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Summary: Kogi 17" A Great Balance of Price and Value
Review: This is a good monitor --- solid display and clear type display that can be made even better with free software --- I don't know why they allow whako product reviews --- although do note that you should not plug in anything but USB to a running system. If you first see a Kogi as I did, next to a dozen competing lcds, it stands out. It has bright, vivid colors mixed with a clear display ---- and an exceptional control menu usually found on more expensive monitors. The white is very white, the colors very strong --- but when you go to the menu you'll find the factory default for brightness and contrast is at 50% --- a very good sign for the future as it signals that the factory isn't 'maxing' the display to make it look good. Next, and very important, Kogi has expanded the warranty on the 17" to three years --- As for text display, Windows XP has a feature to smooth the jagged edge of text on lcd --- but for free you can get ClearTweak to give you even more control and better, clearer text ( [website] ) Prices are coming down, but at [money amount]after rebates this 17" is off to a very promising start and looks like it will be a solid choice even as prices fall as we go toward Christmas. A few Final Thoughts: Buy only what YOU like, with features YOU can personally see and which make sense to you --- then make sure you can bring it back without an 'open box' penalty (Stand at the cash register and ask for a waiver and see how fast a manager will be there to say 'sure' --- be sure to get it in writing: I get them to put it on the back of their business cards.) Next be sure the warranty is workable and the understand the relationship between the optional warranty and the store that sells it --- my son has a letter from a major retailer that says they require three attempts to repair before he can expect them to honor the 'instant replacement' promise they made when he bought the warranty.
Lastly, Enjoy!
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Summary: Good buy for everyday use. Get it now. Linux users note..
Review: This monitor is a good buy, and picked mine up this weekend. There are no software drivers with this monitor like you'd get with the expensive monitors to use to access special video modes, and to further clean up the image on the screen. It uses basic drivers included with the operating system. When I first hooked it up, the image was really fuzzy, and I had my doubts. When I changed my resolution to the maximum screen size, the monitor instantly cleared up. After doing this, now I can change screen sizes with very little loss in resolution. It even plugged into my Redhat 8 system and was picked up with no problem, except one. The Xwindow mode is extra sharp on the screen, but during bootup/shutdown, the native Linux black screen was very fuzzy, as if it had a hard time switching video modes. I don't know how it would do if you just booted into command line mode, but I use GUI exclusively in Linux. You might have to rebuild the kernel to get it to work clearly in that situation.
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Summary: Poor Choice of Monitor...
Review: Well the wife tried for Fathers Day...Today at 1am I had some free time and unpacked my new Fathers Day present, a L7EH. I was scared at a no-name monitor and only found reviews of it here. I read them all and took a risk and opened the box. I plugged it all in and fired up a Win2K Redhat 9 dual boot system. Funny...no signal and the monitor does not appear to be waking up. I pushed on the power button and re-started it. OK why am I not getting out of boot ? Why is my PC doing a odd post beep ?. Bios Boot came up, Never finished the boot up sequence and no GRUB manager... Odd... I plugged my Gateway 19in Monitor back in and now I got to see the Bios boot again but in Yellow text!! and
the bios boot failed. I plugged in a spare ATI All in Wonder Video card and everything worked fine. The Kogi/GVision SMOKED MY Voodoo3 3dFX card!! Shame..that was a fine little card that did VERY well for me over the years. The monitor was already packed up by 2am and now it's time to return it to CompUSA and fight to get my money back for this piece of junk. I never purchase from them due to their return policy but what does she know...
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Summary: U get what you pay for.....
Review: When I first plugged in the LCD, I noticed that there were 3 non workable pixels. The screen was very bright and it took me awhile to get used to it after I adjusted to the right color. Once again, if you just want a LCD for text and surf the net, this is the way to go for a 350:1. But for graphic and video editing...don't bother with this..go with Viewsonic or Samsung.....
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Summary: U get what you pay for.....
Review: When I first plugged in the LCD, I noticed that there were 3 non workable pixels. The screen was very bright and it took me awhile to get used to it after I adjusted to the right color. Once again, if you just want a LCD for text and surf the net, this is the way to go for a 350:1. But for graphic and video editing...don't bother with this..go with Viewsonic or Samsung.....
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Summary: Simple, easy, and cheap
Review: Worked straight out of the box - simple to hook up. Easy to get working - although there's the usual on-screen adjustments, I didn't 'em. It worked fine without any fiddling. And it's cheap - lowest cost 17" lcd monitor I could find. A few minor things ... It's fine when you look straight at the screen, but from much of an angle, you'll lose both colors and contrast. No problem for an author, but not so good if you're sharing movies with friends. Edges of letters sometimes flicker when viewing reverse (white-on-black) ... this can be ameliorated by tweaking the on-screen pixel-clock-rate. Those built in speakers are fine for computer beeps, but not for movies! Conclusion - perfectly fine, until someone comes out with backlit lcd wallpaper.
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