1 00:00:07,919 --> 00:00:13,599 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the I'm sorry I told you guys I'm 2 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:19,279 totally going to cheat here because this is a really hard to remember model name 3 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:21,199 T23 HL BMIDZ and for whatever reason 4 00:00:19,279 --> 00:00:24,800 this is in lowercase so apparently that makes some kind of a difference. Don't 5 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:32,559 worry about that. worry about the part where this is the first sample of Acer's 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:35,840 touchscreen 1080p IPS 7 00:00:32,559 --> 00:00:39,200 Windows 8 ready LCD monitor. This is 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:41,760 extremely exciting and yes, first sample 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:47,520 in all of North America. So, I am like just super super 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:52,000 whoops stoked on uh on getting this thing opened up because this is what 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,920 Windows 8 is all about to me. So, for the gamers and the PC enthusiasts out 12 00:00:54,239 --> 00:01:00,239 there who are saying Windows 8 isn't for me because 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:05,280 you know, okay, there we go. I don't like the 14 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:11,920 interface that shall not be referred to as Metro and uh you know this and that. 15 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:14,479 Um, Windows 8 is about changing the way 16 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:19,119 we use our computers. and I haven't had as much experience with it as I'd like 17 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:24,000 yet, partly because the devices don't really exist yet that will let you have 18 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,759 a proper Windows 8 experience. So, this is a huge step in the right direction. 19 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:33,600 And now, while everyone else is talking about their tablets or their notebooks 20 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:36,320 or their all-in-one PCs, not everyone, 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:41,840 especially us enthusiast gamers, wants any of those things. We want our gaming 22 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:44,640 desktop to be as good an experience as 23 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:48,960 possible. So something like this I think can bridge the gap 24 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:53,600 because instead of locking you into you know crummy graphics or a small form 25 00:01:51,439 --> 00:02:00,159 factor or whatever else now we can actually take our proper gaming desktop 26 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:02,560 and have that touchscreen keyboard mouse 27 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:07,920 hybrid experience wh as long as I can figure out how this 28 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,560 uh how this stand works. Ah there we go. All right. There we go. So give me a 29 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:17,280 second. I'm going to unpack all this stuff and then I'll show you all the accessories. 30 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:19,040 So, we start with the CD as well as the 31 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,840 manual, which you may actually need given this is a touchscreen monitor. So, 32 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:27,760 you should probably download the latest from Acer if you can, but it's not the end of the world. Try that out. VGA 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:32,400 cable, power cable for the power brick, which is also included, HDMI cable, and 34 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:35,200 a DVI cable are included. So, you can use either of those out of the box. I'd 35 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:40,720 love to see more than just one cable included. Ben Q is like 36 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:43,680 they're still including only a VGA cable with even some of their high-end 37 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,959 monitors, which sort of drives me drives me crazy. Well, not high-end, but like 38 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:51,680 you know, VA panels, right? So, Acer includes three different video cables 39 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:53,760 for you here. USB A tob cable. This is 40 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:58,480 great because the monitor has a built-in three port USB 3 hub and an audio pass 41 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:03,680 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 42 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:07,519 the specs really quick as well. So, here you can just come in and look at this 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:12,560 with me. So, you got 1920 x 1080. Yep. 250 nit brightness, which is actually 44 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,400 not bad at all. Um, whatever. Like 1 45 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,920 billion to1 contrast ratio, whatever that works out to. 5 millisecond grade 46 00:03:16,319 --> 00:03:24,239 response time, which is pretty good for an IPS. Uh, 178 and 178 degree vertical 47 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:28,560 and horizontal viewing angle, which is what you'd expect from an IPS. And let's 48 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:33,760 see what else Acer has to say for themselves, cuz I really didn't cover this. This is all the same stuff we 49 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:38,720 talked about already. Oh, 100 million to one adaptive contrast management. Uh 50 00:03:36,159 --> 00:03:42,799 power savings 10 points. Uh oh, it's LED back lit. I should have mentioned that 51 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:46,799 before. So, full HD LED back lit, 10point multi-touch touchscreen monitor. 