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5 Responses to “ Acer T230H bmidh 23-Inch Wide Touch Screen Display – Black ”

1. 

   dk on June 28, 2009 at 3:37 pm

   Purchased from Amazon arived NEXT day. Fantastic. Try to set up for WINXP: no documentation for xp. Called Acer tech support. You must have a valid serial number to even speak with human. Three tech support reps say it’s OK for winxp. Then they send me to Gateway PAID support for configuration. That would be $60 for 30 minute session. Nope. Back to Acer: three attempts at tech support, no it won’t work with xp. It “requires a graphical OS.” Online documentation says it takes advantage of multitouch capabilities of Win7, but not that it won’t function as a plain touch monitor. One tech support said “that is not a touch monitor,” despite it’s designation as a multitouch monitor. The screen itself is a nice LCD. Clear glass is quite reflective. Kudos to AMAZON for shipping it out and making it SOOOO easy to return. My suggestion if you need touch monitor for winxp is HP’s L2105TM. It’s just not available right now (12/15/2009). I now hate acer.
   Rating: 2 / 5
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   Me on June 28, 2009 at 4:20 pm

   I gave it two stars vs 1 because 23 inches at this price point for a multi-touch monitor is neat’o. Mine not so much. My best guess as to the issue is early driver problems the symptom being that the touchscreen fails to function most of the time. It works for a little while then the drivers appear to suddenly stop without notice or explanation. Sometimes a reboot helps, sometimes it doesn’t I’ll call Acer tommorow and see if they have a good explanation. If not, back in the box it goes. (BTW I am running this with Windows 7 Premium)

   Update!
   
   I found that the problem was with the connection to the USB cable supplied with the monitor. When it was jostled slightly it would not maintain contact hence the sudden unloading of the drivers which appeared to be a driver failure. I purchased a new USB cable and it works fine. I’m not certain whether the issue is related to a faulty USB jack or if the supplied cable is too small.

   In any case, the monitor itself is a great value. Accuracy is fine for my purposes but not splendid. If you are trying to surf the web with it or use menus with your finger then I would recommend dropping the resolution or adjusting the font size in Windows in order to make things large enough to compensate for the lack of precision. I haven’t tried it with a stylus yet to see how it would fare. I Updated my review to 4 stars now that the issue has been resolved to my satisfaction.

   Rating: 4 / 5
3. 

   Honestly on June 28, 2009 at 6:22 pm

   I just purchased a new computer with Windows 7 and wanted an nice High-Definition screen to go along with it and settled upon the Acer T230H. I mostly wanted a fantastic screen for surfing the web, writing reports, and watching movies and frankly the touch was just a nice extra feature. It is an “Optical Touch Screen”. In other words, it uses two infra-red sensors in the upper left and upper right hand corners to sense where your finger(s) (or any object actually) are on the screen.

   The Touch-
   
   It is not quite as accurate as the iPhone’s touch screen but then again everything is bigger on a 23″ screen lol. It does however work with the back of pencils, pens, corners of paper, tops of water bottles, actually just about any solid object can be used to interact with this touch screen. As far as I know, the iPhone can only respond to skin on screen interactions. The touch actions themselves on the T230H are very responsive with little effort at all. You can even bring your finger very close to the surface without touching the screen and the computer will respond to your position and click wherever your finger is about 1mm above the surface of the screen. I still find myself using the mouse often because I don’t want to raise my arms for long periods of time. One area the touch has great potential is when viewing/editing photos. It is very helpful to just “flick” between photos and also to zoom and rotate photos. Using it to scroll on web pages is also fun and often easier than clicking on the bar or up/down arrows on the left of the browser.

   This monitor comes with a screen that rotates on the base left or right, can be moved up and down, or angled up or down. It helps so you don’t hurt your neck looking up or down depending upon your height and seating arrangement.
   
   The screen is excellent, very clear, high-contrast, and of course is best used with High-Def (1080) resolution. The monitor has multiple settings such as “TEXT”, “GRAPHICS”, and “MOVIE”. The “TEXT” setting is definitely easier on the eyes when reading for long periods.

   I liked the screen enough to purchase again and now I have two Acer T230H’s next to each other. Yes, with Windows 7 and a compatible graphics card you can have a dual High-Def touch monitors! You can drag windows from one screen onto the other and then “grab it” with your finger on the other screen and put it where you want.

   After all my bragging here are some Cons:

   1) Speakers suck. Volume barely loud enough to hear if you have any background noise whatsoever. Definitely need external computer speakers if planing to listen to music, watch movies, etc.

   2) The optical touch system require extra thickness and hence the screen are not as thin as most high quality non-touch LCDs.

   3) No LED backlight.

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   Conclusion-

   Overall I had no problems other than a stuck base that needed a good firm twist to loosen up so I could rotate the screen left-right at will. I strongly recommend this monitor to anyone who wants to “touch” the future of the computer for themselves and see in High-Definition.

   Rating: 5 / 5
4. 

   Ramsey Hathout on June 28, 2009 at 8:40 pm

   Bought this monitor approximately a week ago, received it fairly promptly, and set it up. After using it for the first evening and playing with it for the first evening without issue, I went to bed.

   I woke up the next morning, turned it on and started to watch a movie. Partway through, the screen died. I went to reposition it and all of a sudden it turned back on so I went through the cables and made sure everything was in… it was good for another hour or so, and it happened again. I found that if I pressed on the bottom right hand bezel the screen would work fine, until I released the pressure, and it would die again. I have serious concerns about the build quality of this thing, for it have had this problem so early. Sending it off to acer for repairs… hopefully it doesn’t happen again.
   Rating: 3 / 5
5. 

   Carl Franklin on June 28, 2009 at 8:45 pm

   Overall, I highly recommend this product to potential purchasers.

   I bought this product from an Amazon competitor because I needed it quickly and it was not in stock. Of course, I paid more for both the item and shipping (about $400 total).

   Pros: 1) At the time of purchase (October 31, 2009), the Acer T230H is the largest multi-touch display available.
   
   2) It brings out the multi-touch capabilities of any Windows 7 laptop/desktop.
   
   3) It can be moved from computer to computer as needed. We have tested it on both laptops and desktops running Windows 7 and it performs flawlessly.

   Cons: 1) I was not able to complete the calibration routine as part of setup. I had difficulty getting the T230H to recognize the lower left calibration corners using a stylus from a Windows XP Tablet computer. I canceled calibration and used the factory settings. The T230H reads the lower left corners fine with its factory settings so this is really not an issue.
   
   2) The unit is much more expensive than a regular 1920×1080 display. I’m sure it will come down in price as more vendors carry it.
   
   3) For best results (individual use), the T230H requires something like an Ergotron arm so that the screen is better positioned for touch input (positioned more like a keyboard resting on the desktop). However, the unit is great for demonstrating multi-touch applications to others when using its included stand. For more ideas about using the T230H with an Ergotron arm see the terrific post at the Green Button by htpc2009 who covers using the HP 2105TM as a controller for Windows 7 Media Center.
   
   4) The display includes a 3-year carry-in warranty while the HP 2105TM and Dell SX2210T take better care of their users.

   I look forward to reading about other people’s experience with this outstanding multi-touch display.
   
   Rating: 5 / 5