Philips Brilliance 190P6

By admin on April 21st, 2009

Like most business-oriented 19-inch LCDs, the Brilliance 190P6 won’t turn heads. Only a thin, dull stripe of chrome around the control panel interrupts the monitor’s square shape and dark-gray coloring. At 16 pounds, the 190P6 is heavy, but a large, oval-shaped base keeps it from wobbling. Despite its plain design, this LCD is exceptionally adjustable. Its telescoping neck provides 7 inches of variable height. The panel tilts forward 25 degrees and backward 5 degrees. It swivels 65 degrees in both directions. It also pivots back and forth between portrait and landscape mode; curiously, it doesn’t come with software to reorient the image, so you’ll need a graphics card that can. Two plastic loops on the neck keep cables organized.

Highly adjustable; four-port USB hub; embedded speakers; pivoting software.
Text display could be sharper; screen not uniformly bright.

Aside from a few small image-quality flaws, the Philips Brilliance 190P6 has everything you need for business and some pleasure, too.