Model number suffixes

The following suffixes were used to indicate certain features such as the type of processor used and/or the country it was offered in. Most of these suffixes would later be inherited by HP after the 2002 merger.

• T: Intel-based processor
• Z: AMD-based processor
• i, N, Y: Built For You/Configure To Order (CTO)
• etc.

These suffixes describes the country that the computer was sold to.

• US: United States
• CA: Canada
• etc.

1x25 and FXx00 series

The 1X25 monitors were the first monitors made by Compaq under the Presario brand, first introduced in 1996. They were paired with the Compaq Presario 4500, 4600, and 4800 series as well as a few other Series 2 designed Presarios, which featured a spaceship or rocket ship design on the front casing of the towers. The towers also had smoked-black CD bezel covers. Other Presarios of this era didn’t use the spaceship design of the 4500, 4600, and 4800 series Presarios and instead had different case designs that had a beveled concave shape surrounding the drive bays. In both instances, the towers had "easy-access" buttons located on the top of the case. These monitors all shared the same design cues from the towers they were meant to match: all of them had a split lower bezel which ran down the middle. The monitors had dials for brightness and contrast, plus a volume dial for speakers, which also acted as a power button when pressed. It also has a mute button for the volume on the left side of the monitor, and featured four additional dials behind the bottom panel for manual display adjustment (these were replaced with digital controls on the 1725 model). The monitor also has a built-in microphone, located on the top of the monitor.

There is also a very rare set of monitors (the FX series) which are all black and had built-in speakers and a subwoofer, plus three extra USB ports. These are designed to go with the 4800 series Presario multimedia towers (specifically the 4830 to 4882), as they were all black just like the FX monitors.

• Compaq Presario 1425
• Compaq Presario 1525
• Compaq Presario 1725
• Compaq Presario 1725b
• Compaq Presario FX500
• Compaq Presario FX700

All of these monitors came with JBL Pro speakers which could be mounted to the sides of the monitors. The FX is the only exception, which had built-in JBL Pro-powered speakers with a subwoofer in the rear of the casing.

MVx00 and FPx00 series

The MVX00 and FPX00 monitors were the second monitors made under the Compaq Presario brand in 1998, designed to be sold with the Series 3 designed Compaq towers. They retained the original spaceship design of the second generation Presario towers, albeit with a slightly squatter design that was more rounded. The higher-end models housed in taller cases featured smoked-black plastic "easy access" flip-up doors on the bottom containing USB and audio ports behind it. Like the previous monitors before it, these monitors were designed to match the design cues of the Series 3 Presarios. These monitors had their brightness and contrast dials of the previous monitors removed in favor of digital controls accessible by a button on the monitor. The four hidden dials for display adjustment were also replaced with the aforementioned digital controls as well. On the MV500 monitor, six LED lights were present on the monitor to indicate the type of control being used, while the MV700 and MV900 monitors removed the LED lights in favor of on-screen display digital controls. The volume dial (which acted as a power button) and mute buttons from the previous monitor were also removed, with a standard power button in place of the volume dial. The MV700 and MV900 montiors also featured a dedicated degauss button. The monitors retained the built-in microphone from the previous monitors, located on the top of the monitor.

Flat panel displays were introduced during this generation of monitors, which featured a flat panel LCD screen. They were one of the first flat panel monitors to be offered for a home consumer PC. These monitors were designated with the letters FP.

• Compaq Presario MV500
• Compaq Presario MV700
• Compaq Presario MV900
• Compaq Presario FP500
• Compaq Presario FP700
• Compaq Presario FP5315

As with the previous monitors, they came with JBL Pro speakers which could be mounted to the sides of the monitors (with the exception of the FP series).

MVx20 series

The MVX20 monitors were the third monitors made by Compaq for the Presario brand in 1999, designed for use with Series 4 designed Presarios. They featured a redesigned spaceship form factor of previous generation Presarios in a more curvature shape, and most of them had translucent purple plastic flip-up doors that provided access to USB and/or FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports. Like previous Presario monitors, these were designed to match with the Series 4 Presarios as they shared the same design cues. All monitors featured on-screen display digital controls instead of the six LED lights that indicated the type of control being used, which was only used on the MV500 monitor. As with previous Presario monitors, these monitors featured a built-in microphone within the monitor. These monitors also dropped the "Presario" name from the monitors, with only the words "Compaq" and "MVX20" being written on the monitors.

Flat panel LCD displays continued to be offered with this generation of monitors, designated with the letters FP.

• Compaq Presario MV520
• Compaq Presario MV720
• Compaq Presario MV920
• Compaq Presario FP720

Unlike the 1X25 and MVX00 monitors, these monitors lacked the side mount holes for speakers. Instead, it relied on separate JBL Pro speakers, which were redesigned to match the monitors and towers but are not mountable.

MVx40, CVx35, FSx40, and FPx40 series

The MVX40, CVX35 and FSX40 monitors were the fourth and final monitors made by Compaq prior to its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard in 2002, and was produced under the Presario brand in 2000. These monitors were designed to be used with the Compaq Presario 5000 and 7000 series, as well as some Series 5 designed Presarios. In a move away from the spaceship-derived design of previous generation Presarios, both the 5000 and 7000 series of towers had a brand new front case design with a more sleek and stylish look-and-feel that distinguished these newly-designed towers apart from the previous Presario towers and featured removable translucent colored plastic faceplates, which were offered in five colors. These cases have small translucent (later solid) plastic flip-open doors for the USB and/or FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports as well as an optical disc holder for CDs and DVDs accessible by a colored translucent door at the bottom, matching with the other faceplates. The monitors were also refreshed with the release of the 5000 and 7000 series, which were mostly similar in design with the previous MVX20 monitors but with a refreshed design that featured a more curvature exterior instead of the boxy-styled angular design of previous monitors, fitting in with the design cues of the 5000 and 7000 series. All of the MVX40 and FSX40 monitors featured silver accents on the microphone and power buttons. The CVX35 monitors lacked the built-in microphone the MVX40 and FSX40 monitors had, as well as the silver accents being replaced with the ones that matched the monitor's casing.

Flat-screen CRT displays were introduced alongside the MVX40 monitors and are designated with the letters FS. Flat panel LCD displays were also available, designated with the letters FP.

• Compaq Presario MV540
• Compaq Presario MV740
• Compaq Presario MV940
• Compaq Presario CV535
• Compaq Presario CV735
• Compaq Presario CV935
• Compaq Presario FP745A
• Compaq Presario FS740
• Compaq Presario FS940

Unlike with the preceding MVX20 monitors, these monitors had the side mounts for the speakers as with the 1X25 and MVX00 monitors, since all of these monitors came with JBL Platinum Series speakers that could be mounted on the sides of the monitors. The speakers also featured removable colored speaker grills offered in five colors matching with the case design of the 5000 and 7000 series, and has a line-in jack for audio input. The FP745A is the only exception, since it has integrated speakers built into the monitor.