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In article: <816009403.8890@upuaut.demon.co.uk>  Alan@upuaut.demon.co.uk (*Alan Taylor*) writes:
> For what it's worth I'd steer clear of Taxan 17", at least the
> ergovision 855LR model.    I'm on my 3rd one in 5 weeks, and
> discussing my problems with the repair man, problem being screen goes
> pink or deep purple after 10 mins or so, this seems to be a common
> Taxan fault on 17" models.   Course you'll probably get 2000 people
> saying that their's have been trouble free for years :-).
> 
> I did mention this to a hardware dealer I know, he said you won't get
> a really good 17" for less than ?2000!   But he's not living in the
> real world obviously.
> Alan.    
I suspect, that the hardware dealer, has just fallen somewhat behind the times.
Larger monitor prices, have fallen significantly in the last few months.
I personally like the Sony units allready mentioned, in this thread.
If the budget is Ex VAT, the NEC 17" units are just inside the price, 
and I have found their monitors to be very reliable. I have friends who
are still running NEC monitors, that are 'out of the Ark'!.
Worry less about very high resolution modes (ie 1600*1200), than about
the evenness of the colours, speed with with it switches between resolutions,
convergence (how accurately the three colours align - especially at the
corners of the screen), and the actual clarity, running at 1024*768, and
1280*1024 at at least 70Hz. The latter needs at least 100MHz bandwidth.
Go to somewhere that has several types, and look before you buy.
Finally, some makers offer 'one years on site warranty', this type of
guarantee, shows a reasonable confidence in the product.

Hope this helps


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