{"video_id":"wGQjfC6nzkg","title":"Acer T232HL Touchscreen Windows 8 Ready IPS LCD Monitor Unboxing & First Look Linus","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2013-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":474,"segments":[{"start_s":7.919,"end_s":13.599,"text":"Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the I'm sorry I told you guys I'm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.679,"end_s":19.279,"text":"totally going to cheat here because this is a really hard to remember model name","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.839,"end_s":21.199,"text":"T23 HL BMIDZ and for whatever reason","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.279,"end_s":24.8,"text":"this is in lowercase so apparently that makes some kind of a difference. 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We are going to turn this baby on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.479,"end_s":374.24,"text":"in a full NCX tech tips episode featuring Windows 8. So, very very","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.56,"end_s":377.52,"text":"excited. Kensington locks over there. Sorry, I missed that before. And then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":375.84,"end_s":382.319,"text":"you've also got your audio in as well as your DC power in. This piece right here","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":379.68,"end_s":385.44,"text":"has a has a plastic uh slider like not well, it's not a slider, but a plastic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":384.16,"end_s":389.44,"text":"protector so that you're not going to damage the ARM and you can screw that on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.28,"end_s":392.96,"text":"and off without much difficulty. I would like to play around with this ARM a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":391.52,"end_s":397.199,"text":"little bit more. No, no, it doesn't. No, no, that's on that's on purpose. Um,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":395.12,"end_s":400.88,"text":"Diesel is giving me sort of a look as if I'm like breaking it here, but I think","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":398.8,"end_s":404.56,"text":"that's intentional. That'll keep it from accidentally closing completely and then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":402.72,"end_s":409.28,"text":"falling flat on you. So, it's it's a stopper. Um,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":407.44,"end_s":412.8,"text":"so I think that pretty much covers it. I actually Oh. Oh, there they are. There","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":410.72,"end_s":416.639,"text":"they are. Sorry. There's your on screen display buttons.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":414.639,"end_s":421.84,"text":"So, no touchcreen buttons. That sort of surprises me. Although, personally, I'm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":419.28,"end_s":426.479,"text":"still I'm still a tactile button guy when it comes to managing my monitors.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":423.68,"end_s":430.88,"text":"with one exception being the uh the proximity sensitive BenQ buttons that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":428.72,"end_s":434.0,"text":"they have on their 2420TX. So, I think that pretty much wraps it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":432.319,"end_s":440.639,"text":"up. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the 10point","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":436.639,"end_s":444.16,"text":"multi-touch IPS Acer T23","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":440.639,"end_s":445.199,"text":"T232 HL LCD monitor. And I hope you guys","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":444.16,"end_s":449.84,"text":"have enjoyed this. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for unboxings, reviews, and other computer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":448.08,"end_s":452.96,"text":"videos. I learned something about manuals today.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":451.68,"end_s":456.8,"text":"You should probably look at them once in a while. Check this out. So, this piece","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":454.96,"end_s":459.68,"text":"does come out. That's what this piece of plastic is for. It's four screws. You","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":458.319,"end_s":465.599,"text":"just remove the plastic cover on the top. Oh, okay. There you go. Just like that. And probably comes off there","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":463.759,"end_s":469.36,"text":"somehow. You remove those four screws and then you can put this uh this cover","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":467.28,"end_s":472.479,"text":"on. So, that's how you can easily mount this to some kind of a mounting ARM or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":470.8,"end_s":474.96,"text":"whatever else you want to do. Very cool stuff.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the I'm sorry I told you guys I'm totally going to cheat here because this is a really hard to remember model name T23 HL BMIDZ and for whatever reason this is in lowercase so apparently that makes some kind of a difference. Don't worry about that. worry about the part where this is the first sample of Acer's touchscreen 1080p IPS Windows 8 ready LCD monitor. This is extremely exciting and yes, first sample in all of North America. So, I am like just super super whoops stoked on uh on getting this thing opened up because this is what Windows 8 is all about to me. So, for the gamers and the PC enthusiasts out there who are saying Windows 8 isn't for me because you know, okay, there we go. I don't like the interface that shall not be referred to as Metro and uh you know this and that. Um, Windows 8 is about changing the way we use our computers. and I haven't had as much experience with it as I'd like yet, partly because the devices don't really exist yet that will let you have a proper Windows 8 experience. So, this is a huge step in the right direction. And now, while everyone else is talking about their tablets or their notebooks or their all-in-one PCs, not everyone, especially us enthusiast gamers, wants any of those things. We want our gaming desktop to be as good an experience as possible. So something like this I think can bridge the gap because instead of locking you into you know crummy graphics or a small form factor or