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Written by Vikram Chand
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Friday, 29 December 2006
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Rated  5 out of 5 Stars
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Perfect for any office or "cube"!
As you may already know, I use the Viewsonic 2012WB 20.1" Widescreen LCD monitor at home so it would take a lot for another monitor to impress me.
You may also know that I have just started a new job and with new territory comes new… "equipment", of course. Well you will see me reviewing a lot of the equipment that I use at work and one of which is this huge 19 inch Planar PL1910M LCD monitor. I have this monitor standing tall on my desktop (as in desktop computer; we'll get to that later). I don't really know how much these cost because it was already in my cube when I joined. FEATURES AND DESIGN :
This monitor looks simple and very similar to any other LCD monitor from the front and it is also simple to install and use. As per the specifications, the maximum resolution for this monitor is 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz. The contrast ratio (information representation against a darker background) is 700:1 which makes it bright and sharp. The contrast and brightness can easily be adjusted using the '<' or '>' buttons under the 'Fn' sign on the front panel of this monitor. The aspect ratio of this monitor is 5:4, which means it is a regular monitor and not a wide screen display like my 2012WB.
This particular unit is black all around except for the display area of course. I think it comes in different colors but black looks better on my desk and in any business environment. It also matches great with my PC, keyboard, phone, and all my desk-top decorations (supplies). The control buttons on the front panel are very simple to use and they do exactly what you think they would do. There is a Power button to turn this monitor on and off, and two sets of '<' and '>' buttons (one set under the 'Fn' sign and the other under the '+/-' sign). The buttons under the 'Fn' sign brings up the OSD menu and control the navigation through it. The other set controls the values of each of the options in the menu (such as the brightness, contrast and sizes). There is an "Auto Adjustment" option in the OSD menu that will size the screen appropriately. The power button also has built-in LED light to indicate if it is on or off.
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