The with its V shaped bottom, actually looks better-styled mounted upside down as it is for my special needes. The buttons, too, are easier to push from above, than when they were below. Even that overly-bright blue ON light, which is a distraction in stock mounting,
when it’s at the top now, it’s like, out of the visual view.
The upside down acer in white as this one is, looks sort of like a house roof-line. It’s just lucky and totally ergonomical, especially now wiht the Soundsticks stuck to either side of the monitor.
I should take a picture to show how “OK” it looks. NO lost desk space,
no clutter. Cheers, Florin.
R.

Note that I work from a zero gravity reclining Lafuma chair,
so I am BELOW the usual monitor level. ALL LCD monitors are designed, polarized for vertical veiwing best with the eye one or two inches above the display.

But in my installation, I am BELOW the monitor. Therfore,I have it mounted UPSIDE DOWN on the Ergotron.

The viewing and flexibility are perfect. I use this monitor and arm eighteen hours every day, and it’s just super for me.

Special applications for special wants: I have inverted the Video output for this application, to see the picture right side up!
Just, the DOS booting info is upside down, funny.

I continue to love the “crystalbrite” gloss screen, yet if I were in a sunny room it would be a drawback.

All is well as I lounge-lizard my back in total comfort, surfing and reading good things. The video, in very low light, was made for a german friend who wanted to see the Ergotron arm’s range of downward adjustment. Hope this gives ideas: the Ergotron and this Acer are totally winners, plus, that annoying blue LED ON light, atop is not a visual distraction as it was when this Acer (a white one) was right side up.

Recently I mounted a pair of Harmon Kardon Sounsticks II to either side of the monitor (foam core artist board and double sticky foam tape: secure and good stereo, no added bulk or weight (cut off the base rings from the soundsticks.

It’s all good.

Am very pleased, stepping up from a 20″ standard aspect Acer I got a year ago, but it met with accident to its screen (still works though).

To compare these two: the glossy screen of the P223w is like looking into a clean, clear window.
Side by side, YES, a glossy screen gives you ‘free’ added image quality.
I guess most monitors have frosted screens to help people deal with hard reflections of room lights. I have no hard lights behind my back here.

In the store, the store all bright lit with overhead lights, side by side with frosted screen monitors, this glossy Acer just shone–a lot more WOW factor.
I expect good service from this, my second Acer. I can say this: even with a shattered TFT panel, my old Acer refuses to quit. It was just too nasty looking.

Also, compared with my year-old cracked Acer, this newer model offers better range of the vertical viewing angles–you can tilt it more, or be lower below the screen’s upper horizontal and still have an acceptable view.

I read somewhere, and observations at the stores confirm, manufacturers all tend to optimized their displays for viewers whose eyes are at a level one or two inches above the top of the display.
In my room I have the Acer on an Ergotron LX double swing arm (it’s great!) and this lets me laze next to the computer desk in a reclining chair, with the monitor swung out and in front of me, but my eyes are in line with the middle of the screen. No problem–while this is NOT the optimum eye-stance point, it works OK, and better with this new Acer than with the old one.

I like this new monitor very much already.
I wonder if it has any bugs that will bug me? I doubt it. But I don’t doubt Acer for delivering great value and good performance and rugged design, well packaged and packed and delivered.