CTX Panoview PV751

Fed up with looking at a landscape-shaped screen? This panel will swivel through 90 degrees to give you a portrait display, handy for reading long web pages.

Flat panels are becoming increasingly common and in a few years' time it is likely that they will become the norm. Now that affordable 1024 x 768 flat panels are on the market, this trend can only continue. The Panoview PV751 falls into this category, offering a native resolution of 1024 x 768 on a 15.1in screen for £750.83 inc VAT.

The panel itself measures 40 x 32.7 x 7.5cm, with the footprint taking up roughly 28 x 24cm of desktop space. The display is good, with uniform brightness on our review unit. On the front bezel there are four menu keys and an off switch. The OSD is split into three sections, covering all the necessary adjustments. At the rear of the unit you'll find a DC in and two D-SUB video connectors. The dual inputs could have been better implemented, because four button presses are required to switch input.

The unit's stand houses a four-port powered USB hub and the grandly titled Cable Management Device, or 'hole to put the cables through'.

The PV751 not only adjusts vertically and horizontally but can be rotated 90 degrees into a portrait position. To make full use of this you'll need a copy of the Pivot software to electronically rotate the screen, otherwise you'll get neck ache.

Browsing the internet or word processing naturally lend themselves to a longer thinner display, so it's a shame that the software is not included as standard.

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