Flat-panel festival


Contents
Introduction
Acer AL1922
AG Neovo E-19A
BenQ FP91G
HP 1955
LG L1980Q
Mitsubishi DV197SB
NEC 1970NX
NewQ LVNR190
Philips 190B6
Sony SDM-HS95B
ViewSonic VX924
Specifications
How we tested
Editor's choice
About RMIT

BenQ FP91G
The BenQ FP91G has a silver bezel with a black rear and base. The monitor's rear features a Kensington-type physical security lock port, an IEC power socket, a DVI-D, and D-Sub video inputs. The base is detachable and VESA mounting points are provided. The smallish base only allows limited forward/backward tilt movement. Due to the arch in the base and four small rubber feet, when tilted all the way backwards it could easily topple over -- the centre of gravity sits well behind its rear two feet.

The FP91G's menu system is straightforward and easy to use. Display Mate setup took a very short time. Both the dark and light contrast tests were very good, and the colours were excellent with white being very bright and black very black. Yellow is also reproduced very well making this one of the better displays in this review.

When it came to video playback, the BenQ certainly had a great depth of field, however, it was prone to tearing in some of the faster scenes -- tearing was also apparent in the fast movement tests of 3DMark.

It may have been the cheapest monitor in the review, cashing in at US$649, but it was also one of the best performing displays.

While this is certainly a no-frills unit, at the end of the day it does what is required and comes up as a definite for any 19-inch LCD evaluation shortlist. The BenQ also comes in with a 36-month on-site warranty -- pretty hard to beat.

Product FP91G
RRP AU$649
Vendor BenQ
Phone 02 9352 8800
Web www.benq.com.au
 
Warranty 36 months on-site
Dead/bright pixel policy Yes
Interoperability
Limited features and ergonomics.
Futureproofing
DVI and Analogue ports, great performance.
ROI ½
Awesome pricing for a no-frills well performing display panel.
Service
Excellent warranty.
Rating
BenQ FP91G

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Talkback 5 comments

    Benq FP91G Marc Jones -- 19/01/06 (in reply to #120127529)

    Great monitor, clear graphics display.

    Im running 2 computers in my room one running DVI and the other D-SUB, and i love the feature to be able to switch between the 2 displays!

    Life is not good with LG R Moore -- 05/04/06

    My experience with LG monitors is not a positive one. The 19" monitor I bought lasted 2 weeks and turned up its toes and it has been with the service agent for 3 weeks with no end in sight. LGE Australia have been of no assistance whatsoever with getting me a solution. Most of the time they will not respond to queries posted on their website and do not seem to care about any inconvenience I might have to suffer. I would not recommend their products to anyone. They may be OK if they do not break down but if they do, you are most certainly on your own.

    HP 1955 Anonymous -- 14/12/06

    Horrible monitor. Corporate setting. All cubicles have these monitors. At least 10 burned out this year.

    Don't Buy them.

    Hp 1955 Eric -- 17/03/08

    yeah, same with mine at home, just burned out one evening, useless product.

    HP 1955 Anonymous -- 28/03/08

    I bought my HP 1955 with the xw4300 workstation back in 2005 and it hasn't given me a bit of trouble. Truly reliable, no dead pixels, works flawlessly.

    Contrast that with -- In '07 I bought a Polaroid FLM-1911 Monitor/TV so I could watch football (American style!) while working but also use the monitor as an extension for presentation in my office. It's already dead. TV (via cable) stopped working, DVD output only works on HDTV now, and VGA flickers with a pinkish hue.

    I'll take HP quality over Polaroid any day.

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