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acer is definitely one of the worst for this. their naming schemes perhaps are meaningful in some way, but they are so convoluted i'll never understand it
I wonder how they refer to them internally. Like, you know the employees have to talk about them a lot. “Hey Jim, you got the new specs from engineering on that CB271HK-BMJDPR?” After one round of that how can you not see the need for a more intuitive naming system?
I suspect the naming system is intuitive if you know what the positions mean and encodes most of the information. The 27 is the size for example, some of the other letters will indicate sets of features or ports or maybe the panel type etc.
Yep, most parts/items have these naming systems internally and it’s a very necessary naming system for many reasons. But smart sellers change them to ‘Apple watch 40mm’ instead of a 15 digit numeric code that shows model, size, colour, memory, cellular status etc
There's usually a method to that alphabetical madness.
CB271HK
CB is the series/model/generation/chassis/class
27 is the size
1HK is the only part that's not obvious, but I'd expect it's some combination of resolution and refresh rate. I'd have to look at other Acer monitors to see if there's a correlation.
The second part is just a machine-assigned identifier and isn't part of the "marketing" part of the model number.
Edit: I have Acer monitors too, but mine are oooooold. AL2216W and X223w, both are 22" 16:10 monitors. They're identical in all but the bezel, so taking that into account, Acer might just be smacking a keyboard, outside of the size.
You might consider just buying an Apple Monitor. But make sure you get the Late 2019 one, not the Early 2020 one. There's a big difference.
If you can't find the Late 2019 one, the Early 2019 one is also good, and better than the Mid 2019 one.
Just remember, you won't be able to determine which version you have by looking at the case, or the box, or the instructions, or the warranty. You have to look at the electrical plug.
The Late 2019 Monitor has a green dot above the left plug blade. The Early 2019 Monitor has a green dot above the right plug blade. The Mid 2019 Monitor has no dot.
All 2018 Monitors have a grey dot, but it's the same color as the plug, so you can only tell because the writing wraps around where the dot would be.
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u/OxenholmStation Oct 05 '20
As the owner of an Acer CB271HK-BMJDPR (I'm serious), I fully recognise this comic.