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17" TFT LCD .264 1280X1024 W/PIVOT OPT review

Well warranted
Support for the PV720A is decent. CTX's three-year warranty on parts and labor is especially comforting because it also covers the backlight. Toll-free technical support is available via phone or e-mail, but it's offered only Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT. Support on the CTX Web site is meager, offering a scant handful of FAQs and a useful, online RMA request form and tracking feature.

The CTX PV720A suffers from a few of the cut corners you'd expect in a low-cost LCD, but it makes up for them with strong overall image quality and some useful features. This display is a good alternative for home and small-business users who might have been considering a 19-inch CRT or a comparably priced 15-inch LCD.

17-inch LCD image quality test
Longer bars indicate better performance
0-50 = Poor   50-60 = Fair   60-70 = Good   70-80 = Very good   80-100 = Excellent
Formac Gallery 1740
80 
Compaq TFT7020
73 
CTX PV720A
73 
Hitachi CML170B+
70 
Cornerstone f1200
64 
 

The CTX PV720A's focus was uniform across the screen except for a slight shadow in one corner. Colors were rich, with good gradation and range in our color test screens. In anecdotal tests, such as viewing Web pages or Photoshop images, we were impressed with the screen's overall quality.

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date04/23/02
  • Display Type LCD display / TFT active matrix
  • Diagonal Size 17.0 in
  • Display interface VGA (HD-15)
  • Max Resolution 1280 x 1024 / 75.0 Hz
  • Dot pitch 0.26 mm
  • Aspect ratio 5:4
  • Contrast ratio 350:1
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