RE: Way cool LCD AV/PC monitor

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I've seen the display that you're talking about and I wasn't hugely
impressed with its "off air" performance ... I didn't think that
the colours
of skin tones in particular were quite right no matter how much I messed
with the controls. As a monitor though it is quite superb.

One thing to think about if you're looking to use one of these in a bedroom
as a TV is that the amountg of light given off by these displays is quite
immense and at night in a darkened room is quite different to the light
given off by a CRT tube. I can have a TV on in an otherwise dark bedroom
and
watch a movie quite happily but for some reason I can't watch anything on
an
LCD in an otherwise darkened bedroom without it absolutely killing my eyes.

I was looking at a 15" monitor the other weekend that I was very
impressed
with ... it had a pivot stand so you could use it landscape or portrait
*AND* it had built in speakers for about £330. It was made by a company
called Corneatech (www.corneatech.com) and was very acceptable in as far as
the quality was concerned ... from browsing their website it seems that
they
do a 15" LCD with a touchscreen attachment (now how many of us would
want
that eh?), they do a 15" with built in TV tuner, a 17" with 15way
High
Density D (PC Monitor), DVI, S-Video and composite inputs, and they also do
a 17" with built in TV tuner.

The downside is that I couldn't find an importer (and hence a price) for
either the 15" with touchscreen or the 17" with that huge set of
inputs
although some of the other displays are being brought in.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 September 2001 08:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Way cool LCD AV/PC monitor
>
>
> Chaps,
>
> I happened to be in a branch of Comet yesterday - doing some christmas
> shopping would you believe!! (sad isn't it!)
>
> on the way out, I spotted a seriously cool looking LCD montitor on a
> display, hooked up to a PS2.. I don't know *too* many details
> yet, - I was
> on my out, and in a bit of a hurry...
>
> It is both an AV and a PC monitor, having a SCART, D-Sub-15 VGA, and
an
> aerial connector (on-board tuner) it has a row of unbelievably
> cool buttons
> along the front bottom edge of the screen - they are tiny little
> bumps (like
> ball-bearings) which are touch-sensitive, for the function
> selections. and
> the thing looks the mutts nuts! - all black and shiny chrome...
>
> I asked a passing sales droid the price, - £899 - not too bad at
> all! - even
> SWMBO was impressed, and I seriously think I may be able to swing one
of
> these next year... :-)
>
> If this sounds like the sort of thing you might be interested in,
> (Phil, you
> can't afford it!!), then I suggest a trip to Comet...
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
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