52 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:51,200 So, let's have a look at the industrial design of it overall. So, you've got a 53 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:55,200 single piece of edgetoedge glass that goes all the way down to here, which 54 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,480 means that if you're doing any kinds of gestures that come in from off of the 55 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:02,560 screen, you're not going to have the same problem that we had with these 56 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:07,120 these first generation touchscreen monitors as well as all-in- ones. So, uh 57 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:11,599 if you guys have seen my Windows 8 consumer preview, uh you'll see that the 58 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:15,840 one we're using has this giant plastic bezel that makes it you kind of got to 59 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:19,919 like wedge your finger in there to swipe from off screen. it really doesn't work 60 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:23,600 very well. This is going to be an outstanding experience. Speaking of the 61 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:27,680 experience, overall, the glass feels very nice. So, it is glass. It's not not 62 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,320 any kind of composite plastic or anything cheesy like that. So, it's a little bit cold to the touch. What you 63 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:36,000 might expect, what you guys might know from from your past experience is some 64 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:39,040 pieces of glass tend to have a little bit more drag than others. This one 65 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:43,919 actually feels very good. It's got a little bit of resistance, but not too 66 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,000 much. So, let's Oh, this piece looks 67 00:04:43,919 --> 00:04:50,400 like it's a little bit separated. Uh, but this is just this is more just for 68 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:55,600 show. And this piece is plastic and this piece is glass. Up here on the side you 69 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,880 find the three USB 3.0 ports. One of these looks like it's just a charger and 70 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:03,199 the other two look like data, although I'm not 100% sure about that having not 71 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:06,240 fired it up yet. And then on the back, you see they've gone with a kind of a 72 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:10,800 unique look to this. I I like this stand. Um, it's unfortunately not height 73 00:05:09,039 --> 00:05:16,800 adjustable, but because of the design, it does have pretty ample Oh, no way. 74 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:20,639 Does it lie down? It lies down very flat. Not quite flat, although that 75 00:05:18,479 --> 00:05:24,400 would have been really cool. You can probably I wonder if you can uh I wonder 76 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:27,280 if you can actually remove it. It doesn't look like there's an obvious way 77 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:32,880 to remove it. So, it is intended to be used as a desktop monitor. However, if 78 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:36,639 you I wonder what you would do with it. It does have a vase mount. Okay. So, 79 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:42,240 there's your four vasa mounting holes. So, you could position it wherever you want it ultimately and use it however 80 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:47,039 you want in its uh in its touchscreen goodness. So, let's come down here and 81 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:52,160 we've got there's the USB in as well as VGA in, DVU in, HDMI in, no DisplayPort 82 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:56,080 in, although it's really not the end of the world, guys. I'm not sure yet how 83 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:59,759 the data is managed for the touchscreen interface. Sometimes it's passed through 84 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:03,600 on the DVI, although I don't know if VGA has that capability, so it's possible 85 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,960 the data is run through the USB 3. So, that might be a mandatory connector, but 86 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:10,639 I'll have to uh we'll still have to try this. We are going to turn this baby on 87 00:06:08,479 --> 00:06:14,240 in a full NCX tech tips episode featuring Windows 8. So, very very 88 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,520 excited. Kensington locks over there. Sorry, I missed that before. And then 89 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:22,319 you've also got your audio in as well as your DC power in. This piece right here 90 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:25,440 has a has a plastic uh slider like not well, it's not a slider, but a plastic 91 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:29,440 protector so that you're not going to damage the ARM and you can screw that on 92 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:32,960 and off without much difficulty. I would like to play around with this ARM a 93 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:37,199 little bit more. No, no, it doesn't. No, no, that's on that's on purpose. Um, 94 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,880 Diesel is giving me sort of a look as if I'm like breaking it here, but I think 95 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:44,560 that's intentional. That'll keep it from accidentally closing completely and then 96 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:49,280 falling flat on you. So, it's it's a stopper. Um, 97 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,800 so I think that pretty much covers it. I actually Oh. Oh, there they are. There 98 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:56,639 they are. Sorry. There's your on screen display buttons. 99 00:06:54,639 --> 00:07:01,840 So, no touchcreen buttons. That sort of surprises me. Although, personally, I'm 100 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:06,479 still I'm still a tactile button guy when it comes to managing my monitors. 101 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:10,880 with one exception being the uh the proximity sensitive BenQ buttons that 102 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:14,000 they have on their 2420TX. So, I think that pretty much wraps it 103 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:20,639 up. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the 10point 104 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:24,160 multi-touch IPS Acer T23 105 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:25,199 T232 HL LCD monitor. And I hope you guys 106 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:29,840 have enjoyed this. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for unboxings, reviews, and other computer 107 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,960 videos. I learned something about manuals today. 108 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,800 You should probably look at them once in a while. Check this out. So, this piece 109 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,680 does come out. That's what this piece of plastic is for. It's four screws. You 110 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:45,599 just remove the plastic cover on the top. Oh, okay. There you go. Just like that. And probably comes off there 111 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:49,360 somehow. You remove those four screws and then you can put this uh this cover 112 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:52,479 on. So, that's how you can easily mount this to some kind of a mounting ARM or 113 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,960 whatever else you want to do. Very cool stuff.