The Crystalvision 680 with a 15.0" screen offers the business and professional user the ideal solution for high resolution Windows applications. Using the latest thin film... more
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Display Type: Flat panel display / TFT active matrix
Built-in Devices: Stereo speakers
Width: 37.7 cm, 38.2 cm
Depth: 16.7 cm, 14 cm
Height: 36.3 cm, 38.5 cm
Weight: 4.5 kg
Enclosure Colour: White
Display
Diagonal Size: 15"
Viewable Size: 15"
Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch: 0.3 mm
Max Resolution: 1024 x 768
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Max Sync Rate (V x H): 75 Hz x 65 kHz
Video Bandwidth: 70 MHz
Factory Preset Resolution Modes:
1024 x 768
800 x 600
640 x 480
Front Panel Controls: Power on/off, audio volume, adjust +/- , menu, mute
Features: Anti-glare, hard coating
Image
Image Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Display
On-Screen Controls: Contrast, brightness, language select, OSD-position, colour temperature selection, reset settings, H/V-focus, phase, Contrast, brightness, H/V-position, language select, OSD-position, reset settings, colour adjustment, phase
Image
Image Brightness: 200 cd/m2
Image Contrast Ratio: 200:1
Image Max H-View Angle: +70 / -70
Image Max V-View Angle: +60 / -60
Video input
Analogue video Signal: RGB
Audio output
Type: Speaker(s) - integrated
Sound Output Mode: Stereo
Output Power / Channel: 1 Watt
Manufacturer's product description
The Crystalvision 680 with a 15.0" screen offers the business and professional user the ideal solution for high resolution Windows applications. Using the latest thin film transistor (TFT) active matrix technology, the Crystalvision 680 produces high quality, high contrast, distortion-free color images at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Occupying up to 60% less desk space than a conventional monitor of equivalent screen size, the Crystalvision 680 is ideal for the office environment where space is at a premium. The monitor includes a tilt stand (detachable for wall/arm mounting).
Expansion / connectivity
Connections:
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) - 1
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm - 1, 1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) - 1
Audio
Miscellaneous
Cables Included: 1 x display cable - 1.8 m
Mounting Kit: Included
Compliant Standards: Plug and Play, FCC Class B certified, CE, MPR II, CSA, TUV, TUV GS, DDC-1, DDC-2B, DHHS, DOC-B, EN 60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN55022, EPA Energy Star, ISO 9241, NUTEK, TCO '92, TCO '95, TCO '99, UL 1950, VCCI-II, VESA DPMS, FCC Class B certified, MPR II, CSA, EN 60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN50082, EPA Energy Star, ISO 9241, NUTEK, TCO '92, TCO '95, TCO '99, UL 1950
Power
Form Factor: Integrated
Voltage Required: AC 90/264 V ( 47/63 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational: 25 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep: 3 Watt
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Apple MacOS, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - parts and labour - 3 years - on-site
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....
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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...
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Advantages: Good, clear quality, very sharp Disadvantages: lower model numbers are unreliable
...Having used a range of Taxan monitors at work, I have noticed that they are an ok buy.
I have used a variety of differet models,(the 410, 530, 710) I have found that the lower number models, i.e. the 410, seem to go blurry after a while. After 2 years use, 5 out of the 12 14" 410 models we had in the offices were unuseable, while one of the 510 models out of 4 that we had at the time, was also unuseable. However, the monitors are relatively cheap and are very sharp, especially the 510's.
I would reccomend these monitors because of their quality, however, don't buy their cheap 410 models, as they are very unstable!...
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16.09.2000
