Philips 109S sPEC.. (Philips 109S)

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Product:	Philips 109S
Date:	29/01/03 (773 review reads)
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Advantages: small footprint, renowned brand, 3 year on-site warranty

Disadvantages: not a very exciting product apart from its physical size

CRT
? Size and deflection 19 inch / 46 cm ; 90° deflection,angle viewable size 18 inch
? Dot pitch / Grille pitch 0.27 mm
? Horizontal pitch 0.23 mm
? Tube type Shadow mask, flat square, high contrast, anti-glare, anti-static, anti reflection, light transmission 42%
? Phosphor P22
? Recommended display area 14.0" x 10.4" / 355 x 265 mm
? Maximum display area 14.4" x 10.8" / 365 x 274 mm

SCANNING
? Horizontal scanning 30 - 92 KHz
? Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz

VIDEO
? Video dot rate 234 MHz
? Input impedance
- Video 75 ohm
- Sync 2.2 kOhm
? Input signal levels 0.7 Vpp
? Sync input signal Separate sync
Composite sync

? Sync polarities Positive and negative

WHITE COLOR TEMPERATURE
Chromaticity CIE coordinates:
? at 9300 K degrees x = 0.283 / y = 0.297
? at 6500 K degrees x = 0.313 / y = 0.329

? Weight 19.7 kg

In fact the monitor comes with this CD containing all possible information on the monitor and with a small multilingual booklet explaining how to quickly and safely install it on your PC.

The most striking feature of this device is its small footprint, the part of it behind the actual screen really takes up minimal space. On the computer the monitor is immediately recognized under Windows and windows setup proposes you the correct driver for this hardware. All in all a completely fussfree installation.

This monitor which for Philips is an entry level monitor, it's their P-line (for Professional) that really are the top notch products, comes with no extras so no USB connector (optional) and no provision for BNC videoconnectors. Just a basic VGA cable you plug into your PC and a power cable.

The controls are fairly basic too and consist of six buttons grouped under the screen. To the far right there is one separate big on/off button with built in LED (green fo
r on and amber for standby). To the left of this big button are five more smaller buttons. One to activate the On Screen Display (OSD) and two pairs, the horizontal pair gives you immediate access (+/-) to the brightness setting and the vertical pair gives you direct access (+/-) to the contrast setting. These same pairs are also used for further settings (screen size, screen position, etc.) once you activate the OSD. Nothing exotic here, anyone who used a monitor before will quickly find his way round.

What is more important in real life is that this monitor guarantees you a flicker free display of 1280 x 1024 at up to 86 Hz, allowing for optimum detail at a great stability of image, remember that any refresh rate under 75Hz could be harmful to the eyes as the flickering will be noticed. So at 86Hz you should have no problems at all.

Brilliant also is the three year on-site warranty Philips offers to his customers, guaranteeing you a replacement in 48hrs. In view of what I went through with my Acer monitors this is a huge step forward.

Speaking of brilliance, I have seen sharper images on a monitor but not on any monitor in the price range quoted here on Epinions for this monitor and certainly not on any monitor that then had the same specifications and extended warranty like this Philips.

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