- Jul 28, 2000
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Got it about a week ago for $549 with no tax & shipping from Onvia.com. I'm happy with it but could be better. Here're the goods & the bads:
Goods:
Bads:
Conclusion:
Great price. Top quality LCD. The case design could be better.
Goods:
- No dead pixels at all (am I just lucky?)
- Viewing angle is outstanding at 160 deg L-R
- The colors is fine for a LCD
- Self-adjusting, really doesn't needs to reposition anything.
- Fast response time of 10ms-35ms. Faster than many LCDs of the same size under $1000.
- I don't have UT or games like that but it is good enough to play DVD movies.
- The contrast is kick ass at 300:1, also better than many LCDs under $1000.
- Color cases in white, black, clear, blue & red
- 15pin analog interface
- The price
Bads:
- Backlights, not that bad but the top is very slightly darker than bottom. Again not annoying but just noticeable if I turn off all the lights in my room.
- The build-in speakers are crap (just like many othe monitors, LCD or CRT).
- No quick reach speaker volume control or mute.
- The controls buttons are not the best designed but simple enough to use.
- I found the green power-on LED very annoying. Especially the blinking when it's in the sleeping mode.
- No icm or icc color profiles from the manufacture
- Some backlights shine through the right side of the iMac-ish case. Get the solid black or white color case will take care of that.
- No L-R mount adjustment. Up-Down is only 35 deg or so.
- No DVI interface or USB hub options
Conclusion:
Great price. Top quality LCD. The case design could be better.