Just Bought a Flatscreen Monitor and

In My Humble Opinion
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I would like your opinion of it. It’s an (IBM?) Lenovo THINKVISION L171 17" LCD Monitor that I understand is now produced by Lenovo only. Is Lenovo a reputable company? Is the monitor any good? (I bought it on eBay on an impulse, impressed by the IBM name) Paid 80 dollars including shipping. The monitor has a few dings and scratches (according to the seller) but works fine.

I would like opinions on the monitor itself and the company “Lenvo.”

Thanks, Jake :slight_smile:

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If you like it, and got a good deal on it, that’s all that matters. Lenovo is huge; I don’t know how they rate quality-wise.

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I’ve heard of Lenovo before. They make decent stuff from what I’ve seen.

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Lenovo is a Chinese company that bought out IBM’s PC business about 3 years ago. I don’t have a standalone Lenovo monitor but their laptop monitors seem to be OK. I imagine quality-wise they’re comparable with other brands.

They’re certainly a legit company and aren’t going anywhere, and they do offer product support; heck, my desktop machine is a Lenovo and they offer phone support with US-based tech support people (as opposed to a crackly phone line to somewhere in India).

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Consumer Reports really like Lenovo. You need a subscription to check their website, but I’ll tell you right now they are ranked quite high. Lot’s a good user comments.

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Actually, IBM provides the support for Lenovo PC products, it was part of the buyout agreement.

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Thanks everyone. I received an email today saying it was shipped. I’ll let you know how I like it.

Jake

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My dad bought a Lenovo monitor last year. Works fine; sharp image, reasonable resolution (same as yours), good contrast.

It’s not the best monitor money can buy, but from what I’ve seen they’re fairly good for the price. If your monitor doesn’t have dead pixels I’d say $80 is a good deal.

One thing I’ve noticed is that especially compared to CRT monitors, cheap LCD screens tend to have fairly low contrast at light colours: it’s hard to distinguish very light yellow and gray from white, for example. If you’re working on graphics you may want to pay special attention to that.