Originally posted by: Tomer
Thanks for the deal.
Just a word of caution on the Envision 17" "flat-screen". I bought 2 and a friend bought 2 on "Black Friday". They were Model 775e, which is the same as what they are offering this time, I believe. The glass does appear to be pretty flat but does not seem to have any "anti-reflective" qualities.
However, a couple things to note. The monitor case is Silver and Black. That just happens to match my case, but probably won't for many people, if that is a concern.
More importantly, IMHO, the quality of the picture is sub-standard on that model (EN-775e). All 4 of our monitors have purity issues and the picture seems slightly out of focus and "washed out" no matter what combination of Contrast & Brightness levels we have tried.
Over the past few months I have purchased 18 of the Envision 17" En-710e's and 3 of the 19" EN-910e's (Both have beige cases) and the pictures have been outstanding on all of the 20 units. They are not "flat screens".
I have also purchased 2 of the Envision 15" LCD monitors. One blew up after a couple months and the other keeps plugging along.
So, in my opinion, Envision makes a solid monitor for the price. Just not sure about the quality of the EN-775e.
Good luck.
Originally posted by: redcalf
I just picked up the EN-985e at my local Staples. Pulled it out of the box and it looks fabulous. All black case except for the front bezel which is silver. It's a perfect match for the Logitech Cordless Elite Duo. It also has small overall dimensions for a 19" which is nice for desk space, especially compared to my existing monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 950p which is beautiful, but in comparison just looks enormous now. While I was plugging in the new monitor I took notice that the cable is not narrow or cheapy looking like with some cheap monitors I've seen before. Unfortunately, there must be something wrong with it anyway, because I have annoyingly noticeable ghosting on the screen. It happens with all resolutions and refresh rates I tried, and was still there after I tried unfolding the cable better and moving other cords away. Any other ideas on causes of ghosting. (No, I'm not using a KVM switch or an extension.) Unfortunately, unlike with my samsung 950p, the cable is molded directly into the monitor so I can't just replace it. So it's a trip back to the store for an exchange. Hopefully it is just this particular monitor and the replacement will not have this problem. I have had one other envision flat monitor before, the EN-780 which was incredible, going up to 1600x1200, though how many use that on a 17" anyway. Not many 17" monitors can even do that. The newer 17" flat only goes to 1280x1024. Back to 985e though. Anyway, except for the ghosting, everything else appears great on the screen. No distortions or fuzziness or other problems, including all edges and corners. I'll post back if the replacement has the same ghosting problem or not.
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I just picked up the 775e at staples, and I am dissapointed with the picture quality. It is being run off a GeForce 3.
First off, I cannot correct all of the distortions (satisfactorly), there is one in particualr abour 2/3 the way down on the right hand side I cannot correct.
Second, yes, I do agree that the colors and whatnot appear to be washed out. I think this can be attributed to the slighty softer focus towards the edges, and possibly the design of the tube (what tube do they use anyway?).
Third, the colors are (IMO) significantly off and not even at about 2" (border) on both the right and left edges (top and bottom are ok). On the right upper 2/3, it casts a "greenish" light, and on the left edge (whole), the colors are significantly "bluer" and "whiter" than the rest of the image. I think this can be realted to an un-even brightness on the whole image.
Also, at a resolution of 1280x960, at any [reasonable, like 70, 72, 75] refresh rate, it flickers, quite noticably. Although, at 1024x768, it doesn't flicker [noticeably] at either 72, 75, or 85.
I will go and exchange it, and, if the second is not better, than I will return for a full refund. I guess I cannot expect that much for a monitor that is $70 after mir. I am guessing I will end up buying a smasung or whatnot, or something better than this 775e.
Does anyone have any reccomendations on a good 17" monitor, preferably flat, But I'd rather have a good image than a so-so flat.
Thanks everyone.
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I just picked up the 775e at staples, and I am dissapointed with the picture quality. It is being run off a GeForce 3.
First off, I cannot correct all of the distortions (satisfactorly), there is one in particualr abour 2/3 the way down on the right hand side I cannot correct.
Second, yes, I do agree that the colors and whatnot appear to be washed out. I think this can be attributed to the slighty softer focus towards the edges, and possibly the design of the tube (what tube do they use anyway?).
Third, the colors are (IMO) significantly off and not even at about 2" (border) on both the right and left edges (top and bottom are ok). On the right upper 2/3, it casts a "greenish" light, and on the left edge (whole), the colors are significantly "bluer" and "whiter" than the rest of the image. I think this can be realted to an un-even brightness on the whole image.
Also, at a resolution of 1280x960, at any [reasonable, like 70, 72, 75] refresh rate, it flickers, quite noticably. Although, at 1024x768, it doesn't flicker [noticeably] at either 72, 75, or 85.
I will go and exchange it, and, if the second is not better, than I will return for a full refund. I guess I cannot expect that much for a monitor that is $70 after mir. I am guessing I will end up buying a smasung or whatnot, or something better than this 775e.
Does anyone have any reccomendations on a good 17" monitor, preferably flat, But I'd rather have a good image than a so-so flat.
Thanks everyone.
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