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LG Electronics Flatron L1980Q LCD Review

Company:

LG Electronics, www.lgusa.com

Price:

Retail price varies from $630 to $800 US.

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Pros:

• Integrated f-ENGINE (Industry's FIRST Picture-Quality Enhancement Chip) makes things bright
• Superb quality
• 8 ms response time

Cons:

• Height adjustment is limited

Getting Started

The first thing you will notice when you unpack the LG Flatron L1980Q is it's quality finish. The base is a shiny chrome color. The display casing is smooth and clean looking. The next thing you will notice is the 8ms response time. This 19" feature packed display is a little more expensive such as the Samsung 193p we reviewed a while back. Even more with the LG L1980Q, it's worth every penny!!

The L1980Q features excellent viewing angles, giving you a clear picture as you work or have others looking over your shoulder watching you play (or work...). The 8ms response time and incorporated image enhancement chip make this LCD one of the best in the market for gaming, multimedia use, and plain old web browsing and office use. AutoPivot and AutoMirror functions allow you to swivel and pivot the display if you like to change things up a bit when reading long documents or have a reason to quickly tilt the display backwards to show a presentation.

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The brightness and image quality of this LCD is amazing. LG recently developed a feature called the f_engine and the industry's FIRST Picture-Quality Enhancement Chip. The "f"in FLATRON f-Engine represents "fine", as well as fine color, fine image, and fine view, thus implementing a greatly enhanced picture quality. The electronics giant uses DAFI (Digital Adaptive Fine Image) technology in the FLATRON f-Engine, which does not affect color, but enhances brightness and contrast. Initially undertaken last year, the company has just recently completed the development of the technology. The DAFI technology includes a RCM (Real Color Management) function to express vivid natural colors, an ACE (Adaptive Color and Contrast Enhancement) function to enhance brightness and contrast, and enables dynamic mobile imaging. The technology is ideal for mobile imaging in TV, film, mobile games, and animation.

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Adding It All Up

I thought the Samsung SyncMaster 193p was going to be the best quality LCD I would ever see. The LG L1980Q not only matches that quality, it adds an 8ms response time to it. Making this display the complete package. Sure you can buy a less expensive 19" LCD with a 16, 12, or even a 8ms response time. But you will not find one with as good of looks and quality with the super fast response time this unit has. The only drawback we found, which isn't a big deal, was the vertical adjustment on the stand was limited. If you like your display high, you will have to put it on a monitor stand. With the large 19" viewing area most users will be happy with the height adjustments available.

We took the L1980Q with us to game on at PDX LAN in late March. Sitting right next to us we had gamers with Viewsonic and Dell 17", 19", and 20" LCD displays that are popular among gamers. Every person that walked by this LG LCD had to stop and look at it and ask about it. The display catches your eye with the quality finish and excellent picture. The brightness and clarity was unmatched even by the Viewsonic VG710s we took with us. Want to get your gaming rig noticed, put one of these next to it!!! People will stop and might even notice your modded case after drooling over the LG L1980Q 19" LCD.

Because of the excellent quality and super-fast 8ms response time, we are awarding the LG Flatron L1980Q LCD the UpgradAdvisor.com Recommended Upgrade seal of approval!!!

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