Phoronix posted a review on the Acer AL1732 Prestige. Among the many features for this 17" monitor are DVI and VGA input, rear-cable management, integrated speakers, metal stand, stylish looks, high-brightness LCD, anti-reflective coating, Kensington lock, PC and Mac compatible, VESA wall-mountable, auto-tune feature, and a friendly OSD interface. Some of the specifications for the unit include a 0.264 mm pixel pitch, 400 cd/m2 brightness, 500:1 contrast ratio, 140° / 140° typical viewing angle, 8ms typical response time, 2 x 2W speakers, and 50W LCD power consumption.

In our Linux tests, the AL1732 showed no apparent signs of trouble and overall we were incredibly pleased with the results from general desktop usage to gaming and watching movies. Of course, during this the integrated speakers are not the best if you have audiophile tendencies. The few other downfalls with the device is the lack of integrating a headphone adapter, no additional audio/video (i.e. composite) inputs, no swivel support, and lack of pivoting/possible screen adjustments. With what we had seen from this Acer Prestige today, the AL1732 is certainly one of the better choices in the market for a sub-$200 17" LCD with enough features to please nearly anyone and doesn't cost much more than the Acer Value line. While the product was not perfect, it certainly was excellent. With Acer being an incredibly large hardware vendor around the world, we hope they will continue to come up with ingenious products such as the AL1732 that we set our eyes on today.