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“Lovely styling, no fuss set-up, loads of on screen real estate to watch your dvds, play games or browse online. you can even fit 2 a4 pages...”

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Impartial Reviews

114 shoppers have reviewed this product.
89% of people would recommend it.

out of 10
Image quality9.0
Build Quality8.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.9
How easy to set-up8.8
Overall rating9.0
Score: 7.8/10

Mark, Llantwit Major

Lovely styling, no fuss set-up, loads of on screen real estate to watch your dvds, play games or browse online. You can even fit 2 A4 pages side-by-side. Response time is a dream, no flicker or ghosting. Once you have tweaked your settings this is really a great monitor.

Fragile looking stand that tended to wobble easily if not careful, set-up software could have been better (look at LG's for example, a dream to use), and colours looked somewhat washed out, but then the 'panel lottery' issue might have been a factor here.

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5 people found this review helpful

23 Jan 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Frank, Cleethorpes

good all round monitor and cheaper than competition

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4 people found this review helpful

28 Dec 2007

Score: 8.0/10

Barry, Waterlooville

Great picture but it has a couple of annoying features

some text appears to have a coloured tint, it adds a sort of reddish colour behind what should be black text on white background. When the screen suddenly goes to black (e.g. when shutting down) the colours being displayed appear to run down the screen like water (strange effect that is difficult to explain)

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4 people found this review helpful

10 Jan 2008

Score: 9.2/10

Barrie, Paignton

Image quality is excellant,and the colours are acurately reproduced.the black piano style finish is very attractive.I was also pleased to discover that it came with both a dvi and vga lead.

it is not a true 22 inch screen it is actually 21.6.though the black finish is great it does show any finger prints.

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3 people found this review helpful

18 Jul 2008

Score: 9.4/10

David, Tonbridge, Kent

Clear bright screen and a nice upgrade if you have been running on a 17inch screen. Everything converts to Widescreen automatically, It's a good all round monitor and with DVI at a good price to boot.

My screen seems to dim down automatically when most of the screen is dark with only a small picture showing, why it does this I'm not sure, but it's not a problem so bad it worries me.

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3 people found this review helpful

13 Jan 2008

Score: 8.2/10

Anonymous

Looks, picture quality, size, name, brand all 10/10

monitor wont install as plug and play, forces a boot error. DRIVER MUST BE INSTALLED BEFORE MONITOR ATTACHED, (not always possible ona new build). extreamly fustrating, thats why set up scored 1/10

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3 people found this review helpful

08 Jan 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Steve., Loughton

Stylish monitor, great image quality, large size.

Nothing.

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2 people found this review helpful

26 Jul 2008

Score: 8.4/10

Rónán, Tír Eoghain, “able computer operator”

Clear image, easy set up

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2 people found this review helpful

03 Aug 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Anonymous, “developer/gamer”

Great all round really. Brilliant picture, response contrast etc. Cannot fault it.

Attaching the base can be a little tricky, but that is a one off, at start so once done you have a superb monitor

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2 people found this review helpful

16 Jun 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Anonymous

Very good image quality. Build quality is also excellent. Looks very good too.

Stand is a little fiddly, but just give it a good push and it will go on.

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2 people found this review helpful

19 Jun 2008

Score: 8.8/10

Anonymous

almost too many screen adjustment options! but then i am a perfectionist at times so guess that cant really be a bad point!

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2 people found this review helpful

20 Jun 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Martin, Hitchin, Uk

Good bright picture quality, price, good looks.

The gloss finish shows the dust and in bright sunlight can look worse.

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2 people found this review helpful

10 Jan 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Dp, Kent

excellent if you spend a lot of time on the computer - though you may need to turn the brightness down quite a bit

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2 people found this review helpful

26 Mar 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Anonymous, “Student (lots of use)”

Considerably the best looking monitor on the market (for 22" anyway) in my opinion, with excellent display quality.

Have heard people mention that it can wobble a bit if the desk is knocked and I can see that this is true. I have a fixed desk though, so as far as I'm concerned there are no bad points.

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2 people found this review helpful

18 Apr 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous, “41 acting 16 lol”

Lovely monitor. Looks really well beside a Black computer case. Picture is as near perfect as matters. Not had any ghosting on any games played so far

Mounting the stand is worse than your first computer build. Nerves are wrecked after that. Needs good software to get an ideal setting

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1 person found this review helpful

22 Aug 2008

Score: 10.0/10

James, Wakefield

Great screen

Stand is non adjustable, so a riser may be needed, No HDMI

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Jul 2008

Score: 7.8/10

Andy, Oxford

Excellant image quality Strong Build Quality Value for money Looks

Tricky to construct Could do with an HDMI input

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1 person found this review helpful

03 Jun 2008

Score: 8.8/10

Anonymous

iamge quality

no speakers

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1 person found this review helpful

05 Aug 2008

Score: 6.6/10

Pass, London

Brilliant size, easy to use multi setting function.

Can be a little too bright even on darkest settings. The base was extremely difficult to put together without trying to snap it or break the monitor in half.

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1 person found this review helpful

13 Jun 2008

Score: 9.2/10

Anonymous

classy design, modern

stand tad wobbly hence not full 10

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1 person found this review helpful

16 Jun 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Anonymous

Great picture, easy set-up

Stand can be hard to insert into the monitor

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1 person found this review helpful

27 Jun 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Anonymous, “Silver surfer, still teaching”

Great picture, responds to action games well

Attaching the screen to the stand. In the end I had to remove the spring clip in order to connect the two. I have had no trouble with the stand connection since.

