Envision EN-7500 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor with TV Tuner

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Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000066S3C
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,775 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 20, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Imagine a crystal-clear LCD display that's both a TV screen and computer monitor. Think of the convenience you'll gain and the space you'll save. Think EN-7500. This 17-inch flat LCD display is designed to do exactly that.

The EN-7500's advanced technology lets you watch TV, play a movie, game, and compute on a single screen. Its RGB analog input delivers the color and definition you expect from your TV with no sacrifice in quality. The broad 1,280 x 1,024 active-matrix screen is anti-glare treated, so you get a consistent picture at every viewing angle. It also comes with Envision's standard three-year parts and labor warranty.

Product Description

Its time to encounter a state-of-the-art LCD display with built-in TV tuner . Start with this Envision EN7500 17-inch LCD . Its the perfect union of technology and convenience, at a price that beats most comparable products! This space-saving Envision EN7500 TFT LCD is ideal for your home, apartment, or office. Youll be able to view DVDs, and digital video, surf the web, and watch TV using a single screen. The EN7500s RGB analog input delivers the color and definition you expect from TV with no sacrifice in quality. Its broad, 17-inch active matrix screen is anti-glare treated , so the picture is consistent at almost every viewing angle! When it comes to display technology, this Envision EN7500 is the ultimate in versatility. Order today!

Customer Reviews

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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice looking monitor, very easy to configure and install, July 14, 2002

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Heath L. Buckmaster "_heath_" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Envision EN-7500 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor with TV Tuner (Electronics)

I purchased this monitor...I'd been looking at the Envision line for a while, but noticed this one and decided to make the purchase. This monitor is different from all of their other line, because it has the Picture in Picture and TV tuner built in.

While I rarely use PIP even on my normal television, I do currently use a TV Tuner card with my PC, and this allows me to eliminate running cable through the PC if I want to watch a program. The advantage of PIP on this monitor is that you can actually watch a program while continuing to work on the computer. In other words, have PC input on the main screen and your video or TV in on the PIP screen. Very flexible in that regard.

For inputs you can use either standard video analog, SVID, or the normal monitor cable from your PC. It also includes speakers on the monitor itself, which you can activate by connecting your line in from the PC, or which will be used when you plug in the coax from your VCR or satellite. There is also a headphone out plug, in case you want to listen in private.

The monitor itself is very light. I was surprised at just how light it is. You can not readily adjust the hight of the monitor but you can very easily tilt it back and forth for easy viewing. Depending upon the height of your computer desk, this might or might not be an issue for you.

The menu system is very easy to use, and allows you to independently configure the settings for PC, PIP, or TV tuner inputs.

Max resolution of this device is 1280x1024 with an associated refresh rate of 75. With a monitor this large, you might as well use the max. I did adjust the brightness down to very very low, and left contrast very high, which is the recommended setting for MOST monitors to ease eye strain.

Setting it up to work with XP takes a tiny bit of configuration, but nothing extravagant. The vendor website describes how to do this, as well as offers driver downloads. Because this device is brand new, there are NOT drivers currently on the vendor website, so use the one on the included CD. In XP, just tell it not to search for a new driver (XP didn't automatically detect it when I plugged it in), and force it to use the one you specify which is on the CD. It will tell you the driver isn't certified, just ignore that and make it install.

Once the driver was installed, XP identified the monitor appropriately. After that, I did only minor configuration with the onscreen menu to move the display around a bit.

Aesthetically, the silver colour matches the rest of my setup, so that was a nice bonus. And since the monitor is so thin (depth of about 8" depending upon how you tilt it), it takes up very little space on the desk. (width is 19" wide due to slim speakers on sides)

Shimmer effect: Depending upon what screen colours you use, you might notice a slight shimmering effect. I have seen this within Internet Explorer, on a grey/silver background (i'm using the XP blue default theme with no customized colours). I do not notice the shimmer on any other colour being displayed by the monitor, but on that silver area in the menu bar, you can actually see the monitor refreshing. While it is a bit distracting, I simply changed that colour and it went away.

So far, the monitor has performed well, presenting very brilliant colour, and with only a slight drawback on that shimmering in the silver. (7/17 update: i was able to eliminate about 50% of the shimmer by reducing the brightness to zero and increasing contrast to 100)

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Happy monitoring!

64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Contrast ratio is not 450:1 as in Spec., September 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Envision EN-7500 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor with TV Tuner (Electronics)

1. The contrast ratio is not 450:1 as in Amazon's spec.
-- In fact ,it's 350:1 in Envision's web-site & user manual.
** you can find in the manual if you check it first.
-- I checked Envision's web-site in early Aug., it's still 450:1, But they changed it to 350:1 by late Aug.
-- I called the technical support last week. The lady said Envision firstly used contrast ratio 450:1 LCD panel for this model but they changed to a cheaper one later (350:1).
## THIS WILL MISLEAD CONSUMERs to make decision to buy.
** the contrast ratio is a KEY factor in LCD monitor display. The higher-- the better -- but a little bit expensive.

2. TV (not so good as expected)
-- the picture/color is not so vivid as conventional CRT type TV (if you request good picture quality).
-- Maybe it's probably due to Envision using the lower contrast ratio (350:1) LCD panel.
-- This is a COMMON problem among those LCD TVs in the market.

** Even the Samsung, Sharp......
-- I'd recommend selecting a higher contrast ratio one when you're going to buy & should check the manual first.

3. Good PC monitor (1280x1024 resolution)
-- performs still good with contrast ratio 350:1.
** you'll feel it's the same good as other manufacturer's LCD 17" monitor when you shop around at relailers (Fry's CompUSA...).
-- good picture quality (PC mode) with wide angle display & 0.264mm fine pitch.
-- Expecting excellent performance if Envision change back using higher contrast ratio LCD panel (450:1).

4. Good multimedia monitor with its TV, Audio/Video (AV), S-video inputs for external VCR/DVD/TV game connections.
-- the PIP function is amazing, but you can only watch TV while you're using the PC. Envision should expand it's function by enable AV & S-video selection in PIP mode.
-- Fix PIP size. You can't change the size of PIP.

Overall, it's still worth to buy at this price. I'll give 5-star rating if better panel is used (contrast ratio 450:1) for better TV picture quality.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent PC monitor, poor TV, August 29, 2002

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DTree (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Envision EN-7500 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor with TV Tuner (Electronics)

This one is as sharp and as bright as you can get for a PC monitor, but it is as blurred as you can get for a TV. Even at the lowest brightness and highest contrast, the TV picture is nowhere near a cheapest tube TV. As a comparison, I played a DVD through my PC DVD player, and through the S-Video out of a DVD player. The results are day and night. I don't know how Envision designed the TV feature of this monitor. It sure looks like an afterthought to me. But I guess if you want a truly great LCD video monitor, you have to spend north of 1K in the video department. Also, the speakers are so lousy, they can actually hurt my ears. Still, the combination of a PC monitor and a TV saves a lot of space in the bedroom. So, I would rate it 4 stars, despite of the shortcomings on the TV side.