ThinkVision L180p

Author's product rating:   

Picture quality	Excellent
Colour sensitivity	Good
Design	Excellent
Ease of use	Very easy
Value For Money	Poor

Advantages:	Quality, design and performance
Disadvantages:	Expensive when new

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I bought (or more precisely leased through the Home Computer Initiative) two of these screens for my own use.

Their styling is smart with a thin bezel around the screen. Image quality has always been great and they have had no faults. The native resolution (1280 x 1024) is very good and the ability for each screen to have two inputs is great when you have to work on a few PCs at a time.

Each screen will support a standard VGA input or a digital input and you can toggle between inputs by a press of one button on the bottom front edge of the screen.

The standard aupport is gas assisted and covers a good range of height whilst its swivel design allows the screen to be rotated whilst the base on the desk stays firmly routed on the desk.

It has some well positioned hooks in the support which keep the cables tidy even when the screen is adjusted for height or attitude.

Recently I wall mounted them and used the standard plates at the back to do this. The old supports were easily removed and this allowed the screens to be kept clear of the desk and free up some space.

I don\'t use them for games so I cannot comment on screen response rate but I have had no problem in ordinary use to criticise their performance.
(I think quoted figures are 25ms which are very poor compared to the average these days. However, if you are just using standard office apps just enjoy the quality of the image).

I have used them for over three years now and they have proved very reliable and offer a superb stable image which has never had a problem.

I was lucky that I bought them through the Home Computer Initiative so didn\'t have to shell out for them in one go. Price at the time was the only downside.