LG 995e 19 inch crtI bought this in 2000. In was rated one of the best monitors, as well as a great value. The picture is really quite good. Around the end of 2007 it failed. The power button doesn't turn green when you press it. No idea why. I guess I got my money's worth since it lasted 7 years. Dell 2001fpI bought a dell 2001fp. It is a beautiful display. The colors are great. The viewing angle is great. The display can be raised, lowered, tilted and rotated. The only downside is the border is roughly 2 inches wide, so it would if you put two side by side there would be a large blank region. |
After my good experience with my dell 2001fp, I decided to buy a dell 2405fp. I read a review showing the color fidelity of the monitor to be very accurate. It has an even nicer picture than the dell 2001fp. Also the border is roughly 1/2 of an inch wide. It even has a usb hub and a card reader built it.
The 2407fp is the successor to the 2405fp. It has DVI-D with HDCP (high bandwidth digital content protection). I have one of these at work. It is a great display. The border is roughly 1/2 of an inch wide. It even has a usb hub and a card reader built it.
Soyo has a questionable reputation for poor rebate processing, and poor support. The Soyo was on sale for a crazy price of $300. I read a few reviews of this specific display, touting its good color, quick response, wide viewing angle, etc. I decided to buy it. After using it for a few days, the picture became narrow, with a roughly 3 inch border on the left side and a 1 inch border on the right side. I didn't know what to do. I tried everything. I called support. They had no idea. I called support again. The new support person was very knoweledgable. After going through a long diagnostic procedure, he finally suggested unplugging the power cord from the display for a few hours. I was quite dubious, but did it. It fixed the problem for a while, but then it came back. I have read elsewhere that this problem only affects the analog input. I tried the dvi input. It is working so far. I don't know if this is a defect with my monitor, or a design defect. I suspect it is a design defect.
I now realize that the dvi input makes a variety of digital artifacts on tne screen. I am not 100% sure if it is the video card, or the monitor, but in either event, the monitor isn't working well. It does this only sometimes, and hasn't done it lately. I think it was a loose connection somewhere. I need to use analog inputs quite often, sometimes with my KVM switches, and sometimes while testing computers. Having a monitor with unrelaible analog input is unacceptable. The buttons on the side are quite unintuitive and the owners manual doesn't explain them clearly. I guess I have been spoiled by the dell monitors. The stand for the monitor is pretty flimsy and isn't adjustable either.
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