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Based on recently published flat panel monitor reviews, I decided to try out the highly rated AG Neovo X174. I also chose to upgrade my older G4 Mac with a DVI (digital) video card to fully appreciate the monitor's capabilities. I'm delighted with the arrangement so far. The image quality is nothing less than superb. Since the monitor had an unused analog (RGB) input port, I added a View Sonic VB50 HRTV tuner and now have a really cool flat panel TV on my desk as well.

I looked at a wall of LCD monitors at the local super-store and none except perhaps the Apple 17" Studio Display even came close to the image quality of the Neovo. It costs a little more than most, but I'm satisfied that the quality and features are worth it. Plus the screen surface is non-glare glass that's easy to keep clean!

I've had this monitor for a few months now and I'm really thrilled with it. Adjusting the tilt angle is nice, the controls are on the lower right (not way up on top like others). The auto-adjust feature works great. The display is crisp and the viewing surface is hard glass, not that cushy mat-like stuff in the really cheap LCDs. I got kids in the house - need durability.

I've had this monitor for a little while now and I have to say it's by far the best LCD diplay I've ever laid eyes on (having looked at a few) The colors, sharpness, brightness and contrast are all very good indeed. It does have a stuck pixel, but in normal useage it's less noticeable than the support wires of any Trinitron CRT. Backlight evenness is also very good and the build quality looks excellent. It's also very stylish. The glass panel on the front seems to help visually and adjusting it for color and contrast is fairly easy allowing for very good display gamma settings.

It's a real treat using this in it's digital mode at native resolution. Sharp, precise and very easy on the eyes. When calibrated and given a suitable display profile It's at least as good as any high end CRT I've looked at and better than most, it was important for me to get the best image quality I could find. The X-174 is very impressive and I have ordered a second one after trying a cheaper LCD... it's really not worth the eyeball pain.

I think the only downside is the maximum resolution, 1280 x 1024 can seem small when used to 21" monitors running 1600 x 1200. That isn't a fault in the monitor though, 1600 panels are rare and not necessarily as good as this. I am very happy with this monitor and though it's expensive, it's worth it.

This is a great monitor to look at, with a very small footprint and unique design. The picture is very bright, and the adjustments available allow for a wide range of changes. The driver files that came with the monitor were very outdated, and it required many phone calls/emails to the U.S. offices to finally get the right files. Their entire U.S. staff is 5 people! The glass cover on the front is very useful, and the build quality is excellent.

great monitor but will not show text when running partition magic or ghost i suspect the driver from microsoft as neovo does not have any they only have inf file which does not support win xp or the x-174 monitor so i have to connect my crt monitor to run pm or ghost. of course the company blames microsoft well neovo produce this monitor so they should support it.the rest a wonderful monitor, if any reader has solved this problem let me know.