Word: setups
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...surprise came when I tested the skinny screens. I just plugged them in, turned them on and watched my PC do the rest. IBM's T540, Philips' 150S and Samsung's SyncMaster 570V each came with its own installation disc. Even so, setup never took longer than five minutes--and no tech-support torture sessions were required...
...models were easy on the eyes, thanks to their crisp, bright displays. In fact, I found no significant difference in screen quality among the five models I tested. One-button auto-setup features on the Philips, Viewsonic VE150M and Samsung saved me the effort of manually tweaking the brightness, contrast and levels of red, green and blue onscreen...
...looked great and came with a three-year warranty, I ended up picking my favorites based on cost and little niceties. The Samsung came in first for its low $499 price, uncluttered controls and tall, sturdy stand. The $599 models from Philips and IBM tied for second. IBM's setup program produced the best picture quality without manual tweaking, while the Philips made it easy to adjust settings. NEC's MultiSync1530V ($549) looked sharp, but its controls were a little less intuitive. And while the $499 Viewsonic was the sveltest of all (just 5 in. deep) and the only model...
...there been lots of graduate students I think a more traditional setup might have occurred," he adds...
...lifted off in 1998 when Green Mountain, based in Austin, Texas, agreed to print educational material and offer churches $35 cash for each parishioner who enrolled. Formerly part of a Vermont utility, the company was sold to private investors in 1997. A cynic might call the setup a marketing V.P.'s wildest fantasy: priests endorsing a product in the name of you-know-who and then pounding the pavement. But that would not be entirely fair. Both sides are vulnerable, and neither has an advantage. It's the Holy Spirit meeting the "invisible hand...