FP951 19IN LCD 700:1 GREY/BLKFP951 19LCD 700:1 25MS Grey/blk

Rating:
Summary: Very good product, except...
Review: First, let me say Amazon did a better job than usual. Order placed on 08/15, item received 3 days later. And at that time, it's still $504.

Setup is easy. I use the DVI connection with Sapphire ATI 9200 64M, a low-end VC, but the image still crystal-clear! I watch some DVD on my PC, the BIG DIFFERENCE from my old 17' HP CRT make you feel it's worth every penny you have spent...

I gave it 4 stars, mainly because it's image quality and price (you can't beat the $500 for a 19' LCD). But it's not perfect, and here is why:

1. Ghost. BenQ FP951 has response time of 25ms, and ghost is apparently noticeable. I am not talking about playing games, but normal Windows operation, like dragging a folder across screen or scrolling a webpage. My poor VC may also contribute to it, so if you believe a high-end VC can correct this, ignore my complain.

2. Menu is not well written. It seems like cheap paper, and really doesn't make you feel that you just spent $500 on it. It's written in 5, maybe 6 languages, not one after another, but interlaced for each sentence. It's kind of annoying.

3. Also due to the poor menu. Be advised that when you use DVI, the 'auto setup' and 'geometry' function is disabled. I didn't know this till get off phone with BenQ tech support. They should have said something in the menu.

Except these minor issues, I recommend this product. If you are not so picky about the ghost, do programming, word processing all the time, this 'cheap' 19' LCD is a very good choice for you.


Rating:
Summary: Great for it's PRICE (504$ sale)! but there are drawbacks...
Review: GAMING
First off let me tell you that this has been a great monitor to have for it's price (504$ at the time of the sale). Even though it had 25ms, I ran games like UT 2004, ET, and Doom 3 and saw that there wasn't any ghosting at the native resolution 1280x1024. If you run it at any other resolution in games such as Diablo 2 (800x600 max) you'll see artifacts and pixelation. This is thru the DVI connection on an ATI 9500 pro.

BRIGHTNESS
Another good point of the monitor is it's extremely bright that I had to turn down the brightness on the monitor to 0. Along with adjustments to the video card brightness in the Display options. To help alleviate the headaches caused by the bright screen, additional back lighting in the room is needed (because it will sting your eyes if the only light source is coming from this monitor).

DVD PLAYBACK
DVD movies, DIVX, and others ran fine, popped in the Matrix and Reloaded and saw it handle the fast action sequences just fine and crisp as well.

LOOKS/AESTHETICS
The looks of this monitor is extremely sleek with it's thin bezel and black charcoal color. When I first took it out of the box, I marveled at the size of the panel (previous monitor was a 19" crt).


GHOSTING ON WEB PAGES
But as the previous reviewer mentioned, there is ghosting while scrolling, especially with dark background web pages with white text(or a light color). It's extremely evident. And it's a problem associated with LCD's. Because of this I get headaches while browsing through web forums or pages because the ghosting is really evident and my eyes have been trained to detect it now.

THE UNFLEXIBLE STAND
Plus the stand that comes with this monitor does not let you turn the monitor left<->right (you have to adjust the stand for that). It was also a pain to install the DVI connection since the monitor comes attached to the stand, you have to tilt the panel backward so that you can reach in there blindly to attach the DVI/power connectors.

I'm sorry to say that I am going to have to return this monitor for a dell 2001fp and see if the higher response rate will help (even though I was told the problem occurs with 16ms response rates as well).

Hope this helps you.

Rating:
Summary: K. STONE-REVIEW ,ALABAMA
Review: GREAT PRODUCT,VERY GOOD PRICE. TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO INSTALL ITS NOT BAD USING SUPPLIED SOFTWARE . VERY CRISP COLORS ,LARGE SCREEN, I AM REALLY ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MONITOR,BENQ REALLY BUILDING GREAT PRODUCTS.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent LCD Monitor
Review: I just bought this monitor on June 18 but not from Amazon though. This monitor is an excellent monitor, I think it's about the same quality as the Dell Ultrasharp 1901FP, if not better. When I first hooked this monitor up, it's a little too bright for me so I have to turn it down a bit and it's a little bit difficult to hook the monitor cable up, but you only need to do it once so that wasn't a problem. And for the price on a 19" you cannot beat and it's also a excellent monitor. I am a very picky person and this monitor leave me with speechless when I hooked it up. Oh yeah, and no dead pixel for me.