AG Neovo S-18 18'' LCD

Features

The construction of the S-18 has been quite acceptable, but do its features stack up as well? 

The Samsung 191T and other high end LCD’s all ship with multiple inputs.  Every high quality LCD display on the market has at least one 29-Pin DVI-D input.  The S-18 is no exception.  Neovo goes the extra mile to not only provide a 15-Pin D-Sub Analog input, but a 4-Pin S-Video and RCA CVBS input as well.  Power users and gamers would only find use the DVI-D input for everyday use, but the S-Video and RCA inputs provide a clean and easy way to watch TV on the monitor itself!  However, the S-Video/RCA input is shared; this means there are only three total unique inputs.

Power consumption on the S-18 appears to be fairly high for an LCD, but still low compared to a CRT monitor.  At 48 watts, the AG Neovo consumes approximately half the electricity a 19” CRT monitor does.  A typical 19” LCD on the market today consumes around 30W to 40W of electricity.  Curiously, our S-18 came with a European 220V plug.  The adaptor itself had a universal 3 prong input, so we simply replaced the 220V plug with a standard 110V AC 3 prong plug. 

We briefly mentioned the wall and arm mountings.  AG Neovo sells wall and gas-spring suspension kits to mount the LCD on.  Medical environments would most benefit from these features, but buyers who are also short on desk space could also benefit from mounting their monitor.  The tilting base of the monitor provides more than just a horizontal or vertical setting as well.  There is a locking mechanism on the base that allows the monitor to be tilted up to 25 degrees without collapsing on itself.