IBM ThinkVision L171p

IBM ThinkVision L171p PC Magazine has a review of the ThinkVision L171p that does it justice and gives it a proper 4 out of 5.

The Lenovo/IBM ThinkVision L171p maintains the sleek, businesslike design that helped define IBM’s family of desktop PC products. With a narrow (0.55-inch) bezel and a versatile stand, the all-black 17-inch LCD is well suited for workers who use multiple monitors in tight quarters.

Three of the five squiggly spaghetti-like function buttons located on the lower bezel can be used as direct access controls to switch between two video sources, adjust brightness, and activate the automatic adjustment function, all without entering the OSD (On-Screen Display) menus. Once you enter the OSD, the function buttons (with the exception of the power button) are used to scroll through menu options and to adjust color properties, image position and sharpness, clock and phase settings, and contrast settings. Oddly, though the stand allows the monitor to rotate from landscape to portrait mode, a utility to make the screen image change is not included. You’ll have to use your graphics card’s management tools to rotate the image (if it offers that option), or purchase a pivoting program, such as Pivot Pro ($39.95 direct) from Portrait Displays.

The L171p features both digital and analog inputs, but if you want a digital signal you’ll have to supply your own DVI cable, since only an analog cable is included in the box. (We tested the L171p only in analog mode.) The 1,280-by-1,024 panel has a pixel response rating of 8 ms (black to white) and did an adequate job of displaying video during our DVD movie tests, although we notices faint ghosting while viewing a dim action scene.

Read the rest at PC Magazine.

September 15th, 2005 Posted by David in IBM at 10:20 am Comment Now! »

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