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BenQ FP531 / 15-inch / 1024×768 LCD monitor

Thursday, April 28th, 2005 | Monitor Reviews, Reviews

This monitor from BenQ represents good quality in a flat panel computer monitor. Although it might not be the most cheap flat panel monitor, it certainly will not let you down in terms of it’s quality and good looks.

15 inches is not the biggest monitor available on the market today, and is more or less the smallest that anyone will buy nowadays. With that said, this monitor would be an extremely good LCD monitor to replace an old 14 inch CRT monitor on a PC you already have.

It’s dimensions are very cool, with only a small bit of frame around the edge of the monitor, meaning most of the surface you see is the screen itself. This is partly because it does not come with built in speakers which make a lot of LCD monitors wider. It comes in beige which goes as a very nice subtle color, when a lot of monitors are coming in black.

Now, the technical details. The viewable area is 15 inches, would should see an increase in the amount of screen you see if you are upgrading from an old style CRT 15 inch monitor, as LCD monitors give about what they say. Old CRT monitors usually have about an inch or two less than what they say.

Pixel Pitch is 0.297mm. It can handle up to 16 million color display. It can handle up to a 1024×768 resolution @75MHz which is about the most you would want to get from a monitor of this size.

This monitor is a pretty one, and if it was just about looks this sweet BenQ would hold it’s own. As is it is a good performer from a well known company. Delivers as expected. A good choice in it’s size range.