Planar PX191-BK 19" LCD Monitor (Black)

Planar PX191 Black Analog and Digital 19-inch LCD With Quad Stand The Planar 19-inch PX191 is the perfect monitor for office, home, and video applications. The PX191 delivers the best visual performance available with a contrast ratio of 700:1 and a brightness of 300 cd/m2. This makes the PX191 the ideal monitor for creating presentations, viewing photos or watching videos. Video and TV inputs can be added with the Video-EX accessory, available separately. The PX191 includes both digital (DVI-D) and analog inputs. DVI-D input makes setup quicker and easier than ever and improves signal quality. The PX191 features our new Quad stand that provides resistance free height, pivot, swivel and tilt adjustment with the light touch of a single finger. This allows users to easily adjust the monitor to reduce eye and neck strain. The PX191 combines these innovative features with Planar's great service and support to create an exceptional monitor and an excellent value.Planar has 20 years of experience delivering innovative flat panel monitor solutions. We offer leading performance and innovative features in all our products.

1 Two brand new monitors both with dead pixels
I just bought my first LCD from Amazon. I got it and surprise: the monitor has a dead pixel right out of the box. I asked for a replacement, got it 2 days later and the same thing happened: another dead pixel right out of the box. I don't know who does the quality check these days but these are serious issues. It is unacceptable that a $600 has dead pixels when it exits the assembly line.
I've heard good things about Planar but this is no coincidence. I'll be returning both...

2 Amazing Monitor, Too Bad not fast enough for FPS Games
This is a GREAT monitor. Colors are unreal on this display. Very true blacks, definitely lived up to its reputation. Unfortunately, it ghosts pretty bad in fast action games, specially FPS which is a big shame. I have a high end video card and use the digital connection on it as well. Always using the native resolution of course. I had a 17" dell LCD with a 25ms response time and was able to deal with its slight ghosting. I felt since this one had the same response time, it would have the same performance. Also reading other reviews about people saying it was good for gaming, i felt why not give it a shot. I tried it on Doom 3 and Far Cry and it ghosts horribly. So if your an avid gamer,specially with FPS games, don't buy this monitor. If games don't matter, this is one of the best, if not thy best LCD monitor out.

3 Simply a great monitor, with great service
I have three of these monitors in a multi-monitor setup, and they all work very well. While admittedly I am using them in a business setup that is not pushing the graphics capability of the monitors the way that some games do, I can say that they have been completely dependable, with no problems of any sort, and very good image quality (in both landscape and portrait mode). The pivot feature works quite well, and is a real plus.

I had a problem with the second monitor I purchased (the DVI connection wasn't working) and Planar sent out a new monitor to me immediately. I have been running these three monitors for about a year now and am very, very pleased. I will likley be buying two more for use at home.

4 Excellent - BUT you better have a good graphics card.
Just bought this monitor and played "Matrix: Reloaded". The picture quality is quite amazing. I also test drove Warcraft III and Quake 3 and the graphics look great with no apparent "ghosting".
I also see no pixel fusion for this monitor. Since i am an avid gamer, this monitor gets my "2 Thumbs Up". However, i use an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro w/ 256 MB DDR (using the DVI adapter). Not sure how this monitor would perform with a lower end graphics card.