Krone Patch panel

Advantages: 16ms response time. DVI.
Disadvantages: It's not black!!! No swivel and pivot.

...The title may strike you as somewhat odd. An LCD monitor which is great for games? That's right! It used to be said that LCD monitors were poor for applications that had objects moving around rather quickly on the screen (action games mainly). The monitor could not keep up with movement of the game and produced a "ghosting" effect. When the previous position of the game remained on the screen for a split second after the next frame had been displayed. This problem is noticable most on displays with a refresh rate of 25ms or greater. Some users may detect ghosting on 20ms monitors. However since this flat panel display has a refresh rate of 16ms the ghosting is practically undetectable (although a very small percentage of people still may see it). The brightness of the monitor is also very good and can be used in bright... Read review

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Advantages: Great picture, very stylish, very small footprint, good value.
Disadvantages: Tricky to clean, unknown brand.

...I'm writing this review in front of my Xiod IM17SM flat panel monitor which I am absolutely over the moon with. I don't know how I ever coped with CRT! I had been looking into LCD monitors for a while due to a lack of space on my desk and the general ugliness of my existing CRT but was obviously put off by the price and wasn't really sure about picture quality of LCD screens. I was pretty sure my £230 budget wouldn't accomodate anything larger than a 15" screen (which would have been a little smaller than my CRT) but I was prepared to make the sacrifice. When I saw this monitor up for sale on eBay, I thought well why not, it has to be worth a go. I did a little research into the Xiod brand and found that it is a budget subsidiary of Samsung, who I knew made decent LCD panels. Whacked in a bid and won the monitor for £215... Read review

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...I think it’s time for a short, sweet review on my new computer monitor. My expertise are somewhat lacking in this fielded area but nevertheless I shall give it a go. It always amazes me how fast the computer industry moves, I remember first seeing Flat Panel Monitors for the first time and wanting one but their price tags were so high that many people were simply out of reach from getting one. Yet 18 months pass and now these Flat Panel Monitors are bundled with computers as if they had always been around. I didn’t decide to get a new computer; instead I bought this Philips 170S4FB Monitor separately from my local John Lewis. The screen is exactly 17 inches diagonally which is a very impressive size since before Flat Panels; 17 inch monitors would have a screen size of around 15 inches. Basically with a Flat panel, what you see is... Read review

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