Review Date:10th August 2001 Reviewed By: Clinton "SileNceR" Warburton Product: Philips 107p10 Monitor Rating: 9.5/10 Manufacturer: Philips Electronics

Bundled equipment

The bundled cables and CD. No you dont get a chair with the monitor :D

As you can see above, included is a VGA cable, driver and online manual cd, manual, power and the USB cable to hook up for use with the Customax software.
All of these cables appear to be high quality, and the VGA cable appears to be of the higly insulated "low noise" type.

Transportation and Minor Problems

One issue about a monitor as far as i'm concerned (I'm an avid LANner) is how easily it can be carried. Weighing in at around 21kg, the monitor isn't light, nor is it heavy. It does however, feel awkward to lift due to the casing at the bottom, making the monitor awkward to carry.

Another issue, while it isn't too much for most of us, when the monitor loses power via the powerpoint etc, it appears to lose its convergence settings by about 1 pixel. While this is annoying (when I had it in my bedroom I used to turn it off at the powerpoint) it takes only moments to fix.

Personally I don't consider the AG lines to be a distraction, as the first time I have noticed them since I first got the monitor was when I was reading what I'd already written and subconsiously looked for them. Most Arperture Grille CRT users will agree with me on this (This includes Sony Trinitron users).

The flatness!

The truly flat nature of this monitor means that all reflections appear like they would in a mirror. It also means that any light coming in windows etc bounces off the monitors display surface at the same angle it comes in on, meaning that unless the light is coming from behind you (or from you if the light is shining at you) it will most likely be reflected away and you won't see it. This is a great thing to take into account when the monitor is going to be used in a well lit area in the workplace, home or even at LAN parties where lighting is usually a problem with conventional fishbowl monitors due to their reflective nature.

Look at that reflection. Its perfectly flat :D

Another problem this causes is where, once your eyes get used to the monitor, "fishbowl" style monitors will look just that, fishbowled. It is obvious from looking at this monitor as compared to the sony trinitron that the screen on the Philips is truly flat as compared to the Sony.