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You could argue about the pros and cons of TFT monitors until man lands on Mars; the fact is that the Hansol 500L is no more expensive than many other TFTs but does its job very well.
Without a cathode ray tube to bulk out the case, the 500L is only 171mm deep and the hinge that fixes the screen to the stand pivots easily. Since all of the screen is available for display purposes (with none hidden behind the case, as with a CRT), the 500L's 15in viewable diagonal is equivalent to that of a 17in CRT, which makes its 1024 x 768 resolution a comfortable one.
The 140-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angle means that it's possible for two people to sit side by side in front of the 500L and still be able to see what's on the screen - something that's not possible with some TFTs.
Although they're ideal for space saving and style statements, TFT monitors aren't for everyone (even if you can afford one). Unlike a CRT monitor, a TFT screen uses physical pixels in numbers that exactly match the PC display resolution it's designed to display.
At 1024 x 768 all is well with the 500L, but the monitor is incapable of displaying higher resolutions. It can display lower resolutions but everything looks decidedly iffy since the monitor has to scale up the image to fill the screen. In other words, unless your applications display at 1024 x 768 (and some games don't), be prepared for some blurry graphics.
Setting the 500L up is a doddle, even for technophobes. A driver is supplied and with the monitor connected to the PC's video out socket, an auto configuration button sets up the display perfectly in a few seconds.
Contact: Hansol 01252 360400
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