager. Come on, Acer, you can do better than this.
Win7, sp1, x86.

Reply by vagrantsou1 on February 27, 2009

maybe that's because its the actual driver, not a driver installation package.. this is the file you tell your computer to look for, there is NO need to have a whole exe file.. file worked FINE for the 5 of them that we put in on terminals at our company..
Try not to review something that works as garbage.. this file works.

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