HiTech Review

New Widescreen Monitors with Full HD Quality and HDMI Support Added to ASUS’ Monitor Lineup

ASUS today continued its heritage of producing high performance, richly-featured LCD monitors with the addition of new HDMI-equipped models to its lineup. Available in screen sizes ranging from 18.5″ to 23.6″, and driven by an array of exclusive image enhancing innovations such as Splendid™ Video Intelligence Technology and ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio (ASCR) technology, the VH192, VH222, VH226 and VH242 are designed to deliver the ultimate multimedia experience. Read more »

HP Labs and Arizona State University today revealed that it has built the first example of a working flexible plastic display. A process known as self-aligned imprint lithography (SAIL) lets the PC maker build a thin film transistor screen that can be rolled up without snapping or otherwise easily breaking. Read more »

Samsung has come up with a new 23.6-inch, slick and stylish widescreen LCD monitor, the SyncMaster 2494HS. This one takes a step forward in overall look and feel, going away from the rather plain Samsung glassy design. Read more »

NEC LCD Technologies, together with its sales and marketing channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today announced the successful development of a new 12.1-inch (31 centimeters diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) module with super video graphics array (SVGA) resolution that enables naked-eye viewing of stereoscopic images. Read more »

Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a world-leading manufacturer of professional LCD and PDP display products, today announced its new series of high-performance monitors ranging from 17 to 22-inches — the SyncMaster 743BX, 943BX, 943BWX, 2043BWX and 2243BWX — designed to help enterprise users drive productivity in even the most demanding work environments. Read more »

EIZO introduces the new FlexScan S2432W-H LCD monitor that comes with a DisplayPort interface. The 24-inch FlexScan S2432W-H features a 1920×1200 HD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 360cd/m2 brightness, 16ms response time and a 178-degree viewing angle. Read more »

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is now shipping its first USB PC monitor powered by DisplayLink Corp.’s innovative network display technology. Read more »

Introducing this selection of new VAIO products, Hidetoshi Takigawa, Marketing Director for VAIO Of Europe said “VAIO is naturally positioned to take full advantage of the shift to High Definition. We have built a reputation on the quality of our displays, and our commitment to ‘audio-visual computing’. Read more »