15 in Displays

The Bottom Line: The Sony SDM-HS75P/S is an attractive, glossy 17-inch LCD that's better suited for movies and games than for serious work.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 30 ms

The Bottom Line: The Sony SDM-HS75P/S is an attractive, glossy 17-inch LCD that's better suited for movies and games than for serious work.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 30 ms

The Bottom Line: The Sony SDM-HS75P/S is an attractive, glossy 17-inch LCD that's better suited for movies and games than for serious work.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 30 ms

The Bottom Line: Xerox's entry-level XL-350B delivers a lackluster performance that doesn't square with its high price. Better, cheaper 15-inch LCDs are out there.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 25 ms

The Bottom Line: Samsung's SyncMaster 152N offers very good image quality and a streamlined design for a low, low price.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768, 0.297 mm, 25 ms

The Bottom Line: The LCD1560NX is affordable and offers decent image quality for light use, but it lacks the features and the performance that demanding home and office users require.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.3 mm, 30 ms

The Bottom Line: Despite a handful of extras, the BenQ FP591 is much more expensive than other 15-inch LCDs that offer much better image quality.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.3 mm, 16 ms

The Bottom Line: Sony's SDM-HS53 offers home and office users good image quality at a competitive price, despite some unfortunate design issues.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768, 0.3 mm, 30 ms

The Bottom Line: HP's elegant L1502 offers fairly good image quality on the cheap, making it a solid choice for home and business users.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 23 ms

The Bottom Line: The nicely designed Philips 150P4 offers good image quality and interesting LightFrame technology, but there are cheaper LCDs that offer comparable performance.

Specs: LCD display / TFT active matrix, 15 in, 1024 x 768 / 75 Hz, 0.297 mm, 25 ms