NEC 1830 18" LCD Monitor

by NEC

Product Details

Product Manual [1.08mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 23 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005J5DP
• Item model number: LCD1830
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,480 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The LCD1830 monitor brings clarity to your desktop graphics. The true 18.1-inch viewable image size provides a 300:1 contrast ratio and over 16 million colors through a new color algorithm, and supports the sRGB reproduction standard. With a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024, your images will shine with crisp edges and vivid detail on a flicker-free screen.

The sleek frame offers lightweight versatility—the screen is just 3 inches deep and the total depth of the detachable base is just over 8 inches. The monitor's weight is 14.3 pounds, and it supports wall or arm mounting, with an optional bracket. The anti-glare hard coat guarantees clear viewing even in bright offices, and with the wide-angle technology, you can be assured of a clear view from a variety of positions (160 degrees horizontally and vertically).

NEC has brought plug-and-play to new heights with its automatic picture adjustment; once you connect the cables and power up, the monitor does the rest for you. When purchased new, the unit is backed by a three-year manufacturer's warranty that covers parts, labor, and backlight.

What's in the Box
MultiSync LCD1830 monitor with detachable tilt base, power cord, 15-pin video signal cable, user's manual

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NEC 1830 reduces eye-strain and headaches, August 8, 2001

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"koshkadrook" (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NEC 1830 18" LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I just bought one of these for $... and it totally reinvents the quality of your interaction with the computer. Why ? Because the individual pixels are extremely crisp in their presentation, which gives your eyes a more relaxed in-focus feeling. Next, the display is flat, and that opens up your desktop in a way that is most pleasant, and gets the screen AWAY from your eyes which reduces eye strain. NEXT, the unit has no TV-set flicker as regular monitors do, thereby reducing headaches. The elimination of electromagnetic and gamma radiation is also beneficial as there is no electron gun. As to me, I hucked out my CRT monitor and will never go back.. The reduction in headaches & eye strain is immediate & obvious. Passers-by also greatly admire the image.

However, an NEC LCD 1830 is only for the technologically knowledgeable, and here is why: If you don't set it up and use it properly, it will deliver an image worse than a regular CRT. Think of the flat-panel field of LCD pixels as better, yet less forgiving of technical errors.

Firstly, you have to understand that the native resolution is 1280 x 1024 (1.3 million pixels) and you must drive it as such from the computer. If you don't properly match to the 1830's native resolution, instead of razor-sharp individual pixel crispness, the image will be interpolated and look poor. Many a fool has presumed these displays to be inferior to the CRT's, only because they didn't operate them at native resolution.

Nextly, you have to understand that the NEC 1830 is a value-oriented product and therefore has a good ole' fashioned RGB ANALOG (standard 15-pin) monitor interface. When the analog signal clocks in, it behaves much different from the CRT, in that there can be a mismatch between the changes in the clock and the changes of the analog value. THEREFORE the LCD 1830 includes an on-screen menu adjustment to adjust the dot-clock delay timing relation between the RGB data and clock. This is the 4th menu option and it is just below "H. Size". This adjustment is NOT adequately described by NEC and if you fail to carefully make this adjustment you will NOT get sharpness down to the single pixel. Admittedly the full-digital interfaces coming out will solve this but that topic is not in widespread manufacture here in Summer 2001. Except for the lack of emphasis on the dot-clock delay adjustment, the built-in menu is notably pleasant and easy to use... unlike various competitors. Also you are vulnerable to whether your analog cable was wired well, or poorly, and I have seen variations in pixel sharpness with different cables. Again the digitally driven versions to be seen in future years avoid those worries. Meanwhile the 15-pin analog cable is a universal and entirely safe thing to invest into so I bought into the 1830 without hesitation. The value and sharpness is incredible and was the best of the LCD flat-panels around $.... If you want the best then this is it.

You must also make a point of turning it off when not in use as all of this incredible good fortune comes at the expense of flourescent backlighting. If you leave it on 24 hrs/day the factory says you will get about 5 years and then the bulb must be replaced in Georgia.

If you are the least bit demanding about visual sharpness, and if you are tired of headaches and eye-strain from traditional monitors, then this LCD 1830 is the best bang for the buck here in Summer 2001. You will be wise to select a black-frame unit rather than the white-frame as it better offsets the crisp, photographically high-quality image.

I hope you enjoy this new technology as much as I do. I shouldn't tell you this because I will be buying a 2nd for another machine, and I actually don't need your competition on the limited supply.

-----------> REBUTTAL: [...] I own 2 of these from different production runs and if there is a sound I have been hard pressed to hear it...... and I am very fussy. Your computer fan would be 100 times louder than any supposed sound, the scan rate of an ordinary TV set is louder (around 15 kHz, etc) I'm typing this in a bedroom, with a dimmer switch on the overhead 60 watt light bulbs, light bulbs buzz when you use dimmer switches, that sound overhead is 100 times louder than any supposed "sound" from this monitor, any sound from the monitor is very very faint.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this screen, and especially the price!, June 29, 2001

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Michael Mee "mikemee" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NEC 1830 18" LCD Monitor (Electronics)

About 18 mths ago I [bought] an NEC 1500M - a 15" LCD monitor with 4 port USB hub and built in speakers. Then I noticed ... this newly released 18.1" NEC .... Its all the good things my old monitor was:

+ no bad pixels (maybe I just got lucky) + beautifully clear display (its hard to go back to a CRT after using LCD) + very small desk footprint + easy to follow on screen setup

This doesn't have the USB hub or the speakers (I guess that will come in a later model), but the screen is dazzling. I'm not a monitor techo, so I can't tell you the nits and nats, but the extra screen space (1280 x 1024) and crystal clear display what I needed. And the price is amazing given that displays this size were [more expensive] just six months ago (I know, I've been anxious to upgrade!)

Any gripes? (Why is this 4 stars and not 5?) Just one... After a few minutes of operation the monitor emits a high-pitched whine. I called NEC support, got straight through, and they confirmed that, no, it shouldn't do that and I'm getting a replacement. Fingers crossed for that.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Downside for this monitor..:(, September 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: NEC 1830 18" LCD Monitor (Electronics)

This LCD monitor is perfect in every aspect(display, resolution, etc.) except one thing -- NOISE...
To everyone who own this monitor no matter in black or white:
turn off your music and shut any sound that's around u, then try to adjust the "brightness" of this monitor from full bar to a lower level. As soon as you adjust it lower, you'll here a "Gi..." noise.. At first, I though I was too "lucky" to get a bad one, but after exchanging 3 times I relize it's the problem with this model(1830)... Don't believe me? give it a shot~:)