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Top 10 19-inch LCDs |
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Eizo
FlexScan L768 |
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 15.0 pounds
• Five-year warranty (three years for backlight)
• Expensive: $800 (02/02/05) |
Advanced screen settings and five fine-contrast
modes make this a display for the demanding user--but the
price is pretty demanding, too.
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Samsung
SyncMaster 920t |
NEW
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 15.4 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Expensive: $730 (02/02/05) |
Sleek silver unit has speakers built into
the two-footed stand, saving space without sacrificing
the monitor's responsiveness to physical adjustment.
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Dell
UltraSharp 1905FP |
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 15.3 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Inexpensive: $529 (02/02/05) |
Three USB 2.0 ports and a full range of
physical adjustments make this nicely designed
thin-bezel monitor a pleasure to use.
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ViewSonic VP912b |
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 16.5 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Inexpensive: $560 (02/02/05) |
This model came in second for text, but
others showed crisper, more vivid graphics: Its new
antiglare screen doesn't equal its predecessor in
performance.
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Philips Brilliance 190P5EB |
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 18.3 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Average: $639 (02/02/05) |
Vibrant, accurate colors earned this
model the highest graphics score on the chart.
Contrasting buttons make using the unit a breeze.
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Sharp LL-191A |
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• Tilt adjustment
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface
• 17.2 pounds
• One-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Inexpensive: $519 (02/02/05) |
Buttons are comfortably accessible on the
underside of this inexpensive model's bezel, and the
headphone jack is intelligently placed on the stand.
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CTX Technology F973 |
NEW
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• Tilt adjustment
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 12.1 pounds
• Three-year warranty (one year for backlight)
• Inexpensive: $459 (02/02/05) |
Low-priced model delivered the best
overall image quality on the chart, but we'd like longer
tech-support hours and more control over physical
adjustments.
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LaCie Photon19vision |
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• Tilt, swivel, pivot, and height
adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 15.8 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Average: $589 (02/02/05) |
Stand and screen are easy to adjust so
they can handle different tasks by day and by night,
making this model appropriate for general use.
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LG Electronics Flatron L1980U
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NEW
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• Tilt, pivot, and height adjustments
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 12.3 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Inexpensive: $549 (02/02/05) |
Innovative autopivot and automirror
software automatically adjusts images when you rotate
the screen or flip it backward.
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AG Neovo X-19AV |
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• Tilt adjustment
• 1280 by 1024 native resolution
• One analog interface and one digital interface
• 17.4 pounds
• Three-year warranty (Including backlight)
• Expensive: $839 (02/02/05) |
Imposing, attractive model shows its
stuff through an extra-hard, easy-to-clean optical
filter glass, but we've seen better text quality.
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