Iiyama ProLite T1930SR-1

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Diagonal screen size	19 pouces
Type	TN
Resolution	1280 x 1024 pixels
Response time	5 ms
Interfaces (HDMI / DVI / VGA / YUV)	0 / 1 / 1 / 0
Options	RS232
Viewing angles (H/V)	160° / 160°

Classic tests

For once, these become secondary; however, the T1930SR-1 can also be considered and evaluated as a normal screen. Let’s cut to the cut to the chase. Here are the test results :

Color rendering

With presettings, it’s really not overly impressive with a large blue dominance. Changing to Warm partly corrects these defaults but blacks are still washed out. For this reason, measured contrast is lower than average.

Reactivity

This monitor is in the low average.

Ergonomics

It’s tactile and that’s it.

Vincent Alzieu
Test date: 2008-05-30

What’s the interest of a tactile screen for us mere mortals and/or professionals? In all situations it turns out to be extremely practical. Even for gaming, we tried it, and this actually was a big surprise for Iiyama which hadn’t imagined such a use for its monitor. As for pros, the initial target buyers, the interest of such a product is obvious for interactive posts, medical professions (including dentists), the creation of digital cash registers, etc.

So why test a tactile screen on Digitalversus? We wanted to know the advantages if all monitors eventually had this characteristic. And to answer this question, we used the T1930SR-1 on a daily workstation as a normal screen also trying to fully benefit from this unique capability. We surfed on our website with tactile controls and used this function in gaming. In reality, the technology isn’t suited for all applications and a number of games are unplayable if we do without the mouse and keyboard. However, there were some very pleasant surprises.

•    As the video shows (in French), navigating on the Internet with your finger is very pleasant. For our Product Face-offs, for example, this was very effective and intuitive. Selecting products and the various tests was well suited to this function.

•    Using the calculator was obviously very easy.

•    Looking at photos turned out to be practical and using tactile controls was much better than a mouse.

•    And then there were games. For example, Minesweeper wasn’t easy as the squares are small. In this case and this also goes for those that lack tactile precision, it can be better to change into a lower resolution than the monitor’s native one. There is no longer a problem in 800 x 600, although proportions aren’t respected and sharpness suffers due to downscaling.

•    Chess in Vista was truly amazing!

•    Civilization: I have to admit I fell for this game, though I’m an adult and am still a fan. Civilization with tactile controls is possible and we ended up starting to play again!

- Precise tactile screen, easy to use

- Internet navigation is more accessible, benefits certain games

- A number of uses are very practical for professionals

- Colors, reactivity

- Higher price compared to a classic 19 inch

- Vertical viewing angles are even narrower than usual

- Zero dead pixel policy

- Non-vertically adjustable

We would like to see tactile screens for everyone! This could interest a much larger group of buyers other than the initially targeted professional segment. If only prices were lower.

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