whatever else now we can actually take our proper gaming desktop and have that touchscreen keyboard mouse hybrid experience wh as long as I can figure out how this uh how this stand works. Ah there we go. All right. There we go. So give me a second. I'm going to unpack all this stuff and then I'll show you all the accessories. So, we start with the CD as well as the manual, which you may actually need given this is a touchscreen monitor. So, you should probably download the latest from Acer if you can, but it's not the end of the world. Try that out. VGA cable, power cable for the power brick, which is also included, HDMI cable, and a DVI cable are included. So, you can use either of those out of the box. I'd love to see more than just one cable included. Ben Q is like they're still including only a VGA cable with even some of their high-end monitors, which sort of drives me drives me crazy. Well, not high-end, but like you know, VA panels, right? So, Acer includes three different video cables for you here. USB A tob cable. This is great because the monitor has a built-in three port USB 3 hub and an audio pass through cable. So, I don't know if it has actually don't know if it has speakers on board, but let's go through the specs really quick as well. So, here you can just come in and look at this with me. So, you got 1920 x 1080. Yep. 250 nit brightness, which is actually not bad at all. Um, whatever. Like 1 billion to1 contrast ratio, whatever that works out to. 5 millisecond grade response time, which is pretty good for an IPS. Uh, 178 and 178 degree vertical and horizontal viewing angle, which is what you'd expect from an IPS. And let's see what else Acer has to say for themselves, cuz I really didn't cover this. This is all the same stuff we talked about already. Oh, 100 million to one adaptive contrast management. Uh power savings 10 points. Uh oh, it's LED back lit. I should have mentioned that before. So, full HD LED back lit, 10point multi-touch touchscreen monitor. So, let's have a look at the industrial design of it overall. So, you've got a single piece of edgetoedge glass that goes all the way down to here, which means that if you're doing any kinds of gestures that come in from off of the screen, you're not going to have the same problem that we had with these these first generation touchscreen monitors as well as all-in- ones. So, uh if you guys have seen my Windows 8 consumer preview, uh you'll see that the one we're using has this giant plastic bezel that makes it you kind of got to like wedge your finger in there to swipe from off screen. it really doesn't work very well. This is going to be an outstanding experience. Speaking of the experience, overall, the glass feels very nice. So, it is glass. It's not not any kind of composite plastic or anything cheesy like that. So, it's a little bit cold to the touch. What you might expect, what you guys might know from from your past experience is some pieces of glass tend to have a little bit more drag than others. This one actually feels very good. It's got a little bit of resistance, but not too much. So, let's Oh, this piece looks like it's a little bit separated. Uh, but this is just this is more just for show. And this piece is plastic and this piece is glass. Up here on the side you find the three USB 3.0 ports. One of these looks like it's just a charger and the other two look like data, although I'm not 100% sure about that having not fired it up yet. And then on the back, you see they've gone with a kind of a unique look to this. I I like this stand. Um, it's unfortunately not height adjustable, but because of the design, it does have pretty ample Oh, no way. Does it lie down? It lies down very flat. Not quite flat, although that would have been really cool. You can probably I wonder if you can uh I wonder if you can actually remove it. It doesn't look like there's an obvious way to remove it. So, it is intended to be used as a desktop monitor. However, if you I wonder what you would do with it. It does have a vase mount. Okay. So, there's your four vasa mounting holes. So, you could position it wherever you want it ultimately and use it however you want in its uh in its touchscreen goodness. So, let's come down here and we've got there's the USB in as well as VGA in, DVU in, HDMI in, no DisplayPort in, although it's really not the end of the world, guys. I'm not sure yet how the data is managed for the touchscreen interface. Sometimes it's passed through on the DVI, although I don't know if VGA has that capability, so it's possible the data is run through the USB 3. So, that might be a mandatory connector, but I'll have to uh we'll still have to try this. We are going to turn this baby on in a full NCX tech tips episode featuring Windows 8. So, very very excited. Kensington locks over there. Sorry, I missed that before. And then you've also got your audio in as well as your DC power in. This piece right here has a has a plastic uh slider like not well, it's not a slider, but a plastic protector so that you're not going to damage the ARM and you can screw that on and off without much difficulty. I would like to play around with this ARM a little bit more. No, no, it doesn't. No, no, that's on that's on purpose. Um, Diesel is giving me sort of a look as if I'm like breaking it here, but I think that's intentional. That'll keep it from accidentally closing completely and then falling flat on you. So, it's it's a stopper. Um, so I think that pretty much covers it. I actually Oh. Oh, there they are. There they are. Sorry. There's your on screen display buttons. So, no touchcreen buttons. That sort of surprises me. Although, personally, I'm still I'm still a tactile button guy when it comes to managing my monitors. with one exception being the uh the proximity sensitive BenQ buttons that they have on their 2420TX. So, I think that pretty much wraps it up. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the 10point multi-touch IPS Acer T23 T232 HL LCD monitor. And I hope you guys have enjoyed this. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. I learned something about manuals today. You should probably look at them once in a while. Check this out. So, this piece does come out. That's what this piece of plastic is for. It's four screws. You just remove the plastic cover on the top. Oh, okay. There you go. Just like that. And probably comes off there somehow. You remove those four screws and then you can put this uh this cover on. So, that's how you can easily mount this to some kind of a mounting ARM or whatever else you want to do. Very cool stuff."}