The product is generally very good. The 0.25 dot pitch means it has a sharp picture with vibrant colours. A high refresh rate (85Hz@1024x768/100Hz@800x600) allows you to use it for a long period of time with no eye strain. The on screen display is easy to use but can be difficult to judge whether your settings are correct or not. However the product does have a few minor problems. I have had it for about a month now and haven't quite managed to set the geometry 100% correctly. I usually find one or more corners bends inwards slightly. This doesn't bother me during use but would be nice not to have. One thing that I was concerned about was the black borders around the edges of the viewable screen, however this isn't off-putting or annoying in anyway during most use. When looking for a flat-screen monitor I had the choice between this model, with a shadow mask tube, or those based on Trinitron tubes which use aperture-grille masks. This was the final deciding factor for me, aperture-grille monitors have 2 small horizontal lines which run across the top and bottom of the screen. I was concerned about seeing these during use and them becoming annoying. With the EX700f you don't have to worry about this. I have also had a problem setting the resolution to 1024x768 in windows95. After speaking to a very helpful person at CTX support he believes it to be down to my ATI Rage 128 graphics card and not the monitor. This setting works perfectly in windows2000.
UPDATE: Well my monitor has just developed a very small fault. CTX have been brilliant, within 48 hours of reporting the fault I have a brand new monitor sat here. They kept me updated and told me what was going on. This is by far the best customer support I have ever recieved. Oh and i managed to solve the geomotry problems, and the product works fine in Linux Mandrake 8.0 as well.
How helpful would this review be to a person making a buying decision? Rating guidelines
very helpful by (25%):
helpful by (50%):
somewhat helpful by (25%):
