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Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	Samsung Syncmaster T220	Viewsonic VX1962 WM	Samsung 940BW	Samsung Syncmaster 740B	Samsung Syncmaster 940T	Planar PQ1710M	Samsung Syncmaster 930b (black) 19" Lcd Monitor	Hannspree HannSG 19	Samsung Syncmaster 920nw Monitor	HP 1750 LCD
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Lowest Price	$129.00	$119.00	$134.00	$119.00	$139.00	$124.00	$135.00	$144.63	$130.00	$137.00

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Resolution	1680 x 1050	1680 x 1050	1440 x 900	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1440 x 900	1280 x 1024
Brightness	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	250	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	250 cd/m2	300 cd/m2	300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio	20000:1	6000:1	500:1	600:1	1000:1	700:1	700:1	700:1	700:1	800:1
Response Time	2 ms	5 ms (rise+fall); 2 ms (gray-to-gray)	4 ms	8 ms	20 ms	8 ms	8 ms	8 ms	5 ms	5 ms
Dot Pitch	0.283 mm	0.282 mm	0.285 mm	0.264 mm	0.294 mm	0.264 mm	0.294 mm	0.294 mm	0.285 mm	0.264 mm
Signal Input	DVI-I	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	DVI-D	VGA	DVI-D
Aspect Ratio	16:10	16:10	16:10	5:4 (Regular)	5:4 (Regular)		5:4 (Regular)	4:3	16:10
Backlight Life	40,000 hour(s)	40,000 hour(s)								40,000 hour(s)
Depth	8.5 in	15.7 in	7.9 in.	7.9 in	7.87 in.	2.2 in	7.9 in		7.6 in	11.9 in
Display Type	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD		LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD
Height	17.4 in	6.9 in	14.2 in	11.85 in.	16 in	15.4 in	2384 16.84 in.		14.3 in	19.3 in
Power Consumption	45 Watt	36 Watt	38 Watt	34 Watts	38 Watts	40 Watt	38 Watts	55 Watt	40 Watt	30 Watt
Size	22 in.	19 in	19 in.	17 in	19 in.	17 in	19 in.	19 in.	19 in.	17 in
Sync Rate	75 Hz x 81 KHz	75 Hz x 82 KHz	30 - 81 kHz	30 - 81 kHz	30 - 81 kHz	75 Hz	75 Hz x 81 KHz			77 Hz x 83 KHz
Vertical Viewing Angle	160	150	160	+160/-160	178	140	160	135	160	160
Viewing Angle	170	170	160	160	178	140	160	150	160	160
Warranty	3 Years	3 Years		3 Years	3 Years	3 Years		3 Years		3 Years
Weight	12.8 lbs	8.6 lbs	9.26 lb.	10.36 lb.	11.79 lb.	7.7 lbs	11.24 lb.		9.5 lbs	15.4 lbs
Width	20.5 in	17.6 in	17.3 in	14.4 in	15.9 in	15.5 in	16.7 in		17.3 in	14.8 in

Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	$129.00	$119.00	$134.00	$119.00	$139.00	$124.00	$135.00	$144.63	$130.00	$137.00