AOC monitor question

A friend is buying an AOC 17" monitor tomorrow. He is intending to get the
AOC 7F but I see that the AOC 7Klr is only $11 dearer. What do people here
have and is there any advantage to the dearer one? (Other than the higher
resolution which he won't be using).

Thanks,

 

http://www.eur.aocmonitor.com/specifications/specs_7klr.html
http://www.eur.aocmonitor.com/specifications/specs_7f.html

 

They seem to have convergence problems, so it might not be wise to get one..

That is the Flat screen ones that I am on about.

 

EVERY monitor has a convergence problem. Care to elaborate.

 

Never had a problem with my 19Klr. Yes I know it isnt the same size or
model, but after 18 months of reasonably heavy use its going great. For the
money they seem to be a good monitor and the 3 year warranty is great.

Rider

 

Well I know of 2 that were sent back one chap went for a Sony the other a LCD
screen..

All posted here..

 

Two, ok. Out of how many?

 

I have dual monitors aoc spectrum 7glr 3.5 yrs old,aoc 7klr 1 yr+ old no
problems with either great monitors

 

I was the one who sent one back and replaced with the Sony. The problem was
the right hand side of the screen had an alignment problem that could not be
fixed. E.G a top to bottom of screen window when showed on the left side of
screen looked fine. But drag it to the right side of the screen and and the
aspect was way out edges were no longer straight etc.

 

Thanks to all who replied, any more comments welcome.

 

I don't own an AOC monitor myself. But reviews have generally been very
complimentary about them when it comes to bang-for-buck. You may be
pickier than a lot of buyers -- lack of a perfectly straight edge along
one side obviously annoyed you enough to spend the extra money for a
SONY, and that's fine, but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there
who would think that was foolish. A top-of-the-line Sony is an
oustanding monitor. But to be operfectly honest, the cheap ones don't
look any better to me than a good Viewsonic, Samsung, or AOC. That's
just my opinion, of course, and I wouldn't urge anyone to bet their
hard-earned money on it -- I'm no more an expert than anyone else here.
Best thing you can do, I think, is compare the specs, look for
test-based reviews, and then just go have a look -- at the monitors and
at your budget.

 

What were the comments they made?

 

But what do you expect from teenagers that work for McDonalds..

 

I don't remember exactly, I haven't bought it yet, no money.

 

But I will. It has DriveImage 5, full version for free on the CD.

 

WTF? YOU were recommending these not too long ago - changed your mind alzheimer
man?

 

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:54:01 +1200, "~misfit~"
Tell your friend to be even less tight and get the 7Klr in Black /
Silver

Its a big chunck of beige to look at , the silver one looks cool

john

 

I was hoping you'd reply John, I remember a post from you about your new AOC
monitor. So you're still pleased with it?

 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:54:59 +1200, "~misfit~"

Yerr, its great, I do recommend the silve & black model, it looks much
smarter .
Strangly XP doesnt recognise it but Win98 did !

www.pp.co.nz had one in stock in under 50 hours.

 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:54:59 +1200, "~misfit~"

not a very techo reply!

The onscreen display / toggle is great.
Resoultion is very good, oh so fine after my second hand 15 compaq
monitor...

Three year onsite warranty , great to have
It was a bit smelly for the first 2 days as it 'toasted' the coatings
on the tube and curcuits...

Why spend extra money on a LCD display, all the dust is going to do is
fall on the space behind the LCD on your desk rather then on top of
the CRT monitor!