Acer Aspire One 751h Review

Netbook LCD Quality

We ran our standard LCD quality tests using ColorEyes Display Pro to see how well this 11.6″ LCD panel performs. Unfortunately, this is definitely a case of two steps forward and one step back.

The good news is that we still really like the larger 11.6″ panel, and in particular the native 1366×768 resolution helps immensely. Most modern operating systems simply aren’t designed for use on a 600 pixel height display. Yes, they can do it, but it’s a big step back from modern high-resolution displays. The bad news is that the contrast ratio and color gamut remain very poor. It’s not the end of the world, and we would still take the higher resolution LCD over higher quality, lower resolution displays. Ideally, what we want are displays that offer good contrast ratios, good colors, and high resolutions. Considering there are only a few LCD panel manufacturers, that’s easier said than done. Frankly, we wish LCD panel manufacturers would simply stop making these ~200:1 contrast ratio displays; they’ve had the ability to make better panels for half a decade at least.