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LG Flatron 1730S
Reviewed by
Kristina Blachere
on 05/27/2005
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  • Display Type: LCD display / TFT active matrix
  • Diagonal Size: 17 in
  • Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 / 75 Hz
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The good: Excellent cable-management system; comes with color-calibration software; uncluttered design; easy onscreen menu navigation.

The bad: Limited adjustability; screen-uniformity problems.

The bottom line: The LG Flatron 1730S is a basic LCD whose covered backside makes it perfect for front-desk and other high-visibility areas.

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  • CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
    Detailed editors' rating
      Setup and ease of use : 6.0
      Design : 7.0
      Features : 5.0
      Performance : 6.0
      Service and support : 6.0
      Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
  • Reviewed by:
    Kristina Blachere
  • Edited by:
    Lara Luepke
  • Reviewed on: 05/27/2005
Small footprint and low energy consumption aside, LCDs have a distinct advantage over frumpy, bulky CRT monitors: they look good from behind. In high-traffic areas such as your office's reception desk, a sleek LCD can make a positive first impression. Often, an otherwise attractive LCD ruins its appearance with a disheveled mess of exposed connectors and dangling cables. Though the LG Flatron 1730S's price is fairly low, its image quality and adjustability options are as unremarkable as its overall design. For back-office workers, we recommend the Envision EN7220, but for basic use at a front desk, the cord-clutter-curbing LG Flatron 1730S makes a suitable centerpiece.

Available in either black or dark silver-gray, the LG Flatron 1730S presents a basic yet pleasantly uncluttered look. The bezel is one inch wide on all four sides, and the control buttons are nestled under the bottom edge for a nice, clean front panel. The back panel houses the VGA connector (cable included) and power jack, and there's plenty of room for your fingers when you attach the cables. With many LCDs, you're lucky if you get a plastic loop through which to feed the cords away from the display. The Flatron 1730S has one plate that slides down over the connectors on the back panel and another plate that covers the back of the neck. The plates are made of tacky, corrugated plastic, but when fully deployed, they completely hide the unsightly cables.

The LG Flatron 1730S takes its job of hiding cables seriously, making it seem almost armor-plated, and in fact, it has a very limited range of motion. The short neck, which lifts the panel a mere three inches above the desktop, cannot be raised or lowered. The display panel can be tilted 5 degrees forward and 30 degrees back, but the joint is somewhat stiff, so you need two hands to move it: one to hold the base, one to tilt the panel. The Flatron 1730S's stable, round base doesn't swivel, nor does the panel pivot between Portrait and Landscape mode. It can however be attached to a VESA wall mount.

The five buttons tucked under the bottom bezel serve to launch and navigate the onscreen menu. The button functions are printed on the bezel, and the layout is completely straightforward: one button to launch the menu, two to navigate the submenus and increase and decrease values within a function, and one to select. The increase/decrease buttons double as quick launch keys for the Flatron F-Engine feature, which offers four preset brightness and color-temperature settings for movie, text, user-configurable, and normal viewing modes.

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