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
New Q LVNR190
This display has a silver bezel and base with a black rear. The display front has a glass sheet over it which is opaque around the borders.

While first impressions from a distance are that the monitor is rather stylish, the quality of the materials and the workmanship are not. There are no integrated speakers but the vendor has supplied us with a set of very small cheap-looking external speakers and bases. These can also be wall mounted.

The rear of the monitor has no Kensington keylock port. It does, however, have audio in and out, D-SUB, DVI-D, S-Video, and BNC Video in, and BNC Video out ports along with a 12-volt jack to connect to the supplied AC brick adaptor. There are also VESA mounting points on the rear.

The base, which is removable, has an excellent range of rear tilt which once past a certain point allows gravity to take over and the relatively heavy display drops over on its back. The forward tilt is minimal and there is no swivel or height adjustment available.

It has a very good menu and control system, making this monitor a breeze to setup and configure. Display Mate showed that the display lacked a great deal of contrast but the colours were quite good, with only bright blue and bright pink tending to bleed into each other. White was very bright and yellow was reproduced very well.

The glass screen tended to reflect quite a lot but the vendor has assured us that the models which will be shipped have an anti-glare coating to reduce this. Personally, I think that out of the three monitors submitted with reflective screens (Sony, AG Neovo, and NewQ) the NewQ has the best display.

When playing back video there is a definite lack of depth but the range of colours and minimal tearing make up for that -- the same comments hold true for the 3DMark tests.

This is a very good concept but poor quality materials leaves the feeling of cheapness. The small things, such as the base, which looks good but has limited movement and allows the monitor to fold back once tilted past a certain point, and external speakers, were good ideas but poorly and cheaply executed. Even the glass covering over the display (which is not removable) had dust particles trapped in it and towards the lower centre of the panel it had two small marks which looked like dried up water or glue. The monitor also shipped with drivers on a floppy disk, not a CD. The redeeming features are the colour quality, minimal tearing on fast scene movement, and the S-Video and BNC video inputs.

The jury is still out on this panel -- if the quality of materials were better then there would be no doubt. At AU$749 it is well priced considering the features and quality. Display performance is also quite acceptable. Definitely worthy of consideration, but may not end up on the top of everyone's list.

Product NR190RD-G
RRP AU$749
Vendor NewQ
Phone 02 9418 8888
Web www.camcom.com.au
 
Warranty 36 months
Dead/bright pixel policy Yes -- (A-Grade panel) -- zero pixel
Interoperability ½
Good range of features, but limited ergonomics.
Futureproofing
Great range of ports available, but one must trade off the cheapness of the construction look and feel for this.
ROI ½
Good pricing for the features.
Service ½
36 months is very good and appears to be standard with most of the panels in this review.
Rating
NewQ LVNR190

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    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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