Robin,
   I have the Envision EN-5100 at my office and it works great..so far!
   I too looked at the Samsung. I was not impressed with the sharpness.
   I did not look into theView Sonic, but they tend to make "good stuff"
Point of info: Staples sells the Envision line.There is a $100.00 off coupon floating around, It may just be for credit card customers, I'm not sure., however... I got one and that was how I finalized my search!
Good luck in whichever one that you choose!
Richard Tabas
Phila.Pa
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Robin Smith wrote:

> My almost 4 year old Micron 17-inch CRT monitor finally bit the dust last night. There was a loud buzzing sound (like electricity through a wire) and then the monitor abruptly turned off. So now I'm in the market for a new monitor. I'm looking at the 15-inch LCDs and have narrowed it down to 3 models- based on what I looked at last night in CompUSA. They are (in order of preference):
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> Envision EN-5100
> Samsung SyncMaster 570v
> ViewSonic VA550
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> I spent several hours this morning reading reviews and such on the web but would like real-life opinions. Has anyone had any experience with these monitors? What can you tell  me about them - both good and bad? I never heard of Envision until I went looking last night. Is it a reliable brand? Would I be better off with a name brand? The prices are all about the same on these 3 models.
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> Robin
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