MPC Computers Envision EN-5100 15 inch LCD Monitor
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- Contrast Ratio: 200:1
- Screen Size: 15 inch
- Display Max. Resolution: 1024 x 768
- Monitor Type: Flat Panel LCD TFT (Active Matrix)
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EN-5100e - Great Value, Great Monitor
Pros
Inexpensive, Quality Constructed, Excellent Picture
Cons
Annoying "Auto Adjust" feature which can't be turned off
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
This is a good unit for a low price. The picture looks outstanding and the 3-year warranty doesn't hurt.
I am an Internet Professional who sits in front of a monitor literally 18 hours a day. My main display device is a 19? Sony Trinitron Monitor so I purchased this inexpensive Envision EN-5100e not expecting much. Boy was I wrong!
First off, let me tell you this is the first LCD monitor I have used on an ongoing basis. As most Graphics Professionals will tell you, affordable LCD?s still have quite a way to go to be able to reproduce the type of color accuracy we need in our daily work of creating production graphics. This monitor was purchased mainly because: It was cheap, it looks cool, only uses 25 watts of power, and I am out of room on my desktop. It will be used almost exclusively to play music videos and such and to check the look of our final designs on an LCD.
My cost on the unit breaks down as follows: Shelf Price: $349 - $100 instant coupon - $30 rewards check - $50 rebate. With tax you are looking at around $180 total for a new 15? TFT LCD monitor. Not a bad deal.
Currently, I run 3 displays at my workstation, a 19?, 17? and 15? all CRT displays. The 15? has now been retired and even though the LCD is only 15? (The screen measures 15?) you would be hard pressed to tell it is any smaller than the 17? (The screen measures 16?), which it is sitting right next to.
The picture on the EN-5100e is gorgeous. Very sharp and crisp and the whites are very white. Also no dead or stuck pixels. The controls are run of the mill accessed via the front panel and on-screen display.
One feature that ?seems? cool is the Automatic Adjustment. Anytime the screen changed resolution or such the unit automatically adjusts things like height, width, focus, etc. While this seems like a good thing, it gets annoying as when you are booting up this thing is trying to keep up by trying to automatically adjust the screen at various points in the boot up. Once Windows is up it only takes a couple seconds for the automatic adjustment to finish.
A call to tech support reveals there is no way to disable this, although you can change brightness, contrast and other adjustments and they will stay where you put them.
So far, I couldn?t be happier with the unit. The price along with the included 3-year warranty makes this a no-brainer for the folks who get the $100 off coupon in the mail.
I have heard others griping about the tech support, but I got through in about 5 minutes (Called at 11:00AM CST) and the gentleman helped me out, but I had basic non-technical questions, so I don?t know how good they would be if you actually had a problem.
If you have any questions, feel free to write me at: tomrakers@programmer.net
Cheers!
First off, let me tell you this is the first LCD monitor I have used on an ongoing basis. As most Graphics Professionals will tell you, affordable LCD?s still have quite a way to go to be able to reproduce the type of color accuracy we need in our daily work of creating production graphics. This monitor was purchased mainly because: It was cheap, it looks cool, only uses 25 watts of power, and I am out of room on my desktop. It will be used almost exclusively to play music videos and such and to check the look of our final designs on an LCD.
My cost on the unit breaks down as follows: Shelf Price: $349 - $100 instant coupon - $30 rewards check - $50 rebate. With tax you are looking at around $180 total for a new 15? TFT LCD monitor. Not a bad deal.
Currently, I run 3 displays at my workstation, a 19?, 17? and 15? all CRT displays. The 15? has now been retired and even though the LCD is only 15? (The screen measures 15?) you would be hard pressed to tell it is any smaller than the 17? (The screen measures 16?), which it is sitting right next to.
The picture on the EN-5100e is gorgeous. Very sharp and crisp and the whites are very white. Also no dead or stuck pixels. The controls are run of the mill accessed via the front panel and on-screen display.
One feature that ?seems? cool is the Automatic Adjustment. Anytime the screen changed resolution or such the unit automatically adjusts things like height, width, focus, etc. While this seems like a good thing, it gets annoying as when you are booting up this thing is trying to keep up by trying to automatically adjust the screen at various points in the boot up. Once Windows is up it only takes a couple seconds for the automatic adjustment to finish.
A call to tech support reveals there is no way to disable this, although you can change brightness, contrast and other adjustments and they will stay where you put them.
So far, I couldn?t be happier with the unit. The price along with the included 3-year warranty makes this a no-brainer for the folks who get the $100 off coupon in the mail.
I have heard others griping about the tech support, but I got through in about 5 minutes (Called at 11:00AM CST) and the gentleman helped me out, but I had basic non-technical questions, so I don?t know how good they would be if you actually had a problem.
If you have any questions, feel free to write me at: tomrakers@programmer.net
Cheers!
