The good: Four-way adjustable stand; wide array of video inputs; USB 2.0 ports and media card reader; strong movie and game quality.
The bad: Unintuitive onscreen display navigation; less-than-amazing static image quality.
The bottom line: Dell’s UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC widescreen monitor gives you tons of input flexibility, strong moving image quality, and a handful of other features that [...]

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The good: DisplayLink video chip lets you connect it via USB, which makes it highly convenient as a second display; you can daisy-chain up to six DisplayLink LCDs; decent viewing angle.
The bad: Aside from DisplayLink, the features are sparse; lower than average performance including a slow 5ms response time.
The bottom line: While its ability to [...]

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The good: A lot of connections including component and HDMI, plus four USB ports; screen coating smoothes out images; speaker bar option for built-in sound; pleasing aesthetic design.
The bad: Poor performance in key DisplayMate tests; backlight bleed through on dark scenes that you can clearly see under normal lighting conditions; optional speakers exhibited some distortion.
The [...]

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The good: Awesome overall performance; aggressively priced; VGA, DVI, and HDMI ports; added bonuses include USB ports and Webcam; steady base.
The bad: Stand doesn’t let you adjust the height or swivel; vertical viewing angle is limited; glossy screen coating isn’t the best choice for office use.
The bottom line: The Dell SP2208WFP is a versatile 22-inch [...]

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The good: Strong overall performance; its tried-and-true design is both aesthetically pleasing and practical; video connections galore.
The bad: Cool preset mode is too blue; no digital audio connection.
The bottom line: The 24-inch Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP display delivers across the board in performance, design, and features. It excelled with movies and games, making it not only [...]

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The good: Aesthetically pleasing design; built-in speakers; great performance, especially in color reproduction; elegant and practical onscreen display.
The bad: Sky-high price puts it out of reach for most of us; lack of connection options; nonadjustable screen height.
The bottom line: For boardrooms and public spaces in need of a LCD conversation piece, the Dell Crystal might [...]

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The good: Low price; decent performance overall.
The bad: Video connections limited to VGA and DVI; limited feature set does not include USB ports, Webcam, or speakers; color reproduction is lackluster.
The bottom line: The 22-inch Envision G2219w1 performed well in movie playback, games, and normal office use. Its color reproduction leaves something to be desired, however, [...]

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The good: A truckload of connections and extras; impressive performance in sharpness and color tests; sharp picture quality with DVD and Blu-ray playback.
The bad: Built-in sound gets distorted at high volumes; its look is somewhat clunky with the speaker bar attached; a tad expensive.
The bottom line: Although it costs more than competing 30-inch LCDs, the [...]

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The good: Inexpensive; excellent overall performance, particularly with DVD and games playback; minimal backlight bleed-through; screen rotation wider than most; useful pivot feature for office tasks; includes HDMI-to-DVI cable.
The bad: Narrow viewing angle; sparse video connections; volume on speakers is too low; a low maximum brightness.
The bottom line: Its video connections and viewing angles are [...]

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Bios has a review of the Viewsonic VG920 where they say that “The VG920 is ViewSonic’s brand-new 19-inch multimedia LCD monitor. Available from early next month, the display is a standard 4:3 monitor (451×391×197mm, 4.5kg), so it doesn’t offer the extra screen space of widescreen displays for enhanced productivity, flexibility and viewing pleasure (especially for [...]

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Bios has a review of Samsung’s latest TFT displays “combine both ultra-fast speeds and relatively high contrast ratios. In fact, they’re Samsung’s fastest response time monitors currently available. The new 17- (reviewed here) and 19in. monitors are well suited for viewing multimedia content and for gaming due to their outstanding response times and bright displays, [...]

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Envision’s G918W1 display loses points for its subpar performance and irritating design, which makes it hard to recommend–unless you can find a good deal or are in the market for an affordable HDCP-compliant display. Otherwise, you should pass this LCD monitor by.

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Bios has a review of the LG L2000C where they commented that it was “Ideal for the home or office, LG’s silver-and-black Flatron L2000C (£340) can adjust to a multitude of situations with its ability to tilt, swivel and pivot up to 90 degrees. For users who like their space, this true 20-inch unit (4:3 [...]

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PC Mag has a review of the HP w2007 where they write “It won’t overwhelm you with features, but the HP w2007 ($260 direct) delivers solid performance and brings style to the desktop. Geared toward the home or home office user, this bright 20-inch widescreen panel has a 1,680- by 1,050-pixel resolution and a relatively [...]

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CNet has a review of the ViewSonic where they write “Even if you don’t care that ViewSonic’s VG2030wm lacks HD DVD or Blu-ray support, we can’t give this LCD monitor a strong recommendation simply because there are too many better, more capable displays on the market for the same price. Its image quality is fine, [...]

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