PC Stats has posted a review on the KDS AV-7TF 17" True Flat Monitor

Of the many self titled flat CRT displays on the market there are essentially three varieties. The first type is produced with the internal side of the display glass curved in both the vertical and horizontal directions, the second display type has the glass curved in only the horizontal direction and the third uses glass which is perfectly flat.

The visual difference between the three varieties is slight, but noticeable under some circumstances. The KDS AV-7TF uses a FD Trinitron flat face display so the front glass is curved in the horizontal direction. Trinitron tubes use a grille mask which has two dampening wires running horizontally. There has always been a big discussion about these two very fine wires, and whether or not they are noticeable, distracting, or completely annoying. In our case, the wires were not immediately noticeable, and then only so on very light backgrounds. We didn´t find them very bothersome at all.

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