EIZO Nanao FlexScan L367

Using Eizo's included ScreenManager Pro software (which runs on Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, and XP), you can assign individual brightness and contrast levels to each of your desktop applications. ScreenManager Pro, which communicates with the monitor via a USB cable from the PC, also lets you assign hot keys on your keyboard to perform the same functions as the control buttons on the monitor's bezel.

Eizo's printed documentation covers the basics but doesn't provide detailed explanations of the monitor's controls. An HTML manual we downloaded from the company's Web site was much more thorough.

The display's power adapter is built in (which helps reduce cable clutter under your desk), as are a pair of speakers (though their sound was flat and tinny). As with many monitors, the panel comes off its stand for wall mounting, and it is available in black or gray. A headphone jack is conveniently located on the front of the bezel. Though the monitor's height is adjustable, the stand doesn't swivel from side to side, and you can't pivot the screen into portrait mode.

Since we last reviewed one of this company's monitors, Eizo Nanao has changed its support policies: It now offers 24-hour telephone support, seven days a week--a welcome improvement over the weekday-only support it used to offer.

Upshot: Advanced users will appreciate the L367's flexible controls, and digital photography buffs will like the rich color photos it displays.

Richard Baguley