By Kire Terzievski, Technology & Business Magazine
March 25th, 2002.
Mitsubishi DV158
The Mitsubishi display is an analogue-only display that also features built in speakers. It has a unique swivel base, which can be folded back flush with the display screen. We're not quite sure what this would be useful for, other than to make transporting the display easier. This base is also removable, and the display can be wall mounted with a supplied bracket. The Mitsubishi display was one of the lightest displays we tested, weighing in at only 3.6kg.
The picture quality of the Mitsubishi was mediocre. It did a good job displaying light hues but it struggled to distinguish dark tones. Text also appeared a little fuzzy at first. The auto calibration didn't work well and we had to manually tweak the phase adjustment to get the text nice and sharp. To its credit, the Mitsubishi had fairly large viewing angles and faster response times than many of the displays tested.
| Product: | Mitsubishi DV158 |
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| Price: | AU$1199 |
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| Vendor: | Mitsubishi Electric |
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| Phone: | (02) 9684 7439 |
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| Interoperability: | 
Analogue input only, but with audio. |
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| Futureproofing: |
½Wall mountable; no DVI. |
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½Doesn't do a good job displaying dark hues, good otherwise. |
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| Service: |
Three years parts & labour. |
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| Rating: |
½Some nice features; good viewing angles. |
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