January 1996 / BYTE Lab Product Report

20 Big-Picture Monitors A Look at the Big Picture	NSTL evaluates the best large-screen monitors for today's highly graphical applications - by Chandrika Mysore
High-Quality Monitors Weighting for Best Overall Weighting for High-Quality BEST OVERALL: NEC Multisync XE21 HIGH-QUALITY: Apple Multiple Scan 20-inch LOW-COST: NEC Multisync XE21	Monitor manufacturers are changing the concept of access to monitor controls.
Pivot 1700: A Moving Alternative The Long and the Short of It	Now you can physically rotate your monitor to view the full 8.5- by 11-inch word processing document without scrolling.
Access.Bus Technology No Transfer Necessary	The Access.bus is a bidirectional-communications industry-standard bus for peripheral connectivity.
Honorable Mentions Four Peas from the Same Pod Going Round in Circular	Radius's Multiview 21, MGC Technologies' MGC 2182, Panasonic's C-2192P, and Viewsonic's 21PS (from left to right) feature the same control buttons and menu software.
Dubious Achievement Not All Ducks in a Row	Congested BNC Connectors
How We Tested NSTL Measures Up	We tested the monitors in noninterlaced mode at 1280- by 1024-pixel resolution at a refresh rate of 60 Hz and determined image sharpness, resolution, convergence, legibility, contrast r atio, and power management in a Windows 95 environment.

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