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Envision Monitor -- Quality?

18 years ago

I am on a tight budget and limited time...I am working with a girl who is visually impaired and needs computer text enlarged on her home computer. I am hoping to start her using ebooks for some of her school work.

I am looking for a widescreen monitor for her. I noticed Circuit City had a 22" LCD Envision on sale this week for $219.00. The computer that it will be hooked up to is a Dell, three or four years old, I believe.

First question, is this brand worth the money?

Second, will there be any issues using it with a Dell?

Lisa

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
18 years ago
I know nothing of the brand so can not help there. But you do need to see what type of connections the monitor has and what type the pc has so you make sure you get a monitor that will connect to the pc. Analog or digital.

I have an acer brand LCD that I love and it was priced very reasonably at buy.com.

when I am looking for info on a particular brand I like to go to sites like epinions.com or amazon or newegg.com and do a search for that product and brand name and look at the owner comments, they are from people that own one and that means a lot. I just did a google search for envision lcd and found some at amazon with comments.

IF it looks good up close in person and will be compatible that is the biggest part of the information.
randy_ca
18 years ago
I have a Envision CRT monitor and it has been fine.
When I do get a LCD, it'll probably be the same brand, mostly because of the price.
Fry's has Envision on sale quite often and with a rebate they are fairly inexpensive compared to others.
This week a 20" LCD widescreen $179.99 after rebate.
Every week or so they are offering a different size Envision on sale.
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18 years ago
I ended up going with an ACER, only because the Office Depot I went to didn't have the Envision. But they had a 22" Acer that seemed to have a good picture...better than the ViewSonics.

The girl I bought it for was thrilled.

Raven, thanks for the sites, that was a big help.

Lisa
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
18 years ago
you are welcome and I too love my Acer monitor I have had it a couple of years now with not a bit of problem, I use the one monitor for all 3 of my computers with a KVM switch and it just works great.

I use the Endust for Electronics anti-static wipes to clean it, they work well, you might want to pick up a canister of those for her. And if this is her first LCD tell her NOT to touch the screen! That oil from the fingers is the most damaging thing to an LCD. I have found those wipes at my local Big Lots for much cheaper than walmart.

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