Category: Monitors
Acer launch S1 Series, world's slimmest LCD monitors
Acer today launch their new range of S1 Series displays, claiming that the 13mm thick monitor in the line is the world's thinnest LCD. Ranging from 13mm to 15 mm thick and coming in 18.5, 21 and 23 inch sizes,…
Acer launch 231H touchscreen monitor with new ergonomic design
Acer have announced the launch of brand new, ergonomically designed touchscreen monitor, the Acer 231H. The 23 inch monitor comes with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 (1080p), with an impressive 2ms response time and 80,000:1 dynamic contrast…
ViewSonic launch VX2737wm monitor with 1ms response time
ViewSonic have today announced the launch of the rather sexy VX2737wm monitor. Looking to appeal to gamers, designers and video editors, the 27 inch monitor is claimed to be the first of its size in the world to offer a…
BenQ unveils 19inch 16:10 shaped LED display
BenQ has added two new LED displays to its G Series line-up: a 16:10 shaped, 19 inch model (G920WL) and an 18.5inch, 16:9 shaped model, the G922HDL.
BenQ claims the screens boast the lowest power consumption rating in their respective size categories, making them appeal to cost- and eco-conscious corporate users. The panels are 100% mercury-free, which is a significant ecological advantage over traditional CCFL displays, great for corporate users seeking to proactively comply with changing environmental regulations. LED technology also enables the G-Series to use substantially less energy (approximately 60% less in G920WL and 43% in G922HDL) than CCFL displays of the same screen size.
LG's top-end W86 LED monitors
The monitors include smart controls, which include things like auto brightness, which works out what the ambient lighting is in a room and adjusts the brightness control, and there's a fun key that offers photo effects such as monochrome and sepia.
LG adds monitors, TVs and projectors
LG's visual department held a launch the UK today and paraded a pair of new LCD monitors, a new LCD 1080p LCD TV, an LCD projector and a new high-end LCD monitor.
LG releases M7WD television monitors
LG, maker of many a quality display, has turned its attention to a range of “television monitors” called the M7WD series. These TV monitors are aimed at people that want to do multiple things with one display, including television, PC usage, high-def content and radio.
The M7WD range has a whopping contrast ratio of 20,000:1, and packs SCART, DVI and HDMI. It’s also got stereo 3W speakers, though if you’re serious about your home entertainment then you’ll almost certainly want to replace these with external speakers. There’s a 5ms response time, and 1920 x 1080 resolution, which is higher than most displays this size.
The displays are available in 19″ and 22″ sizes, feature a 170 degree viewing angle and are in stores right now.
LG launches WE5 – the UK's first anti-eyestrain monitor
It’s 1.30 in the afternoon and already I’m getting dryballs. My contact lenses want to leap off my corneas, I feel like it’s 3am in a smoky bar and I’m having to remind myself to blink as often as I can. LG reckons they’ve got an answer to this problem in the form of the LG WE5 eyestrain-minimizing monitor – the first of its kind the in the UK.
They come in a range of sizes between 18.5″ to 27″ (with all over 21″ offering 1080p HD displays) and seem to have borrowed a version of the LG ambient light sensor technology we’ve seen in LG TVs.
The idea is that the screen auto-adjusts to ambient lighting to give you enough LCD backlighting to be able to see what you’re doing without blinding you, but, just in case you don’t get the idea, it’ll actually remind you every once in a while that you probably ought to take a break from whatever it is you’re doing. A tenner says that gets ignored and switched off in 95% of WE5s.
They all come in 16:9 size with a digital contrast ratio of 50,000:1 and are available from May.
Computertan, the web-based home tanning system powered by LCD rays
Oh dear. Today is a sad day. We have been amused and entertained by a marketing campaign 🙁
The marketing campaign in question is that of ComputerTan, a supposed online tanning system that uses the deadly rays output by your PC monitor to bring a healthy orange glow to your face while you work.
It is, of course, a joke – perpetrated by UK skin cancer charity Skcin and designed to raise awareness of how bad it is to pursue the tanned look. The Times says some…
Turn your PC into a home cinema with a USB to HDMI dongle
Many laptops these days are starting to arrive with HDMI ports and Blu-ray drives, so you can use your new laptop to hook up your massive 40″ telly and enjoy HD content via your PC. Many people play PC games on massive monitors, too. But what do you do if you don’t have a graphics card with a HDMI output?
You buy one of these. Plug one end into a spare USB port and the other into your TV, and voila – a 720p, or 1280 x 720, display. It’ll take care of the sound too, via the HDMI cable. Best of all, you’re not limited to just one of these – you can plug in as many as you have USB ports. Fancy rocking seven in a row? 8960 x 720 resolution!
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