Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 87TXM

The Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 87TXM dropped $30 this month to $719--enough to let it hang on to its Best Buy, despite a powerful challenge from ViewSonic's PT775, which got an even bigger price cut. This monitor didn't quite equal the number-one Iiyama in image quality, and it costs $70 more. To its credit, however, it has even better controls, and it comes with utilities for fine-tuning the image.

Its sharp text matches the Iiyama's, and its graphics are almost as good. For example, small details--such as beads of sweat on a sprinter's brow--jumped out, and even the small numerals on a high-resolution spreadsheet were sharply focused.

The 87TXM is well designed, and graphic artists and business professionals who need to display complex images or lots of information at once will find it very attractive. There's an elegantly designed drop-down panel for quick adjustments to the contrast and brightness. More advanced controls, such as those that let you demagnetize the display and shape the image, are a snap to find and use.

Just to make sure you can tune your settings to the nth degree, Mitsubishi's image-correction utility combines shapes, colors, and patterns to help with the adjustments. And when you're done, you can close the panel and get the buttons out of the way. And the 87TXM adds something that the number-one Iiyama lacks: TCO '95 compliance.

SUMMARY

Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 87TXM

PRO: $30 price drop, sharp picture, great controls, color-correction utility.
CON: Two faint lines visible across screen.
15.7-inch viewable area, .25mm stripe pitch Diamondtron tube, up to 107-Hz refresh rate at 1024-by-768 resolution, Plug and Play ready, TCO '95 compliant, three-year warranty, 12-hour weekday toll-free support.

$ 719
800/843-2515
www.mitsubishi-display.com

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