Hansol 710P

Hansol's 17in (16in viewable diagonal) 710P is not far off being flat, but unlike other flatscreen CRTs, Hansol has not opted for aperture grille but the less exciting shadow mask.

Hansol opted for a captive signal cable, so any problem with this means replacing the whole monitor. The 710P suffers from practically no reflection and is pleasant to use for long periods.

The OSD is extensive and easy to navigate but has only two factory settings for colour temperature, supplemented by a user-defined option which is not as easy to set as on other monitors.

Screen uniformity was good on both the horizontal and vertical planes, so there were no undesirable brighter stripes along the edges. Upon arrival there was slight trapezoid distortion to the image displayed, but this was easily rectified through the OSD.

Geometry was spot on - fine lines were crisp, corners were sharp and lines that should have been straight were. Unfortunately, there was slight blooming when bright white characters were compared with the same in dark grey.

Focus was uniform across the whole surface of the display, even in the hard to reach corners, but it suffered from slight moire, even after degaussing, and had very poor screen regulation. Again, both horizontal and vertical colour registration were slightly out of line.

At this price there is no longer an excuse to settle for anything less than a 17in display, or for PC manufacturers to consider bundling anything smaller.

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