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Artwork: Rick Rizner, John Goddard
Sharp LL-173C
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Green
| Energy and Ergonomic Standards Met |
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| Maximum Power Consumption | 30 |
| Standby/Sleep Power Consumption | 1 |
Interface Connection
| Audio Digital Optical | 0 |
| Component | 0 |
| Composite | 0 |
| Downstream USB ports | 0 |
| DVI | 0 |
| DVI-D | 0 |
| DVI-I | 0 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| Headphone Jack | 0 |
| S-Video | 0 |
| Upstream USB ports | 0 |
| USB | 0 |
| VGA | 1 |
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Pros
Advanced screen settings
Cons
Tilt is only physical adjustment
Lacks a digital video input
Bottom Line
Advanced settings like black level and gamma are unusual at this price, but this LCD restricts adjustments to tilt.
Sharp LL-173C
LL-173C Review, by Laura Blackwell July 28, 2005
Its design is far from thrilling, but Sharp's LL-173C feels solid and well made, and it displays text neatly and graphics adequately. Its $299 price won't shock your bank account, either.
The utilitarian-looking LL-173C has a wedge-shaped stand that offers minimal ergonomic adjustability (tilt only--no height, pivot, or swivel adjustment). And it comes with analog but not digital inputs. Its screen adjustments, on the other hand, rise above what you'd find on most bargain-priced monitors. Most of the controls are standard, but the LL-173 also allows you to adjust the gamma settings (useful for games with dark environments) and the black level (a nice, and still relatively rare, touch).
The LL-173C's image quality fell in the middle of the pack among this month's newcomers. The text looked clean on our test screens and earned a rating of Very Good. Graphics impressed us less, earning a lukewarm Good. Jurors noted that strawberries seemed dull on our test screen of a fruit tart, and flesh tones appeared bluish on our group photo test screen.
If you're looking for an inexpensive LCD for writing documents or reading e-mail, the LL-173C could be a good choice. But you might want to compare it to the $279 Envision EN7410, a yet thriftier model that scored higher on our text tests.
Upshot: The analog-only Sharp LL-173C delivers mediocre graphics, but its crisp text makes it a good bargain for spreadsheet- and word-processing-intensive computing.
Laura Blackwell
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance
| DisplayMate Motion Test Result | Average |
| DVD Motion Test Result | Average |
| Gaming Motion Test Result | Average |
| Graphics Score | 61.9 |
| Horizontal Viewing Angle Test Result | 127 |
| Interface Tested | Analog |
| Refresh Rate Tested | 60 |
| Text Score | 67.7 |
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