HP Pavilion MX70 > Reviews (5)

I will admit I didn’t want this monitor. No way. I was looking into the future, with LCD screens, and big one's at that. However, unless you're buying a TFT monitor with a PC it becomes quite apparent that it’s just not financially viable for most people. This is why I decided to hold back until prices are actually worth considering and buy this beaut.

*****LOOKS*****
After looking at a shelf in a store full of monitors this one stood right out. No more beige or black boxes for me! I'm not going to go into detail about how it's "lovely curve complement the artists’ style" because frankly not everyone likes the look. I can totally understand why. To some people it’s the latest concept car of the monitor world. To some it’s just some clunky pieces of new age garbage. Either way is understandable. The picture doesn't do it justice. Those "clunky bits" are sort of faded partially see throughable (yup great way to explain it I know). They're just original okay, no other way to describe them, I like it and so should you! grrr! Although not looked at very often even the stand has had some designing. No more do we have to endure flat and intimidating stands, rather a more airy and modern approach has been taken. If you're ever bored you can even look right under it. It's actually quite surprising the 4 prongs can hold the weight of the monitor, it's not light

*****SIZE*****
As with all of the CRT monitors that are at 17" this one is very deep. This is probably its only drawback. It's also not all that light. Don’t get me wrong it's not the weight of a jumbo jet, it's just a bit heavy if you're not used to moving around office equipment etc.

*****ADDITIONAL FEATURES*****
Monitors have no really been known for their extra features down the years. There was that phase when they all had knobs on the front to turn the volume up and down but my god weren't those ugly?! Anyway this comes equipped with holes on the side to place speakers on. The catch is they have to be HP Polk Audio speakers.

Also the monitor comes with an inbuilt microphone. I gotta admit I thought I would use this feature a lot more than I actually did! It barely noticeable which is great. However, when you do spot it it's got a cool aluminium look cage over it, somehow looks professional. I'm sure this addition would be great for those of you who frequently converse over the net in meetings etc. What’s more the cabling is excellent. The microphone connector lead only pop out next to the monitor connector right at the end. This means you don’t have two wires from the monitor connecting to the PC. Keeps it tidy

*****MENU*****
The menu is nothing out of the ordinary. It's very simple to use with a menu, exit, +, -, Contrast and brightness buttons. The menu lets you change...
1) Brightness
2) Contrast
3) Zoom
4) Size and Position
5) Advanced Geometry (e.g. trapeziums, trapezoid, side pins and pincushion)
6) Advanced Menu (Colour, Language etc.)
7) And finally, Degauss.

Nothing spectacular about the menu except it's very simple to use and the buttons are well placed to let you get to where you want very quickly

*****SPECIFICATION*****
If you just read the review to get a read of some specifications here you go...

0.27mm dot pitch
320mm by 240mm Maximum viewable area
30 to 70 kHz Horizontal line frequency
50 to 120Hz Raster frequency
110MHz dot rate
5 degrees forward/backward pedestal
60 degree swivel left right pedestal
414 by 440 by 442mm dimensions
15.4kg net weight
Maximum Resolution of 1280 by 1024

*****MANUAL*****
The manual is very short and tells you the basics with very well drawn diagrams etc. However, it really comes into its own in the detailed stuff about the monitor; it even tells you the pin assignments of the connector. It's great

Overall the Picture Quality is great, the features are good and the manual is good. Nothing more to say. Hehe. Please lave comments on this review so I can improve