LCD monitor reviews

02.Product profiles

Product profiles

LG

Price: $899

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• Best overall.
• Best performance.
• Has adjustable height and pivots between landscape and portrait.

Bad points

• Buttons placed beneath the lower bezel, making them awkward to access and press
  

Hyundai

Price: $689

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• Built-in speakers and headphone jack.
• Favourite monitor of the viewing panel.
• Has adjustable height and pivots between landscape and portrait.

Bad points

• Buttons placed beneath the lower bezel, making them awkward to access and press
  

Samsung

Price: $799

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• Best ease of use.
• Has adjustable height and pivots between landscape and portrait.
• Has 360-degree swivel.
• Three-year zero dead pixel policy.

Bad points

• Viewing panel thought colour balance was too yellow.
  

BenQ

Price: $599

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• Second best ease of use.

Bad points

• Viewing panel didn’t consider it as sharp for DVD viewing as other models.
  

Acer

Price: $699

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• Viewing panel considered its skin tones were better than most.

Bad points

• No DVI connection.
• Test unit had a dead pixel.
  

Diamond Digital

Price: $699

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• DVI connection and cable supplied.
  Has adjustable height.

Bad poin ts

• Test unit had a dead pixel.

ViewSonic

Price: $759

Warranty: 3 years

Good points

• DVI connection and cable supplied.

Bad points

• Lowest overall score.
• Lowest performance.
• Viewing panel thought it looked washed out.