The Lenovo ThinkVision L220x is a great monitor for business or personal use with plenty of great features, this monitor is a step above the previous Lenovo LCD Monitor I have reviewed.Ease of Use, Performance: 24/25, Look & Feel: 24/25, Features 22/25, How much I enjoy 23/25 Total:
93/100The Lenovo ThinkVision L220x is a great LCD widescreen monitor for general computer use, gaming and even image editing. The Lenovo L220x makes a great widescreen monitor for any type of computer user including movie watching and image editing using programs like Photoshop CS3. The Lenovo line of ThinkVision monitors includes some really great features that make these some fantastic monitors for many different uses. The monitors have some really fantastic stands that rotate, tilt, raise and lower in height that make them great for a variety of situations. The Lenovo line of ThinkVision monitors has a stand that includes a clip for locking the height adjustment at its lowest setting. You can remove the clip to adjust the height up and back down for easy adjustment that moves up and down smoothly on its large post. The monitor also tilts and swivels for better viewing including rotating for landscape viewing for special circumstances. In order to rotate the screen and use it in landscape or portrait viewing you need to adjust your monitor view in the performance settings of your computer monitors settings. Many companies programs such as ATI and NVidia control have this setting in their software so it is easy to use.Using the landscape mode of a monitor is nice for special situations like using Photoshop CS3 and image editing. The landscape mode allows you more room for the little menus and detached palettes for easy positioning outside the programs window for more efficient use.
Samsung SyncMaster 206BW LCD Monitor Review
Ratings: Ease of Use, Performance: 24/25, Look & Feel: 24/25, Features & Software 20/25, How much I enjoy 23/25 Total: 91/100 Your computers monitor is the window to the computer and is one of the most important visual components of your system. If your monitor doesn’t perform up to your expectations the rest of your system will be brought down by this one piece of hardware. Buying cheap isn’t going to get you
that LCD monitor to round out your better system as the cheaper models do not have the image resolution or clarity to make your gaming or general computer use enjoyable.Samsung has been manufacturing electronic appliances such as TV’s since 1969 with a very good history of quality products. In 2006 they were the largest LCD manufacturer selling over 6.2 million LCD televisions. They do know how to make a good product and their company strives to make better and more affordable electronics.The Samsung SyncMaster line of monitors has been going strong and for general computer use and fantastic response times for gaming you cannot go wrong with the 206BW. The LCD monitor is clear and sharp with no excessive brightness that cannot be adjusted. The monitor is sleek and stylish so you will not be embarrassed to have this set on your desk or LAN Party table. Here are the features of the SyncMaster 206BW:20-inch widescreen monitor offers a 160-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angle Samsung MagicColor and 16.7 million colors deliver a clearer, brighter image 3000:1 contrast ratio and 0.258-millimeter pixel pitch produce crisp, easy-to-view images Samsung MagicBright3 and MagicTune functions create an optimum viewing environment Dual interface (analog/digital) design also includes D-Sub 15-pin and DVI-D connections Technical Details