Rating: 
Summary: Functional but Cheap
Review: I bought this monitor in June. Within two weeks, the screen would go black after a few seconds of use. I decided to pursue the warranty route, instead of simply returning it to Amazon. The warranty card had invalid contact information. After some Googling, I was able to get what I needed from a web site. The warranty, which is only 90 DAYS, instructed me to repackage the monitor box within another box. $30 in shipping and 2-3 weeks later, I got my repaired monitor.So after all that, I was left with a working monitor. For the price and quality, I'm still happy with my purchase. Every so often I get some flickering in the corner, but it doesn't last. As other reviewers say, it is not a movie quality monitor, but it is fine for general use. Considering the price and size and the fact that they did honor the warranty, it still gets three stars.
Rating:
Summary: Functional but Cheap
Review: I bought this monitor in June. Within two weeks, the screen would go black after a few seconds of use. I decided to pursue the warranty route, instead of simply returning it to Amazon. The warranty card had invalid contact information. After some Googling, I was able to get what I needed from a web site. The warranty, which is only 90 DAYS, instructed me to repackage the monitor box within another box. $30 in shipping and 2-3 weeks later, I got my repaired monitor. So after all that, I was left with a working monitor. For the price and quality, I'm still happy with my purchase. Every so often I get some flickering in the corner, but it doesn't last. As other reviewers say, it is not a movie quality monitor, but it is fine for general use. Considering the price and size and the fact that they did honor the warranty, it still gets three stars.
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Summary: Kogi 17" A Great Balance of Price and Value
Review: I don't usually buy the cheapest I can find, but I was on a tight budget for this. I owned a 19" CRT that was too bulky and too dark. I wanted a 17" LCD, but I didn't think I could afford one. I took a chance on this Kogi - worried after I ordered that "you get what you paid for". WOW - I couldn't be happier. There were no problems, it was set up and on 5 minutes out of the box. It is crystal clear - great colors - great with text and games. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but I didn't need them. It is a really good basic model for an incredible price!!
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Summary: I was wonderfully surprised!!!
Review: I don't usually buy the cheapest I can find, but I was on a tight budget for this. I owned a 19" CRT that was too bulky and too dark. I wanted a 17" LCD, but I didn't think I could afford one. I took a chance on this Kogi - worried after I ordered that "you get what you paid for". WOW - I couldn't be happier. There were no problems, it was set up and on 5 minutes out of the box. It is crystal clear - great colors - great with text and games. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but I didn't need them. It is a really good basic model for an incredible price!!
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Summary: Best LCD for displaying text. Weak on graphics.
Review: I gave it 5 stars because it does one thing very well. That is, it is the best LCD as far as text display I have seen. The root of this strengh is also the root its weakness. The monitor does poorly on color scale and has a tendency of displaying most intermediate colors as the extreme. For instance, gray shades tend to be displayed as black, white as bright white, red as vivid red, etc. Although this is bad for movies, it is the secret for the excellent text display of this LCD. Text is crisp pure dark black and white is bright white. The movie issue can be improved in two ways:
1. use the monitor bright mode for movies and regular mode for text
2. use the bright feature in your movie software. Option 2 works the best as I have experienced, especially for widescreen movies. The monitor also performs well for games despite its 40ms rating for latency. No ghosting whatsoever. I also bought a VPR matrix LCD which had a digital input and did perform better on movies and games. It also had a better viewing angle. Yet, the KOGI was far better for text so much that I return the vpr matrix and kept the KOGI. The vpr matrix had 5 dead white pixel while the KOGI had none.
I got the black version of the KOGI, which goes well with my other black computer equipment. One last advice is to get a dual display setup: LCD + CRT. That way, you get the best of both world.
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Summary: Very nice monitor
Review: I have had my new monitor for about a week now and I must say I agree with some of the other reviews.
1. I do have two pixels that do not work.
2. The sound is just what you would expect, not great but it gets you by.
3. Very bright screen, I have had some trouble finding what I like, however, it's just great for web surfing and just about anything else you want to do.
4. Monitor let's you adjust just about everything, even things I don't know what they do yet.
5. Small footprint, I can use it anywhere and can take it with me to other locations. It's no laptop with respect to mobility, however, its far better in quality of picture than any laptop you will ever see. It's a fine monitor, however in my case there are two pixels that do not work correctly and I will have to see whether I want to send it back for repair/replacement or not. It's a real pain in the neck to do so.
