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Cornerstone Imaging Color 45/101SF

  

Cornerstone Imaging Color 45/101SF

The $1044 Cornerstone Imaging Color 45/101sf is the most expensive 19-inch monitor to make our list, but if you want to get great big-screen graphics without shelling out for a 21-incher, it's still a fine value. Our judges were impressed with this unit's striking, realistic colors, as well as the depth and detail of its photographic images--the best in this category. In our test screen of a shaded waterway, we noticed the tiny form of a car that on most monitors merged with distant trees. The Color 45/101sf also won high marks for text with a crisp URL address on our Web page and sharp smaller fonts on our spreadsheet screen and newsletter; its text score, however, was not quite as high as the Iiyama's.

Another feature we liked on this Hitachi-based monitor: Instead of 2 or 3 buttons to navigate a multilevel menu, 12 clearly labeled buttons give you direct access to controls. However, we didn't like having to hit a Store button to save the settings: Most monitors save settings automatically. In addition, the lack of a solid background behind the on-screen icons makes them a bit hard to see. Cornerstone offers a three-year warranty, with 11.5 hours a day of toll-free weekday tech support.


SUMMARY



PRO: Dazzling graphics quality, sharp text.
CON: Fairly expensive, user must press Store to save image adjustments.

Cornerstone Imaging
800/562-2552
www.corimage.com

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