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1 person found this review helpful

03 Jun 2008

Score: 8.4/10

Anonymous, “Silver surfer.”

Nice sharp image no dead pixels

Not very stable poor base

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1 person found this review helpful

29 Mar 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Kevin, Cannock

its picture is nice and clear .

i do think it would be better with built in speakers

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1 person found this review helpful

09 Mar 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Anonymous

excellent picture quality with good contrast

tricky too calibrate to best picture

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1 person found this review helpful

01 Apr 2008

Score: 9.2/10

Anonymous

Huage screen - plenty of room. Fast response. Excellent colour, easy setup

My previous screen had a USB Hub

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1 person found this review helpful

05 Apr 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

Instantly configures itself, no need to set resolution and screen position. Sharp image quality. Sleek look.

Setting up the base required slightly more force than I was expecting.

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1 person found this review helpful

25 Feb 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Ben, Hawkhurst

Superb picture and build quality. Great bright screen with wide viewing angle.

None really!

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1 person found this review helpful

25 Jan 2008

Score: 8.2/10

John, Penzance, Cornwall

Good looks and performance

Poor stand arrangement giving rise to rocking and vibration.

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1 person found this review helpful

17 Apr 2008

Score: 8.2/10

Anonymous

Looks great providing you clean it nearly every day. very sharp, crisp picture.

dust.

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Apr 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Anonymous

Picture and Size

Setting up in stand was awkward

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27 Jun 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Anonymous

Overall its excellent, looks good, easy to use - bad point is not major.

Limited tilt on stand and no pivot or vertical height adjustment

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21 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Alex, Guildford, “Managing Director”

Cost, style and design, DVI and svga adapters. Having 2 side by side is a dream to work on.

The only things I can fault is that it does not go up to 1920x1080 and it collects dust very well.

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01 Nov 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Anonymous

Sleek black design. Compact and surprisingly light.

????!!!!! BAD?! Don't be foolish.

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13 Jun 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Mike, Thrapston

Great image quality, stylist, great value

None so far

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12 Jun 2008

Score: 7.4/10

Anonymous

Instructions misleading

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04 Jun 2008

Score: 10.0/10

John, Blackburn

Very good monitor

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29 May 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Steve, Woodford Green

Very easy to set up and great picture

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20 May 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Owen, Leicester, “a silver surfer”

Brilliant for games and media work easy to set up

None so far

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17 May 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Keith, Derby

Great design,very good image quality

A little fiddly to set up.

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15 May 2008

Score: 9.0/10

David, Aberdeenshire

Stylish and modern looking.

Does not swivel on stand. No inbuilt speaker, but really it's a monitor only?

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14 May 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Graham, Ashford, Kent, “Price-conscious professional”

Unsurpassed image quality for a screen of this size. It seems to be really well made and is certainly very modern looking and stylish. Hard to fault and great value at the price.

None, so far.

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13 May 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

looks great. good picture. nice style

a little unstable

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11 May 2008

Score: 9.6/10

Anonymous

almost everything about it

you cant touch or you leave fingerprints all over the screen lol

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29 Apr 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Anonymous

The screen mountig has little or no movement, but does support the screen well after initial concerns

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26 Apr 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Anonymous

Very stylish design. Good crisp image.

video playback image not as good as hoped

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26 Apr 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Robin, Brighton & Hove

Excellent image quality, no damaged pixel, great value for money for the size of screen

Stand isn't very adjustable

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21 Apr 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

everything

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19 Apr 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Howard, Neath

Excellent picture quality, smart looking.

Poor adjustments on stand

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04 Apr 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Anonymous

exremley clear and bright

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03 Apr 2008

Score: 7.8/10

Mick, Derbyshire

Very smart excellent build quality

picture a bit fuzzy not as sharp as i expected,but that is probably due to the size

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21 Mar 2008

Score: 8.4/10

Angie, Carlisle

Picture quality

Trouble getting it to calibrate at first

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04 Nov 2008

Score: 10.0/10

John, Barrow-in-furness, “22yr-old, cumbria, 4th monitor”

everything about this monitor is good. its easy to set up looks stylish and absolutely brilliant picture quality.

i have no bad points about this monitor

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05 Nov 2008

Score: 9.4/10

N, Liverpool

|Beautiful design. Works straight out of the box

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14 Feb 2008

Score: 9.6/10

Anonymous

Looks great! Great pic. Perfect size.

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13 Feb 2008

Score: 9.2/10

Carol, Liverpool

Stylish and very easy to set up. Very good picture.

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11 Feb 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Norman, Ludlow

Also good looking

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29 Jan 2008

Score: 9.2/10

Anonymous

Good image, easy to set-up.

None so far

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24 Jan 2008

Score: 7.8/10

Ben, Bracknell, “IT Professional”

Looks great, easy to setup, light

White light leaks from top and bottom. Stand quite flimsy and the whole thing rocks if touched.

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05 Nov 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Dennis, Andover

Easy to set up nice picture

Fixing the mounting to the stand

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20 Jan 2008

Score: 9.0/10

L, London, “serious gamer + photo”

+ Beautiful display; vibrant colours. Handles everything from movies to games to photo editing + Nice form factor - it looks good even when off! + (At the time) a great price and excellent value for money

- Stand could be more sturdy, small bumps against the desk causes the screen to wobble - Does not rotate - Bundled software is virtually useless: you're better off with freely available software online

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05 Nov 2008

53 shoppers rated this product but did not write a review.

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