What’s its name? We can’t tell you. (AWWWW)

What’s in a name, anyway? Some dude once said that a rose, if you called it something else, would still smell the same. Of course, if you called it “Intestinal Stenchweed,” no one would sniff one to find out. That’s kind of what’s going on with this monitor. It boasts respectable specs—20-inch TFT Active Matrix display, VGA analog and DVI-D digital inputs—but y’all don’t care. You just want to know who’s the manufacturer. You’re too brand-oriented in your thinking, is what you are.

You know what chafes our bunions? When we go out on the town and we see materialistic youngsters in t-shirts emblazoned with designer brand names. The reason the brand name has any cachet in the first place is because it identifies a company that, in theory, makes finer-quality merchandise. The t-shirt isn’t finer-quality merchandise. It’s just a t-shirt. But it’s got this name on it, as if the wearer hopes you’ll think he or she has class, or something. That he or she appreciates the finer things. Upscale names. Luxury brands.

We always wonder why, if these t-shirt-wearers are so into luxury, they aren’t dressed in anything nicer than t-shirts.

Anyway, a truly fine item doesn’t need to splash its brand name everywhere. Its quality speaks for itself. Not that this monitor is “a truly fine item,” really. We just got off on a tangent there. But it is pretty nice, especially if you’re looking to expand into a dual-monitor desktop set-up. Ooh, or even triple!

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