The SyncMaster 172X from Samsung was a bit of a powerhouse in our tests, scoring highly in all regards except one: surprisingly the monitor was a little over-saturated, meaning whites looked a little washed out, and this would not change regardless of how we tweaked and fiddled with the screen’s settings. However in day-to-day usage you’d barely notice this.

How many acronyms can a monitor have before it chokes on its own resolution? We have all come to expect CRTs, LCDs, TFTs and God knows what else but now Samsung has come up with a monitor with so many acronyms it will leave you gasping.

A different screen to the rest on review in this category, the Samsung SyncMaster 172W doesn't have a 4:3 aspect ratio, but is instead a widescreen format display.

TFT screens are notoriously expensive to manufacture and even more expensive to purchase in comparison to their conventional CRT counterparts.

We made the decision to test this model as the representative of the leading monitor vendor by volume shipped, having already had the monitor available in the Labs from the Peripherals Plus Athlon in our 600MHz PC Labs (see page 54).The monitor itself is a fairly nondescript piece of equipment.

Sleek, stylish and wonderfully vibrant in use, this is the best of the 22in LCDs we’ve seen.

The lightest TFT in our roundup, the Samsung SyncMaster 152T is the priciest screen for under a thousand dollars.

Samsungs Graphix Pro Series hosts its 19in and 21in monitor range, including this months entry: the SyncMaster 955DF.

Stunning living-room style, great image quality and a price thatwon’t break the bank

Another great-looking Samsung LCD, but picture quality isn’t quite up to the usual standard.

A great-quality widescreen panel for a surprisingly low price.

Superb image quality and design at a good price

An impressive stand, but quality remains average.

The height-adjustable stand and good image quality make it a worthy rival to the best 20in models.

The design is excellent, but you pay a hefty premium.

Featuring generous tilt, and incredible viewing angle, Samsung is on to a winner with this well-designed multi-purpose display.

Stunning image quality and every feature imaginable on a LCD, and the price is just about affordable too

Look what four grand can buy you.

If you're looking for a computer geared for gaming, the Vitesse is it. If you think that a Pentium 4C rumbling at 3GHz with a massive 1GB of DDR400 RAM has a nice ring to it, its gamers'-poetry when you add in a RADEON 9800 PRO.

Every once in a while, we receive a PC for review thats an absolute pleasure to use, offering stunning quality and bucketloads of performance. XENONs Atomic 625 is all this and more.