Excellent monitor (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I've owned this monitor for about 3 months and I am very pleased with its performance. I use it primarily for web and office work and I find its display to be far superior to all other LCDs I have used (mostly made by DELL). Text is extraordinarily clear, colors are bright and accurate, and the response is fast enough that scrolling text, etc. causes only barely noticeable blur. I have tried the monitor with a few 3D games and have never found a game that moved fast enough to make its response even slightly unacceptable. And on top of its performance, it looks really nice and appears to be built very well. This monitor leaves me with no desire to ever look at a CRT again.My only complaint would be that it is difficult to get the monitor to display a true black, so in watching DVD movies the borders tend to glow. This, however, is still a problem with all but the best modern panels and you will surely pay a steep price premium for any of those. Other reviewers have complained about the poorly-labeled buttons; it's true that they are hard to read but after getting the monitor set up initially, I have never needed to make any adjustments. This should be considered only a very minor issue. If you are looking for a 17" LCD and price is any concern at all, get this monitor and you will not regret it. Actually, even for a higher price I can't think of many features/etc that could make another monitor much more desirable.
Zero dead pixels and no ghosting! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I've been sitting on the LCD fence for desktop use. Even though I'm not a big gamer, I dislike the ghosting on slow LCD's while scrolling web pages, etc. Also, I learned about native LCD resolution the hard way after purchasing a close-out Thinkpad T-series direct from IBM which did not indicate SVGA+ with native resolution of 1400x1150 on a 14" screen (talk about your small fonts!!). I've adjusted, though, and when my desktop CRT started acting up I decided I could live with 1280 x 1024 on a 17" for desktop use. I use the Opera web browser which provides for easy "scaling" up of web pages. This can be the biggest surprise for LCD newbies; LCD's only look sharp in their native resolution, you can't really scale up/down like a CRT (and stay sharp). My priorities for a desktop LCD monitor, in order, were: o) sharp text display
o) limited/no ghosting (16ms)
o) some reasonable probablility of no dead pixels
o) high contrast
o) thin case bezel I have not been disappointed in any regard with the 1760; no dead pixels at all that I can see on this unit. Of course, this is somewhat the luck of the draw, but I understand that NEC is fairly stringent with this. The monitor is also very "bright". I am running the brightness around 75% which is plenty for me. This LCD is not a "wide view", but that has not been a big issue for me; the base does tilt/swivel. If you're not familiar with this aspect of LCD's search the net; LCD's that have around 170 degree viewing angle don't "dim" as you move your viewing angle off-axis. Dell Ultra-Sharp is an example (most of which are made by Samsung). I believe NEC offers several wide-view LCD's as well as do other vendors. I was somewhat wary of the included LiquidView software, but it actually works pretty well in limited use - increases desktop icons to a "comfortable" size. For those that aren't used to the 1280x1024 native resolution for desktop icons and such it is an added bonus ... The NEC 1760 hits the size/performance/cost LCD sweet spot quite nicely, imo, and I have been very satisfied so far. I have no doubt LCD prices will continue to drop, but you have to take the plunge some time. ...
Awesome LCD Monitor! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Was a bit concerned about ordering an LCD monitor sight unseen but all those fears were put aside once I unpacked it, made the connections and turned it on for the first time! My first impression? "WOW!" I'm primarily a laptop user and my most recent is a Compaq Presario 3045US that I purchased for 2 reasons: first, the price was right for the computing power (less than $1000) and secondly, the 16" screen was awesome for watching DVDs, playing games and basically replacing my desktop at work. Why do I mention this? Simply because I purchased a new game recently ("City of Heroes") and it isn't capable of running on my laptop. I knew the day would come when I'd find a game that didn't run on the integrated graphics chip but I didn't think that day would come so soon, and so my hand was forced...I'd need to build a desktop capable of playing the new game and with that, I'd need a new monitor. Was a bit skeptical of going with an LCD for a graphics intensive game because, having owned many laptops, I know that pixels tend to blur during action sequences. Went around to many stores comparing monitors before realizing that under their flourescent lights, all the LCD monitors looked just about the same. So I spent many hours a day, for about a week, reading reviews online and comparing numbers before deciding on the NEC 1760V and I'm glad I did! Refresh rates are quick with minimal blurring, the colors are vibrant and pictures look sharp in the native resolution. OSD buttons are difficult to make out but once the settings are set, there's really no need to go back to them. Other's complain about NEC's pop-up display warning about running games in non-native resolution but I hit "exit" button once (on the display) and the warning disappears without coming back. Biggest fear was dead pixels BUT I figured there's no difference between ordering online or picking the monitor up in a store. If you're going to get a dead pixel, you'll get a dead pixel regardless of mail order or in store pick up...though my monitor was 100% beautiful with NO dead pixels on arrival! And compared to the 16" screen on my laptop? This NEC simply blows it away!! My only complaint is the brightness level of this LCD monitor...it really *is* bright. Turned it down to about 30% and upped the contrast a bit though and all is good. While not the highest contrast ratio of the pack, this monitors has blacks that appear black and vibrant colors that appear true to life! Overall, an extremely worthwhile purchase!!
Great monitor for a great price (Rating: 5.00)
Review : The NEC 1760V is an amazing monitor. No noticeable ghosting whatsoever (and I do a lot of fast paced gaming like UT2k3). The colour and response time is comparable to more expensive monitors out there. The only thing is that it doesn't have a DVI in, but when I put it side-by-side with my Viewsonic VP171-b which uses a DVI input, the difference was not noticeable at all. Overall, I'd say this is the best monitor you can buy for the price.
NEC 1760V, 17" LCD Monitor, Black (Rating: 4.00)
Review : My first experience with an LCD monitor. Very sleek design, light and compact. The display colors are bright and text resolution is very good. The buttons are on the front; easy to reach but hard to read. No dead pixels that I could tell. Seems to work well with Medal of Honor. Downside: text will blurr while scrolling vertically (such as internet search results). Also, the white background seemed to have a slight pinkish hue but to be fair, I didn't try using the color adjustments. All in all, an excellent monitor at a very reasonable price.
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