Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out AOC 9KLR Email This Print This View My Personal Library Heavy Gear November 2002 • Vol.2 Issue 11 Page(s) 28 in print issue Add To My Personal Library AOC 9KLR AOC's 19-inch 9KLR CRT monitor comes in an ivory case that's as streamlined as possible for a value-line, large-screen model. Our lab techs hooked up the monitor on an IBM system with an ATI RADEON 8500 All-In-Wonder video card. As with practically any monitor nowadays, the 9KLR is a PnP model, so there were no complications installing it. It did, however, require some setting adjustments before it was ready to test. The OSD is a push-button/wheel deal that works well but lacks an auto-adjust feature. Diagnostic tests where the 9KLR performed best include the box linearity test (the results were quite sharp), the scaled fonts test (fonts of every size were comfortably readable), intensity level ramps (there was good gradation with both the color and the grayscale ramps), and the defocusing tests (these revealed extremely minor blooming and no halos). The 9KLR didn't perform as well in the video bandwidth brightness test, where the thinnest black and white lines appeared gray. Nor did it pass the screen regulation test, where the screen experienced noticeable movement (not a good sign for serious gamers, but not a big deal for almost anyone else). In practical testing, office applications looked as clear as I hoped for. High-resolution images displayed with Adobe Photoshop looked better than expected. Bright areas of the images weren't washed out, and shadowy areas weren't so dark that details became obscured. Our gilded cathedral test photo revealed nice, rich coloring, and our photo depicting a tulip field in a park proved how well the 9KLR could deliver highly realistic images. Anyone looking for a respectable-looking 19-inch CRT without super-high-performance capabilities would do well to consider the 9KLR. by Cal Clinchard 9KLR $239 AOC (800) 343-5777 (510) 770-1088 www.aocmonitor.com CPU Rating: 2.5 (out of possible 5)  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.