Hitachi SuperScan 771 Monitor

Pros: Flat Screen, Bright Colors, .22 Dot pitch
Cons: 53 lbs, Not a flat panel, bulky

Here is the breakdown of my review:

1.) What was I looking for?
2.) What attracted me to this monitor?
3.) Shadow Mask vs. Aperture Grille
4.) Ergo Flat compared to Flat, Square
5.) Some Specifications
6.) Comment on...

Pros: Image sharpness, brightness
Cons: No USB port

This is my first epinion so please bare with me while I go through how great this monitor is. :)

I will start off by saying that this is the best monitor for your money on the block. It utilizes a Invar shadow-mask opposed to aperture-grille...

Pros: Small desktop footprint, easy-to-use controls
Cons: Compromises between horizontal moire and focus, no vertical geometry adjustments, inconsistent picture intensity

After deciding to upgrade my three-year-old, 17" ViewSonic PT775, I read everything I could about 19" monitors, and took a look at several monitors at CompUSA and Best Buy, although I usually order from internet sites.

I wanted...

Pros: Amazingly vibrant colors; Very customizable menu; short depth; sharp
Cons: None

Specifications:
-Hitachi CM771 19" ErgoFlat
-1600x1200@75Hz max resolution
-0.22mm dot pitch
-Depth of a 17" monitor
-Perfectly flat screen

Introduction:
I was looking for a 19" monitor under $500,...

Pros: Very clear, High refresh rates, easy menu keys, easy to install,INVAR Shadow Mask Tube, Ergo Flat Screen
Cons: no USB connections

Let me tell you about the monitor I was using before this. It was an Acer Aspire 55, 0.28 dpi and I got it as a refurb at sears. The monitor still works, but after about a year, I got fed up with the darkness of it, the clarity was terrible, and plus it...

Pros: Crisp shadow mask/aperture grid, Good colors, Good quality, many controls, pretty flat
Cons: Horrible Moire patterns

I bought two of these monitors for my office upon reading recommendations on the web and trusting the Hitachi name. Here are my views:


PROS:

I only use Invar mask/aperture grid monitors because my eyes are very...

Pros: Beautifully clear, sharp and flat - the best monitor I've ever used.
Cons: None yet!

The Hitachi CM771 was highly rated by a ZDNet review last fall, and the CM772 came out soon after. (It's rated separately in several ZDNet.com articles dated 19 January 2001.) The CM772 is the same size and has all the same specs except for higher scan...

Pros: Flat screen without the aperture grille damper wires. Great picture. Low cost
Cons: Could use better geometry correction controls

The cm771 is a very good monitor. Perhaps not a great one but I submit that for less than $400 delivered there is no great 19" monitor. The best feature of this monitor is the Ergo=Flat tube that finally provies a non aperture grille flat tube monitor....

Pros: flat screen, no glare
Cons: awful text quality, hard to adjust, bad picture

I bought 2 Hitachi monitors in the past (both 17 in. of excellent quality), so when I decided to buy a new 19 inch monitor, I knew I wanted Hitachi again. I went for 771 and was I shocked when I got it yesterday! The picture quality was awful, to say...

Pros: Everything about it. MOST especially, it is DURABLE! Bulletproof. Picture-perfect.
Cons: A tad large, does take up a fair amount of real estate.

Today is Sunday, December 04, 2005 and I've owned my Hitachi CM771 for YEARS now. I rarely shut it off overnight. So, it's been taking a licking, and has kept on ticking for YEARS now ... 5, as I think back to when I bought it NEW. The reason I was ...