Neovo X-174 LCD Review

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Ken Semak.'s Review of Neovo X-174 LCD

30th Oct 2001

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Quality
    5 stars
Good Points

Excellent image reproduction, very sharp picture, unbelievable viewing angles, protective glass front, excellent build quality
Price
Analog, Digital, S-VHS and RCA inputs


Bad Points

None.


General Comments

Let's face it, LCD monitors are unbelievably crisp in image quality and detail, but they always lacked in viewing angle and most had motion blur or hesitation when playing fast action games (the new graphics cards have really helped). Well that's not true any more! Before buying a monitor, I recommend you view them in a side-by-side comparison at one of the local retail stores. That is exactly what I did. I was fortunate to have all of the name brands represented; NEC, Samsung, Sony, Viewsonic, Compaq, HP, IBM, Philips, etc.; so doing a side-by-side comparison was easy. I even made sure they were running the same graphics card by recabling my final choices on similar PC's running the same graphics card and displaying the same moving and still images. I was looking for a 17" or 18" monitor (this one is 17.4" viewable and thus it's name of X-174). One monitor stuck out from all the rest with it's crisp color, excellent image reproduction, and unbelievable viewing angles, Neovo. All of this and the monitor was running in analog mode, not digital! One of my primary disappointments with LCD monitors is the viewing angle. Every LCD monitor that I viewed showed dark areas above or below dead center, even when viewed at the optimum angle of straight ahead. The Neovo monitor was the only one that I viewed that performed like a CRT monitor when viewed at less than optimum angles. Yes, their claim of 160 degrees is true! This is a very impressive monitor with an excellent build quality (a three year warranty) from a new subsidary company of AIC (I researced them on the Internet). Setup was a breeze; I replaced the default Windows XP Monitor driver with the one supplied by Neovo (it still worked with the default Windows XP driver, but I wanted to use Neovo's), pressed "Auto Detect" on the monitor, and that was it! Viewing StarWars Episode I showed such vivid colors and detail that my TV can't display and fast movement was not a problem (Pod Race). Now if only I can get a TV with this much quality at a decent price. I highly recommend this Monitor, but don't take my word for it...go out and view it for yourself.

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  • dsmith. on 7th Jan 2002

    i agree but are you running win xp?? because you cannot then see the text when it boots to dos with programs like partition magic, this includes ghost which i use to clone my hd. i have to hook up my crt monitor and neovo does not have any drivers they supply inf files and they dont have these for win xp or the x-174
    but apart from that a great monitor. somebody may have solved the above problems if so let me know.

  • Jerry. on 18th Mar 2002

    If anyone knows where in America to buy the TV tuner, wall mount, or display arm for the X-174, please email me. Thank you!

  • Delphi101. on 1st Apr 2002

    Hi,

    I have a Neovo X-174 monitor and it is perfect !!. I have compared it, like in the article, to other TFT-monitors and this one is outstanding. See it work on a digital videocard and you will be even more amazed.

    Neovo even gives you a 100% pixel waranty. Unlike other manufactures who tolerate some defect pixels, Neovo guarantees that you will have 0 defect pizels.

    Price/Qualtiy is very good.

    Good luck !

    D.v.Delft