Rating: 
Summary: Do not buy this monitor if you have good hearing!
Review: Like most people buying this monitor, I read alot of positive reviews that influenced my decision to buy this monitor. After hooking up the monitor and turning it on, I was amazed at the brightness and color quality. I noticed that the geometry needed just a little correction. I downloaded the Nokia Monitor Test (Ntest.exe) to help calibrate the monitor. As suggested by the tool, it said to wait for the monitor to warm up before calibrating it.Unfortunately, during the next 30 minutes or so, the geometry of the monitor became progressively worse. The moire was absolutely terrible. While the center of the monitor had great picture quality, the edges looked squished at any resolution wider than 1024. I verified this fact by opening a small window with text and moving the window from the edge to the center and back while measuring the width. No amount of fiddling with the geometry & moire controls could fix the problem. Any resolution above 1024x768 resulted in a distored picture. I am very disappointed with this monitor and I sent it back to Amazon. I guess I'm just used to the perfect geometry of the Sony Trinitron monitors. I currently have a GDM-400 19", but the red electron gun went bad... The only other monitors I have considered are the Dell P1130 (a 21" Trinitron CRT) and the Samsung 172x (a 17" LCD).
Rating: 
Summary: Two stars for great color and brightness
Review: Like most people buying this monitor, I read alot of positive reviews that influenced my decision to buy this monitor. After hooking up the monitor and turning it on, I was amazed at the brightness and color quality. I noticed that the geometry needed just a little correction. I downloaded the Nokia Monitor Test (Ntest.exe) to help calibrate the monitor. As suggested by the tool, it said to wait for the monitor to warm up before calibrating it. Unfortunately, during the next 30 minutes or so, the geometry of the monitor became progressively worse. The moire was absolutely terrible. While the center of the monitor had great picture quality, the edges looked squished at any resolution wider than 1024. I verified this fact by opening a small window with text and moving the window from the edge to the center and back while measuring the width. No amount of fiddling with the geometry & moire controls could fix the problem. Any resolution above 1024x768 resulted in a distored picture. I am very disappointed with this monitor and I sent it back to Amazon. I guess I'm just used to the perfect geometry of the Sony Trinitron monitors. I currently have a GDM-400 19", but the red electron gun went bad... The only other monitors I have considered are the Dell P1130 (a 21" Trinitron CRT) and the Samsung 172x (a 17" LCD).
Rating: 
Summary: very good buy
Review: replacing a 17 inch monitor for a 19 inch flat screen i set the monitor to 1024 as recommended and i was ready to go i do graphics and accounting on my pc the larger screen makes my task much easier on my eyes the magic bright feature is helpful when i am reading text and watching movies on the enerment level the screen flicker free and ultra clear the highlight feature i do not use i turned off i found it annoying in general i am happy with my new monitor very clear and a good buy make sure you adjusted probably the instruction book is very vague for begineers however i had no problem adb
Rating: 
Summary: Overrated--maybe I should return mine...
Review: This monitor came so highly recommended. However, there are two serious problems with the monitor I received. (1) The top edge of the picture isn't coming out horizontal--it's bowed with the center higher than the edges. However, none of the adjustments allow for adjustment of bowing along the top or bottom edges. (2) Even worse--the left inch of the display is muddy--the colors come out a little browner (maybe a little redder) than the rest of the display. It doesn't look good. Also--along the same left inch--text gets a little skinnnier. For the price of this monitor, I am disappointed.
Rating:
Summary: Great Monitor and Great Bargain
Review: This monitor is a great bargain, and produces a superb picture. It took little to no adjustment to get a perfectly square and crisp image. The 3 brightness modes are of limited use, but they work well if you really need them. OSD menus and controls are fairly easy to use and understand. If you are wanting the real estate of a 19 inch monitor, but cannot afford the 18 or 19 inch flat panels yet, this is a great choice.
Rating:
Summary: Do not buy this monitor if you have good hearing!
Review: Yeah that's right, I said good hearing. This monitor emits a high-pitched squeal when lots of text is displayed on a white background on the screen. That means, most any time you look in Windows Explorer, and on many web pages. Go figure. I thought it was a problem with my particular monitor, so I RMA'd it and got another, which had the exact same problem. Guess I'll RMA this one too, and go back to the Samsung 955DF.
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