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Written by Jovo Arezina
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 Twenty-inch wide monitor within economic class is not, maybe expectedly, physically characterized. Common black-gray combination does not attract any attention, and reduced lines of the display outline are ˝paid˝ with buttons removed from any view and unsuited for handling. Monitor, however, supports standard DDC/CI tasks, thus from the graphics card driver some of the basic characteristics could be set, such as brightness, contrast and color warmness. Swivel option is missing, which certainly will not be suitable for movie lovers with less than perfect furniture arrangement. Beside D-Sub and DVI connectors, we encountered even HDMI input on rear side. Since monitor is mostly an investment for the longer period of time, it is useful to support both recent and future standards.
Backlight penetration at upper and lower edge of the screen mostly remains indiscernible in practical operation, but it is easily visible in particular conditions. At that time, there is an expression of one serious fault described as weak uniformity of black color over entire screen, mostly because of poor viewing angle. This particularly refers to vertical angle which eliminates this model from its competitors for some serious operations. Beside the fact that nuances will vary even with the slightest alternation of angle, color display itself is "tuned"; something that is frequently met lately. Namely, even if nuances are shown pretty precise within proposed scope, the scope itself is set in the way that all colors except those darkest are enlightened "unnaturally".
Preciseness is sacrificed for the sake of nicer view of multimedia contents. Solid response speed will be enough for enjoying the movies, but not for some serious game play. Turbidity is visible of the common range from the screen and even if it is perceptually reduced when observed from bigger distance, and when finally is reduced on acceptable level, the privilege of big monitor is lost. The test results could be easily reduced for only two potential assignments: watching the movies from the bed and work with large tables. High resolution big screen has its significance in both cases, and the faults become less visible. Performances are on the very limit of acceptable, but the acceptance is referred to individual and its financial abilities.
The specimen on our test is just a sample, but the price of 360€ is expected. Versions with less inputs will be even less costly (those with D-SUB will be approximately 305 EUR). Calculate it together with size and resolution and you’ll be provided with the product which is valuable to be taken into your account, as well as affirmation that most recent and main battlefield for manufacturers is big wide monitor with high resolution. Obviously, the basic tool is price, performances are within the default scope and profiteers are, as it used to be now and forever, ultimate users.
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