Incorporating white light emitting diodes (WLED) into the backlight of an LCD monitor was once truly innovative – nowadays it’s about as creative as a house with a front door. BenQ were one of the first companies to integrate such technologies into their displays and it is only fitting that they would take things a…
Samsung BX2440
The use of white light emitting diodes along the edges of a monitor panel is becoming increasingly common and for consumer monitors in the home ‘LED’ has become a bit of a marketing buzzword. Many manufacturers like to draw an imaginary line between their conventional Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp ‘LCD’ monitors and their new-fangled ‘LED’…
NEC multisync ea232wmi
‘IPS’ or In-Plane Switching is a type of LCD panel that was traditionally praised for excellent colour reproduction by the ‘colour elite’. It was these professionals and enthusiasts to whom the technology was broadly restricted due to cost. With the launch of LG’s Enhanced IPS (‘E-IPS’) panels came a slew of much more affordable IPS…
BenQ xl2410t
This has been the year of the resurrection of stereoscopic 3D – apparently 3D movies, 3D TV broadcasts and 3D gaming is now all the rage. Whilst pop-out-of the-screen 3D is a nice capability for home entertainment devices to have the ‘small screen’ experience and goofy glasses haven’t won everyone over. Equally uninspiring is the…
BenQ EW2420
The majority of new ‘home user’ computer monitors released recently have given us a severe case of Déjà vu. The image quality has shown slight variation in default colour temperature and maximum brightness; but the underlying panel technology has been largely similar. Things were shaken up a bit with the release of Dell’s new U2211H…
Samsung Syncmaster FX2490HD
For some people a simple computer monitor is all good and well but if you can watch TV on it ‘out of the box’ then that’s even better! Samsung have been inspiring the wallets of many consumers with their attractive and unbelievably thin range of ‘LED’ TVs – now they have brought that wallet-tugging style…
DELL st2320l
LED (Light Emitting Diode) backlighting is now becoming so widely adopted in consumer LCD monitors that it’s almost surprising to see a monitor without it. Some attractive ‘environmental’ benefits of replacing CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlighting with LEDs include lower power consumption at a given brightness, less heat produced and a mercury-free end product.…
Dell UltraSharp U2211H
IPS (In-Plane Switching) computer monitors once defined the upper end of the monitor spectrum – the appropriate choice for the colour professional, but simply too expensive for most home users to give a second thought to. With the latest batch of IPS monitors, including the U2211H reviewed herein, the line between ‘consumer’ and ‘professional’ monitor…
DELL ultrasharp u2410
Most recent computer monitors have been designed for the home user who requires a monitor with a smooth and bright image, a nice overall design and a good low price. With recent innovations such as LED backlighting and 120Hz ‘3D’ technology at the forefront of these panels, they offer a great entertainment experience. But there…