The Lenovo ThinkVision L197 Wide is a 19-inch LCD monitor. The device is aimed at business minded users whose widescreen requirement is for running basic business applications. This LCD boasts of a tremendous color and light grayscale performance but is quite disappointing on the features front. The LCD looks similar to the one provided with Lenovo’s ThinkCentre desktop. The LCD comes in the conventional Business Black color of Lenovo’s products. The display brags of a 1,440 by 900 widescreen panel that is bordered by a very thin bezel and is mounted on a rectangular base.
The display can be tilted to as much as 30 degrees backward and 4 degrees forward. The monitor however lacks any kind of support for height, swivel, or rotational adjustments. The right hand side of the lower bezel houses five wavy function buttons. One of them is the power switch. Three of the buttons belong to brightness levels adjustment, Auto Adjust functions, and video source activation. The last button is a menu button that takes the user to the OSD (on-screen display). Here, the user can find a variety of controls like clock and phase, color saturation, image position etc.
The video inputs on the display comprise DVI and VGA connections. This monitor lacks any USB or DisplayPort connections, integrated speakers, as well as an HDMI port. The monitor can operate at full brightness using 20 watts of power. This is made possible by a special reflective film that captures and reuses polarized light. It is because of this low-power capability, that this display fulfills the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) Gold standard for environmental responsibility. The display gives excellent performance on the grayscale front. The display also claims of a 170-degree horizontal viewing angle. The screen is free of any sort of tinting and colors are scaled evenly from dark to light. The Lenovo ThinkVision L197 Wide is available at a price of $239.99. Its solid color display accompanied by its special power-saving technology, makes it a good choice for users who want to keep their workplace green.
