Thursday, June 26, 2008

AOC 2217 PWC Review

Strictly mediocre stuff, this…

It’s a good looking monitor but the fact that it integrates speakers doesn’t excuse the rather broad bezel. The piano finish is quality. The stand is very big for a monitor that doesn’t have any kind of height adjusts, and it managed to fool us that it did have this feature till I used it. Three USB ports add some connectivity options. The contrast ratio isn’t too good as a couple of quick DisplayMate tests revealed. This dismal performance continued in the 16 shade intensity test where I couldn’t discern any difference between two or three of the most intense shades for each color. Due to its lack of a proper color rendition, contrast calibrating was a chore. While it performed decently at games like F.E.A.R (no worse than the HP L2208w) it didn’t do as well at movies and I recommend you avoid this panel for any kind of serious multimedia PC. At this price the AOC 2217Pwc is slightly costly, but it does have a serious competitor in Dell, who manages to outdo it on all fronts, including price. One position is its decent performance in the geometry tests along with its competitive price (compared to the HP) which make it a decent buy for an office monitor.


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