LCD Monitors > 19 Inches - 21 Inches LCD Monitors > 1680 x 1050 > $200 - $300

Advantages: Amazing clarity, very sleek in appearance
Disadvantages: None

I purchased this monitor around three months ago when building a new rig. This by far the best monitor I have actually ever used. It has superb picture quality especially when set to its native resolution (highest resolution) of 1680 x 1050 which I believe is the highest resolution available for a 20" monitor. The monitor itself is beautiful and looks very sleek with a glossy black boarder. The monitor has a alleged 2ms response time (time for a ...
...find this hard to believe seeing as all other similar competing monitor are nowhere near as quick. Having said that, there is absolutely no ghosting what so ever when playing game, even when playing intensive games such as Crisis and Gears of War. Over all this is an excellent monitor and is worth the extra cash. Monitor is both DVI and VGA compatible (analogue and digital) ... Read review

Advantages: crips clear picture
Disadvantages: I think it takes up a lot of energy

I have been using this monitor at work for over a year now and the picture quality is crisp and bright. When you're using a monitor you definitely want these two qualities. It is easy to view pictures at true colors, you can read both large and fine print without strain to your eyes and you can have multiple pages open on your monitor without any issues. There are 4 buttons in the front of the monitor, one is the power and the other 3 are setting ...
...came with a power cable and a serial cable (monitor cable with blue ends). The monitor has it's own stand and takes up about 4-5 inches in depth! Much improvement from the huge clunky monitors of old! It's 17 inches in diameter which these days is OK. People who work on spreadsheets, databases and design software such as Photoshop would benefit from a 19 or 21 inch monitor which was widescreen - of course that is completey my opinion! :) The monitor ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent response time and clear screen
Disadvantages: Somewhat costly at the $600+ region

I used the Samsung SyncMaster 710TM at work now for over a year in an office where we had 7 or 8 of the same model used by staff and clients alike. I always found them to be reliable and with clear resolutions. No complaints whatsoever on any of them so far! The M of TM in the product name stands for multimedia - this monitor has a built in speaker, although the sound quality is nothing to write home about - it's rather tinny, so don't rely just ...
...mark. All in all the Samsung SyncMaster 710TM gets big thumbs up for usability and slight thumbs down for cost. TECHNICAL STUFF (best to ignore this if you're not interested in the dimensions, etc) * The Samsung SyncMaster 710TM is a 17" TFT active matrix monitor. * The brightness is up to 300 cd/m², dot pitch is 0.26mm and contrast ration is 600:1. * It supports 24-bit (16.7M) colours and is PC or MAC compatible. * The maximum viewing ... Read review

Advantages: cheap and cheerful?
Disadvantages: low stand height, no built in speakers, not for gamers

I've been using the AG Neovo F-417 for almost 2 years now and have found it to be a fairly average monitor. I use it on a daily basis at work spending a good 7-8 hours in front of it so it's worth mentioning that it doesn't seem to give me headaches or sore eyes from looking at it for great lengths of time. As an entry level TFT LCD (which means "thin-film transistor liquid crystal display") monitor, the F-417 does actually have a sleek design and ...
...and is manufactured by AG Neovo Technology Corp. Buy.com are currently listing it for $189.99, PC Rush for $200.85 and Ink Oasis lists it for $194.60. TECHNICAL SPECS (or skip to the end if you don't want to know the boring stuff) The AG Neovo F-417 is a 17 inch flat screen (TFT LCD) monitor. It comes with a 3 year on site warranty if you purchase it directly from AG-Neovo. Its gross weight is about 7 kilos and the typical brightness is ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap.
Disadvantages: A lot to mention.

The Lenovo ThinkVision L171p isn't the greatest monitor I've seen. It's not horrible, but it's not that great, either. Text often appears blurry, and color distinction is just simply.. Not as good as it could be. I've seen much better. Editting pictures using this monitor is quite tricky, even with an advanced user as myself, as the graphics are dull, and almost smudgy. For your everyday basic use, like surfing the web and such things, it'd be alright, ...
...much of this monitor. Also, I found that this LCD flatscreen monitor is awful susceptible (sp?) of interference from other electronic devices, (like speakers and radios.) This monitor is cheaply priced, but the money you save doesn't outweigh the performance level. Basically, I'm saying, Don't waste your time. Opt for something a bit better. ... Read review