New models bump this one from the top spot it held in October, but low price and crisp spreadsheet text make it a good buy. Displays crisp, legible text and provides logically laid out on-screen controls. Limited tech support hours are a minus, especially for home users. Good all-around monitor is competitively priced, though text legibility in our tests could have been better. Features clean-looking case and intuitive controls.
Graphics have rich colors but appear slightly dark.
Poor contrast and slight grayish pallor make text difficult to read. Graphics performance is serviceable, but you can get better quality for much less. Includes USB hub. We evaluate each unit on how well it displays typical business letters, a newsletter, spreadsheets, Web pages, and scanned images. The best possible overall rating is 100.