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Summary: Great for a great price (after rebate).
Review: I have owned this monitor for about 4 months now and love it. It has given me a large increase in viewable screen size and much more room on my desk. It is sharp and quick - I even game with it! It interpolates to lower resolutions than the native 1280x1024 very well, has good contrast and is nice and bright. Don't accept the manufactures specs on it. It does not have an 85hz refresh in any mode and few useable modes work in anything other than 60hz. But that shouldn't be a problem, as LCD monitors don't have the flicker of a standard CRT. Installation was a breeze in Windows, as it is a plug and play monitor. My only complaint is every once in a while it will flash white across the screen for a brief second. I'm not sure whether that is inherent with the monitor (I tried 2 with the same results) or a combination of the monitor with my GForce 4 TI4400 video card. I haven't tried the built in speakers so can't comment on their performance. I recommend it to any one wanting additional desk space and a larger monitor.
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Summary: Better than expected!
Review: I made this purchase thinking "I'll pay less, but I'll get less quality.."
However, I was proved wrong when I actually used it! Praises:
(1) The actual viewable area is 17" (and not 16" like CRT monitors)
(2) Colors are accurate. (My Dell LCD in comparasin doesn't have enough color saturation)
(3) RGB/Power cords were seperate, and NOT built into the unit (as other manufacturers may do, which I detest)
(4) No drivers/CD/software required!
(5) Built-in speakers
(6) Very bright (almost too bright, but adjustable if necessary)
(7) crisp display/text (WinXP ClearType looks great)
(8) Looks great at 1280 x 1024
(9) Includes all necessary cables
(10)Tilting screen for optimized viewing angle
(11) NO dead pixels! (I specifically checked) Complaints:
(1) Pixel Clock needed some adjustment to stabilize the edges of screen text/lines/images (see below)
(2) Built-in speakers were a bit 'muffled', but otherwise okay In regards to the review by 'paul' on Feb 10, 2003:
Use the adjustments below to fix the "electrified" look on everything. The Pixel Clock was the only thing I needed to adjust (to about 70 on the scale) ||| Pixel Clock
=== Phase Overall, I think I've made a great purchase for an excellent price! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this GVision (KOGi) to family/friends/co-workers/etc - rp
Rating:
Summary: Better than expected!
Review: I made this purchase thinking "I'll pay less, but I'll get less quality.."
However, I was proved wrong when I actually used it! Praises:
(1) The actual viewable area is 17" (and not 16" like CRT monitors)
(2) Colors are accurate. (My Dell LCD in comparasin doesn't have enough color saturation)
(3) RGB/Power cords were seperate, and NOT built into the unit (as other manufacturers may do, which I detest)
(4) No drivers/CD/software required!
(5) Built-in speakers
(6) Very bright (almost too bright, but adjustable if necessary)
(7) crisp display/text (WinXP ClearType looks great)
(8) Looks great at 1280 x 1024
(9) Includes all necessary cables
(10)Tilting screen for optimized viewing angle
(11) NO dead pixels! (I specifically checked) Complaints:
(1) Pixel Clock needed some adjustment to stabilize the edges of screen text/lines/images (see below)
(2) Built-in speakers were a bit 'muffled', but otherwise okay In regards to the review by 'paul' on Feb 10, 2003:
Use the adjustments below to fix the "electrified" look on everything. The Pixel Clock was the only thing I needed to adjust (to about 70 on the scale) ||| Pixel Clock
=== Phase Overall, I think I've made a great purchase for an excellent price! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this GVision (KOGi) to family/friends/co-workers/etc - rp
Rating:
Summary: Cheap LOW FIDELITY LCD
Review: I needed a monitor quick and decided on a LCD to save desk top space. After looking at various LCD sizes, I decided I could live with a 17" LCD. My buying criteria was for a 17" LCD to drop below[...]. I pounced on it. The monitor was easy to set up and had no dead pixels. The size is great, and the speakers were an added bonus though they are fairly puny sounding. So why would I give this LCD only 3 stars? Quite frankly, the resolution is fairly coarse. Small fine text is difficult to read and pictures as well as video look coarse. So my buying advice is as follows: DON'T BUY THIS LCD IF you are paranoid about display fidelity or if you demand high quality sound from the speakers. DO BUY THIS LCD IF you are looking for an inexpensive and reliable (3 year warranty) 17" LCD and speaker sound quality is not a high priority. Based on my time and budget constraints, I would purchase this LCD again.
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