Auriga’s 17MLV-1 is not the best looking TFT we’ve ever seen, with a pretty big bezel and a chunky neck, but it has a wide degree of swivel and tilt flexibility. Plus there’s a feature unique to this monitor in the comprehensive roundup -- the 17MLV-1 came with a D-Sub RGB connection, plus Composite and S-Video. But furthermore, the TFT featured PiP (Picture in Picture) which meant you could have your PC as the main display, with the TV running in a corner, or vice versa. Via the OSD you could set where you wanted the PiP to appear, plus toggle the sources.
Under all test conditions the Auriga performed well, but didn’t really dazzle in any particular area, aside from generous vertical viewing angles. In all other regards the Auriga was bang-on identical or slightly better than the CMV CT-723A, although there was a surfeit of light that washed out the dark-greyscale tests a bit.
The only other notable feature was that, like AKA Technology’s other offering, the UMAX MaxVision U7, the display came with a fairly poor pixel replacement policy. If a defect doesn’t appear within 14 days of purchase it’s considered ‘wear and tear’, and isn’t covered.