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Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	Envision G918W1	Samsung Syncmaster 932b - Flat Panel Display - Tft - 19"	Viewsonic VG 2030WM	Samsung 940BW	Eizo Coloredge Cg241w - Flat Panel Display - Tft - 24.1"	AOC 19LVWK	HP L1745	LG L1718 SBN	Planar Px212m (black) 21.3" Lcd Monitor	Samsung 731B 17
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Lowest Price	$311.99	N/A	$392.00	$134.00	N/A	N/A	$199.86	$244.35	N/A	$100.00

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Resolution	1400 x 900	1280 x 1024	1680 x 1050	1440 x 900	1920 x 1200	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1600 x 1200	1280 x 1024
Brightness	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio	800:1	700:1	800:1	500:1	850:1	800:1	500:1	700:1	500:1	600:1
Response Time	5 ms	5 ms	5 ms	4 ms	16 ms (On/Off); 6 ms (midtone)	5 ms	5 ms	8 ms	16 ms (On/Off); 8 ms (gray-to-gray)	8 ms
Dot Pitch	0.285 mm	0.294 mm	0.258 mm	0.285 mm	0.27 mm	0.285 mm	0.264 mm	0.264 mm	0.27 mm	0.264 mm
Signal Input	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-I	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D
Aspect Ratio			16:10	16:10	16:10	16:10		4:3	4:3	5:4 (Regular)
Backlight Life			50,000 hour(s)				40,000 hour(s)
Depth	8.3 in	7.8 in	9.1 in	7.9 in.	9.1 in	7.9 in	8.3 in		8.75 in.	8 in.
Display Type	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD
Height	15 in	16.5 in	18.8 in	14.2 in	18 in	15 in	21.4 in		246a 16.51 in.	15.2 in. 218f
Power Consumption	55 Watt	38 Watt	43 Watt	38 Watt	110 Watt	55 Watt	40 Watt	35 Watt	60 Watts	34 Watts
Size	19 in.	19 in	20 in.	19 in.	24.1 in	19 in.	17 in	17 in.	21.3 in	17 in.
Sync Rate	75 Hz x 81 KHz	75 Hz x 81 KHz	85 Hz x 92 KHz	30 - 81 kHz	86 Hz x 94 KHz	30 - 81 kHz	76 Hz x 83 KHz	30 - 83 kHz	31.5 - 91.1 kHz	30 - 81 kHz
Vertical Viewing Angle	160	160	160	160	178	160	135	160	170	160
Viewing Angle	160	160	160	160	178	170	150	160	178	160
Warranty	3 Years		3 Years		5 Years	3 Years	3 Years		3 Years	3 Years
Weight	9.9 lbs	8.8 lbs	15.4 lbs	9.26 lb.	24.3 lbs	10.5 lbs	16.1 lbs		20.29 lb.	8.3 lb.
Width	17.6 in	16.5 in	19.4 in	17.3 in	22.3 in	17.4 in	14.6 in		19 in	15 in.

Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	$311.99	N/A	$392.00	$134.00	N/A	N/A	$199.86	$244.35	N/A	$100.00