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This section covers information about PC World magazine's Top 100 rankings of personal computers, peripherals and upgrade components in the U.S. as of April 2005. The magazine's chart of 19-inch liquid crystal display monitors sees monitors sees strong debuts from Samsung, CTX Technology, and LG Electronics. A retested model, ViewSonic's VP912b, sports a new addition--an anti-glare screen--and earns a Best Buy this month. However, its image quality, though good, does not live up to its predecessor's outstanding performance. PC World uses its industry-standard benchmarking application, WorldBench 5, to evaluate desktop computers, notebooks, and tablet PC.