Almost the antithesis of the BenQ FP591 pricing-wise, the Auriga 15MA is one of the most budget-oriented 15in models in this review. If there's one thing the 15MA has going for it that's immediately apparent, it's the amazingly low price.

When you're lining up nearly sixty screens for cross-comparison like we have done here, it's tempting to point to the cheapest monitor and declare it to be a winner on budget alone. Although this seems to be the case with this Labs and the Auriga 15MA, it is not the only reason why we issued it with the prestigious Recommended Award.

Its cheap price actually belies its quality. While not at the top of any of the score charts, we were surprised at some of its results under test. It had a mixed bag of colour scores but its real world results were quite good considering we'd half expected it to fail.

It has optional connections (S-Video and Composite) for multimedia and home usage, but the ghosting problem (more evident in high contrasting situations), meant that it's not the greatest for that kind of application. Then again, it's still impressive for this price range.

As a screen for business or a fleet roll-out it offers the quality and cost savings to make it a highly palatable purchase for the IT manager, but it would also make a good first flat screen for the home.