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BenQ FP731 17" LCD Monitor (Black)
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(2 out of 5) by Techno Geek on Aug 17, 2006 (Pacific Coast, USA)Bought four of these for an office job. One just went dead - screen almost completely dark but visable in the contrast. Fluttered a few times and now dead. Trying to find cause, but must be in power supply due to no back light either. Oh well for the low cost - what do I expect?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Good no-frills, inexpensive LCD
(4 out of 5) by J. Crawford on Apr 5, 2005 (Pasadena, CA)I've had a BenQ FP731 for about six months with no problems. I bought it at about $300 and it had the best specs for the price at the time and that still seems to be the case. It is only 9 Lbs, which is good if you're travelling and it has a clean appearance and feels solid.
It works well pivoting to portrait view--if you change your video card settings or install Pivot Pro software.
There is essentially no manual, but the default settings are pretty good. I recommend it if you need to save money. IMO, high-end Sony monitors are the best, regardless of specifications, but you would spend 3 times as much as for this decent low-end monitor.
It works well pivoting to portrait view--if you change your video card settings or install Pivot Pro software.
There is essentially no manual, but the default settings are pretty good. I recommend it if you need to save money. IMO, high-end Sony monitors are the best, regardless of specifications, but you would spend 3 times as much as for this decent low-end monitor.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great value for the money
(4 out of 5) by Eldho Thomas on Mar 3, 2005 (Saint Louis, MO USA)With the purchase of this monitor, I finally joined the LCD monitor club. I think it is time for everyone to join the club and what better way than with this monitor ! Great price. Great quality. Takes only a couple of minutes to set up. After the computer is switched on, it does an auto adjust and that is it.
I didn't give it 5 stars only because I didn't want to make it look like this is the best among the best. I have seen better LCD monitors than this. The images are a weeny little distorted - like letters typed using a type writer on a bad sheet of paper. This may not be the choice for someone who works on a computer 8 hrs a day. But this is the perfect choice for a home computer.
I didn't give it 5 stars only because I didn't want to make it look like this is the best among the best. I have seen better LCD monitors than this. The images are a weeny little distorted - like letters typed using a type writer on a bad sheet of paper. This may not be the choice for someone who works on a computer 8 hrs a day. But this is the perfect choice for a home computer.
Very Nice
(5 out of 5) by M. King on Feb 19, 2005 (Houston, Texas United States)I hooked this Monitor up to my G5 Power Mac and wow nice screen and right now it working great. Theis is a very good monitor and I would say for the price go and get it you will not be sorry.
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Excellent Buy
(5 out of 5) by IPPete on Feb 13, 2005 (VT)Works very well, I have not seen the brightness issue some reviews have mentioned, perhaps they have not installed the updated plug & play driver that comes with the device?? The instuctions for installing did not exactly match my PC but was able to work through it without a problem and the driver did make a difference.