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Top 10 Monitors

Modest price cuts for sub-$600 monitors from Iiyama, Mitsubishi, and Televideo shuffle rankings on the chart.

  

MaxTech XT-7861


SUMMARY



PRO: Inexpensive.
CON: Bland image quality, no toll-free support.
$269; 15.7-inch viewable area, 0.28mm dot pitch, up to 75 Hz refresh rate at 1024 by 768 resolution, Plug and Play ready, TCO'92 compliant, three-year warranty, 8-hour weekday support (not toll free).

MaxTech
800/936-7629
www.maxtech.com

MaxTech is known for its low-priced monitors, and its XT-7861 is one of the cheapest 17-inch models we've seen. (Its price is comparable to many 15-inch monitors.) Too bad its debut in the Top 10 Monitors proved so disappointing. With weak, washed-out graphics and dull, fuzzy text, the XT-7861 got the lowest scores across the board. Generic looking and putty colored, the XT-7861 isn't stylishly designed like Nokia's device. On-screen controls weren't as extensive as those you'll find on other 17-inch monitors. MaxTech's three-year warranty is industry standard, but the lack of toll-free tech support is miserly.

Note: This review has been changed to correct some facts. --Ed.

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