Lenovo Ideacentre 520 All in One 27 Inch Desktop PC Review

Buy one at Lenovo - (affiliate link) - The Lenovo Ideacentre 520 All in One is a decent, no frills all in one PC with an optical drive.
520 service manual:
VIDEO INDEX:
00:32 - Hardware overview
00:35 - Display
01:32 - Price
01:42 - Processor, Ram, and Storage
02:18 - Ports
03:13 - HDMI Input / Monitor Mode
05:28 - Speakers
05:41 - Adjustability
06:10 - Built in webcam
06:49 - Opitcal Disk DVD / CD reader and burner
07:29 - Performance: Youtube/netflix & web browsing
08:07 - Benchmark: Speedometer test
08:41 - Performance: Microsoft Word
09:07 - Gaming: Minecraft
09:31 - Gaming: Grand theft auto 5
10:09 - Benchmark: 3DMark Cloudgate
11:25 - Stress test
12:13 - Kodi high bit rate HEVC
12:32 - Wrap up / final thoughts
All in this is a nicely performing PC but I'm not crazy about the display. It was also disappointing to see that while this device does support connecting external devices to share its display, there's no toggle switch to select one or the other.
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