Taxan Crystalvision 600

Advantages: Lots of options to perfect the image display, reliable
Disadvantages: Was quite expensive

...This is an excellent 17" monitor which I have had for about 4 years now. Although at the time it was very expensive, it has proven to be a very good investment as 17" monitors are now becoming the standard, which means that more and more web pages and games will be designed for higher and higher resolutions. The monitor has lots of tools in its OSD (on screen display) for perfecting the picture display, such as trapezoid, top, central and bottom pin cushion adjustments, display rotation, colour separation levels, Moire pattern clear, etc. Of course it also has the usual brightness, contrast and colour adjustments. I have not had a single problem with this monitor, and it gets a fair bit of use. When it finally does give up, or it's time to upgrade, I will definitely look at a Taxan again.... Read review

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Advantages: Good shape,display
Disadvantages: overpriced, mine was unstable

...I bought a Taxan monitor 2 years ago. It was a smart looking monitor in my opinion and also had a useful USB hub on the base. The monitor achieved the TCO99 standards for the display . Prior to buying the Taxan I had looked upon it as superior in the world of CRT displays alot of this idea may have come from the fact that it had a superior price. When I received the monitor I thought it was very curvy and had a big chunky power button but I was pleased overall. The dot pitch is an impressive 0.25 which is very impressive with a max resoloution of 1600*1200 which is average I suppose. A couple of months into using it the display started refreshing periodically. This started getting more frequent and in turn more irritating. The monitor then started making a boing noise when I pressed the chunky power button on every occasion... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent price
Disadvantages: Some dodgy image controls and buitl in VGA cable

...For a 19-inch monitor, the ValueVision is certainly priced to sell, which is half the battle. That said, cheaper monitors can be rather disappointing when it comes to everything else, so we thought we'd come back to the ValueVision for a closer look. The first thing to watch out for with 19-inch monitors is how much desk space they swallow, but the Taxan didn't overstep the mark in this respect, with a cabinet depth of 460mm or about 18 inches; not much more than that of a typical 17-inch unit. The whole thing weighed 22kg, which is again about right for its size, and the tilt/swivel stand provided with it was able to hold the cabinet at the desired angle without it slipping out of position. For this sort of money you aren't going to get trimmings like a USB hub in the stand, or integrated speakers or indeed BNC inputs, so we... Read review

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