If the content is at a higher rate, then a higher refresh rate TV is certainly going to help, showing a smoother picture quality with the benefit of added frames. One should keep in mind that most media we get is at 30 frames per second / 60Hz and having a faster refresh rate is not going to improve picture quality per se. This is part of the process referred to as interlacing giving media such as movies and TV service the effect we are accustomed to viewing. But what does this really mean? Television sets have employed a standard of 30 frames per second for a long time, which frames are combined and shuffled to 60 frames per second matching the standard 60Hz TV / Monitor refresh rate. Hope this information helps, please reply for further assistance, we will be happy to. Now download the drivers from the manufacturer website save it to the computer and then try to install the actual Acer monitor drivers and check if the touch screen works now.

Refresh rate is the number of images displayed per second, 60Hz amounting to 60 pictures per second. Right click on the touchscreen monitor device listed and click on Uninstall. The Monitor_Acer_1.0.0.0_Vistax86XPx86_AL2216W.zip driver is valid for all AL2216W Acer monitors with the following specs

This download updates the driver for the Acer 2216W Monitor to the latest version as per manufacturers release notes.

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