Monitor Ratings

January 1997 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report / Monitor Ratings

Best 17-Inch Monitor : Art Media TN-1885T

The Art Media TN-1885T has the best image-quality score among the
17-inch monitors we tested, and that helped it take the category. The
TN-1885T also gets high features and usability marks. Using its
drop-down control panel, you can adjust almost anything, ranging from
brightness to color temperature.



Weighting

Price         5%
Technology    5%
Usability    10%
Features     15%
Performance  65%


Ratings



             Price Size  Tech-  Imple-  Perfor-  Usa-   Fea-  Power   OVERALL
                        nology  menta-   mance  bility  tures Economy RATING
                                 tion

Art Media    $1088  17   ****
    ****    *****   ****   ****    *      ****
 TN-1885T
Mitsubishi    $849  17   ****    ****    ****    *****  *****   ***    ****
 Diamond Pro
 17TX
Max Group     $649  17   ****    ****    ****    *****  ****    ****   ****
 MGC 1785
Nokia Multi-  $899  17   ****    ****    *****   *****  ***     ***    ****
 graph 447Xi
Mitsubishi    $799  17   ****    ****    ****    *****  *****   *      ****
 Diamond 
 Scan 17HX


Key

***** Outstanding
 **** Very Good
  *** Good
   ** Fair
    * Poor

Best 21-Inch Monitor : NSA/Hitachi SuperScan Elite 802

NSA/Hitachi's SuperScan Elite 802 had the best image quality among
the big-screen displays we tested, and its price is low. The monitor
has a Hitachi Invar shadow-mask picture tube with a 0.26-mm dot pitch
that supports 1600- by 1280-pixel resolutions at a 75-Hz refresh
rate. The picture is super-solid at 1280 by 1024 resolution, with
114-Hz redraws.




Weighting

Price         5%
Technology    5%
Usability    10%
Features     15%
Performance  65%



Ratings


             Price Size  Tech-  Imple-  Perfor-  Usa-   Fea-  Power   OVERALL
                        nology  menta-   mance  bility  tures Economy RATING
                                 tion

NSA/Hitachi  $1899  20   ****    ****    *****   ****    ***    ***     ****
 SuperScan
 Elite 802
ViewSonic    $2195  21   ****    ****    *****   *****   ***    **      ****
 P815
NEC Multi-   $2079  21   ****    ****    *****   ***     ****   *****   ****
 Sync P1150
Cornerstone  $2265  21   ****    ****    *****   ****    ***    **      ****
 Color
 50/115
Panasonic    $1799  21   ****    ****    ****    *****   ***    *       ****
 PanaSync
 S21


Key

***** Outstanding
 **** Very Good
  *** Good
   ** Fair
   * Poor

Art Media TN-1885T

photo_link (13 Kbytes)

NSA/Hitachi SuperScan Elite 802

photo_link (13 Kbytes)

Up to the BYTE Hardware Lab Report section contents

Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it is theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.

more...

BYTE Digest editors every month analyze and evaluate the best articles from Information Week, EE Times, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Network Computing, Sys Admin, and dozens of other CMP publications—bringing you critical news and information about wireless communication, computer security, software development, embedded systems, and more!

Find out more

BYTE CD-ROM

NOW, on one CD-ROM, you can instantly access more than 8 years of BYTE.

The Best of BYTE
Volume 1: Programming Languages

In this issue of Best of BYTE, we bring together some of the leading programming language designers and implementors...

Copyright © 2005 CMP Media LLC, Privacy Policy, Your California Privacy rights, Terms of Service
Site comments: webmaster@byte.com
SDMG Web Sites: BYTE.com, C/C++ Users Journal, Dr. Dobb's Journal, MSDN Magazine, New Architect, SD Expo, SD Magazine, Sys Admin, The Perl Journal, UnixReview.com, Windows Developer Network