Customer Reviews

Proview PL456S 14" LCD Monitor

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I bought one of these and unboxed it and hooked it up. It worked fine for a couple of weeks, then stopped. It has a little external inline power transformer which failed, (I checked it with a voltmeter) and I called Office Depot, where I purchased it. They said they don't repair them, and to contact Proview Tech Support, which I did.

Proview Tech Support completely refused to replace the transformer until THEY received it and verified that it wasn't working, at which time they would ship it back (by ground UPS only). So I was faced with a two-week downtime on my computer. After some heated argument, I finally gave in, and I shipped it because I had no alternatives.

It's been a week, and they called today and told me it's not the correct power adapter. I must have told the guy a dozen times that it's what came in the box, and that I hooked it up immediately. (I don't have any other power adapters in the house, except one for an old laptop that will not even fit in the monitor.) The box was new, with original tape seals on it, so I know it came from the factory this way.

So, they refuse to replace it. They claim it's supposed to be a 12 volt adapter, and this one that died is a 9 volt, so it's not the right voltage, or the right brand. Now I have this expensive flat panel monitor and no power supply. (They did offer to ship it back to me, and to sell me the correct adapter!!!!!!!)

So, I say to Proview: I'm never buying a Proview product again. I'm using a computer in a public library now, and I'm trying to decide what to do with a monitor that doesn't work.

My advice: stay away from anything that says Proview on it, because the "Pro" part isn't accurate.

I purchased two monitors from Best Buy during a Black Friday sale. They were labeled as "MAG Innovision LT-456s" though I later found out they are Proview PL456S. Being military I left for deployment, returned and relocated duty stations before I getting to hook these monitors up. Upon receiving my household goods I hooked up both monitors and found both with dead pixels in the center. When I contacted Proview customer support I was told that I did not have "enough" dead pixels for them to do anything about it. Each of my monitors had at least 8 dead pixels, and were located in the center, just enough to be annoying.

From my experience with Proview's customer support I can only recommend that you BE WARY of Proview and be sure to check your monitors for dead pixels and return them to your place of purchase as soon as possible for replacement or refund.

"signed"
an unhappy customer who is using a Proview monitor with dead pixels

I bought two of these monitors for my teens for Christmas.
A month later, they are still working great and they love them.
They love that they can be wall mounted and really save desk space ! They are SUPER slim !!!
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I have a similar one that I got from BestBuy last year and is working fine till now. no problems at all. The price is good for a 14 inch monitor, though I paid lot less at BestBuy. What I like about the monitor is that it is quite good looking and the quality is good too. All in all a decent buy.

I bought this 14 inch LCD monitor to replace a 17 inch CRT monitor for my 4 year old son's PC. The 17 inch monitor took up his entire desk and was in danger of tumbling the desk over at times. The LCD monitor not only is safer for him but now frees up a lot of room for him to work at his desk in our office. The quality of the monitor is good and was easy to set up. He loves it and I am happy I bought it for him.

Very clear picture. Sharp text. easy to fit in my carry-on hand bag. I assembled my own computer using half height mini case with micro motherboard and pentium IV-HT and 1 gb dual channel memory. I found a mini keyboard that fits the bill and this mini monitor to go with it. Now I have my own mini portable computer that goes with me anywhere. Best of all it takes standard size memory. hard disk and can be upgraded any time. I can not do that with a laptop.