Samsung's heritage as a consumer-electronics manufacturer is readily apparent in its P2370HD monitor. This is the only display we looked at that included not only an integrated HDTV (ATSC) tuner, but also composite and component video inputs, S/PDIF ...

The interior edge of the Samsung P2370HD's bezel has an unpleasant propensity to reflect objects appearing at the display's outermost edges

NEC's EA241WM has a number of features that set it apart from the rest of the displays in this field: It's the only model to support a full complement of ergonomic features (tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustment); it's the only model with an ...

The NEC EA241WM comes with NEC's NaviSet software, which provides a graphical user interface for controlling the monitor's brightness, contrast, and color environment

Gateway's 23-inch FHX2300 truly is a looking glass: The glossy screen produces extremely distracting glare and specular reflections. Don't use this monitor if there's a window or any other strong light source directly behind your seat. The panel we ...

The Gateway FHX2300 did a superb job of rendering skin tones in DisplayMate's high-resolution digital photos

None of the monitors we examined was flawless, but the ViewSonic VX2433wm surprised us with how poorly it fared in many of our DisplayMate benchmarks, even after an intense round of button-mashing. In the color-uniformity test, for instance, the ...

for our Blu-ray movie test). The ViewSonic turned in another poor performance when displaying low-saturated colors against the high end of the grayscale, with red, green, and blue at two-percent saturation disappearing into the background

The Acer H235H is typical of this class of displays: It's based on a six-bit TN panel that uses frame-rate control to augment its color depth. The screen delivers 23 inches of viewable area at a native resolution of 1920x1080. As with nearly all the ...

H235 display looks as attractive in back as it does in front, with a removeable panel to hide the ports

Our initial impression of NEC's widescreen 26-inch EA261WM LCD monitor was overwhelmingly positive, primarily due to the thought put into its ergonomics. What puzzles us most about monitor design is why-even with obscenely expensive panels-user ...

Great ergonomic options ; eco friendly

Poor performance in grayscale testing

While we're all for good industrial design and eco-consciousness, we're not interested in gaining these attributes at the cost of performance, and we continued to be impressed by the EA261WM after we loaded up a collection of high-res images. During ...

BenQ promises that its E2400HD LCD monitor will provide €œa brand-new standard for personal digital audiovisual entertainment€¦.€ And while we€™ve grown weary of marketing hyperbole, at first glance, this 24-inch panel has the specs to back up this ...

A 24-inch LCD that supports 1080p for less than $400

16:9 aspect ratio supported by limited number of films

suffered from a washed-out palette. The panel couldn’t differentiate the movie’s many dark hues and the bright white seemed to take on a gray cast; however, Movie mode upped the contrast significantly, showing off both ends of the color spectrum. ...

We had the LaCie 730 delivered to the Lab as a possible contender for our upgrading feature (page 25)-at $5,000 and change it's certainly a comfortable fit at the high end of the price spectrum. Of course, it wasn't just the price that intrigued us. ...

Produced the brightest, most vibrant colors of any monitor we have tested

Lacks HDCP ; only DVI and USB inputs

LaCie's 730 had no such issues, displaying clear separation between shades at both the light and dark ends of the spectrum in our grayscale test. In our DisplayMate tests, the 730's white and light grays weren't as bright as those displayed by our ...

ViewSonic's VLED221wm 22-inch LCD is the first LED-backlit display to grace our Lab, and we were anxious to put the technology to the test. LCD monitors typically sport cold cathode fluorescent backlighting, which can be less than uniform, and because ...

It does have an 118% color gamut. And the blacks are indeed very black

Too dark, with garish colors

The VLED221wm also notably boasts a 118 percent color gamut-based on NTSE broadcast standards-whereas LCDs have traditionally achieved a 72 percent color gamut, and more recently 92 percent. The expanded color gamut allows the VLED221wm to display ...

You can't help but be impressed that Samsung's 940UX provides 19 inches of 1280x1024-res full-color LCD action over a USB 2.0 interface. How is that even possible? It's the result of a built-in DisplayLink chip and driver, which handles graphics ...

Daisychain up to 6 monitors ; no need for a DVI port ; acceptable for static-tasks use

CPU hog ; performs poorly on video tests. Pricey

A built-in DisplayLink chip and driver allow this monitor to run directly from a USB port