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.

A great-quality widescreen panel for a surprisingly low 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.

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.

Electronics giant Samsung has unveiled an ambitious next day replacement service on several of its PC monitors in a move that was initiated by its Australian subsidiary.

It’s accurate, adjustable and stylish, and the price simply beggars belief. An instant classic

The 930BF started our tests well, narrowly winning the best gaming display in our eye-straining midnight shoot-out.

As far as performance is concerned, the Emagen Lightspeed XPS is a fairly competitive offering. It sits in the middle of the pack as far as price is concerned, but managed to sit at second to third place in most benchmarks - it even came top of the class in 3DMark05. The 3.6Ghz Pentium 4 certainly helped there. And the fact that it’s $600 cheaper than the Pioneer system also works in its favour.