BenQ FP951 19" LCD Monitor (Gray/Black)

by BenQ

Product Details

Product Manual [10.08mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 23 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00012OV7A
• Item model number: FP951
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,954 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 3, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

As poetry in motion, the FP951 was designed to echo the simplicity we all strive to achieve, as it comes together in our daily lives—a balance of work and play. The BenQ FP951 offers an ultra-high 700:1 contrast ratio and dual D-sub/DVI inputs for richly balanced color and clearly defined image quality that will soothe your eyes and bring the simple pleasures to your daily activities.

Enjoy a new sense of freedom, compliments of the 170/170 viewing angle that allows you to clearly see your computer from almost any angle throughout the room. With BenQ A+ Panel Quality, you can rest knowing that your monitor will age gracefully as it retains the same clarity, and evenly distributed color saturation across the entire panel.

Imagine, beauty that doesn't fade and a lifestyle that forever endures. Imagine an FP951 in your world.

Features:

• Ultra-slim bezel design
• 1,280 x 1,024 max resolution
• 250 cd/m2 high brightness
• 700:1 ultrahigh contrast ratio
• Super-wide 170/170 viewing angles
• 25 ms response time
• One-touch iKey auto calibration
• Dual D-sub/DVI inputs

What's in the Box
Monitor, base, power cord, signal cable, setup and warranty information

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for it's PRICE (504$ sale)! but there are drawbacks..., September 9, 2004

By 

Anonemous - See all my reviews

This review is from: BenQ FP951 19" LCD Monitor (Gray/Black) (Electronics)

GAMING
First off let me tell you that this has been a great monitor to have for it's price (504$ at the time of the sale). Even though it had 25ms, I ran games like UT 2004, ET, and Doom 3 and saw that there wasn't any ghosting at the native resolution 1280x1024. If you run it at any other resolution in games such as Diablo 2 (800x600 max) you'll see artifacts and pixelation. This is thru the DVI connection on an ATI 9500 pro.

BRIGHTNESS
Another good point of the monitor is it's extremely bright that I had to turn down the brightness on the monitor to 0. Along with adjustments to the video card brightness in the Display options. To help alleviate the headaches caused by the bright screen, additional back lighting in the room is needed (because it will sting your eyes if the only light source is coming from this monitor).

DVD PLAYBACK
DVD movies, DIVX, and others ran fine, popped in the Matrix and Reloaded and saw it handle the fast action sequences just fine and crisp as well.

LOOKS/AESTHETICS
The looks of this monitor is extremely sleek with it's thin bezel and black charcoal color. When I first took it out of the box, I marveled at the size of the panel (previous monitor was a 19" crt).


GHOSTING ON WEB PAGES
But as the previous reviewer mentioned, there is ghosting while scrolling, especially with dark background web pages with white text(or a light color). It's extremely evident. And it's a problem associated with LCD's. Because of this I get headaches while browsing through web forums or pages because the ghosting is really evident and my eyes have been trained to detect it now.

THE UNFLEXIBLE STAND
Plus the stand that comes with this monitor does not let you turn the monitor left<->right (you have to adjust the stand for that). It was also a pain to install the DVI connection since the monitor comes attached to the stand, you have to tilt the panel backward so that you can reach in there blindly to attach the DVI/power connectors.

I'm sorry to say that I am going to have to return this monitor for a dell 2001fp and see if the higher response rate will help (even though I was told the problem occurs with 16ms response rates as well).

Hope this helps you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent LCD Monitor, June 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: BenQ FP951 19" LCD Monitor (Gray/Black) (Electronics)

I just bought this monitor on June 18 but not from Amazon though. This monitor is an excellent monitor, I think it's about the same quality as the Dell Ultrasharp 1901FP, if not better. When I first hooked this monitor up, it's a little too bright for me so I have to turn it down a bit and it's a little bit difficult to hook the monitor cable up, but you only need to do it once so that wasn't a problem. And for the price on a 19" you cannot beat and it's also a excellent monitor. I am a very picky person and this monitor leave me with speechless when I hooked it up. Oh yeah, and no dead pixel for me.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good product, except..., August 26, 2004

By 

copperzammer "CQ" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: BenQ FP951 19" LCD Monitor (Gray/Black) (Electronics)

First, let me say Amazon did a better job than usual. Order placed on 08/15, item received 3 days later. And at that time, it's still $504.

Setup is easy. I use the DVI connection with Sapphire ATI 9200 64M, a low-end VC, but the image still crystal-clear! I watch some DVD on my PC, the BIG DIFFERENCE from my old 17' HP CRT make you feel it's worth every penny you have spent...

I gave it 4 stars, mainly because it's image quality and price (you can't beat the $500 for a 19' LCD). But it's not perfect, and here is why:

1. Ghost. BenQ FP951 has response time of 25ms, and ghost is apparently noticeable. I am not talking about playing games, but normal Windows operation, like dragging a folder across screen or scrolling a webpage. My poor VC may also contribute to it, so if you believe a high-end VC can correct this, ignore my complain.

2. Menu is not well written. It seems like cheap paper, and really doesn't make you feel that you just spent $500 on it. It's written in 5, maybe 6 languages, not one after another, but interlaced for each sentence. It's kind of annoying.

3. Also due to the poor menu. Be advised that when you use DVI, the 'auto setup' and 'geometry' function is disabled. I didn't know this till get off phone with BenQ tech support. They should have said something in the menu.

Except these minor issues, I recommend this product. If you are not so picky about the ghost, do programming, word processing all the time, this 'cheap' 19' LCD is a very good choice for you.