A 17" monitor that doesn't hog the desk! (CTX VL710ST)

Member Name: archfiend

Product:	CTX VL710ST
Date:	04/01/01 (186 review reads)
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Advantages: Short tube

Disadvantages: Nothing major

The ST in VL710ST stands for 'short tube' which is, in a nutshell, the best thing that this monitor has going for it. (The VL stands for 'value line' -- this isn't a monitor that is aimed at anyone doing professional quality graphics work.)

It has a 17" screen, but has rather a smaller footprint than 17" monitors that I have used at work -- a boon to those of us with limited space at home for computer gunk. Still a lot larger than a true flatscreen, but far from the desk-hogging monster that most large monitors turn out to be.

The picture is bright and clean, with a reasonably good 0.26mm dot pitch which means good resolution, and the monitor can also act as a USB hub (useful to know.)

There are a range of buttons on the on-screen display for adjusting contrast, brightness, et. al. which are simple to use.

I won't repeat the technical details as they can all be found at:
http://www.ctxeurope.com/marketing/amydesign/S lim%20Line/SlimDesignOpen.htm

Summary:
A sound inexpensive monitor whose best features are the short tube and the USB hub. If you don't care about either of those, it might be worth shopping around for a better deal on something else, as this isn't the newest model on the block

But personally, I like having extra desk space!

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