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NEC Intros Widescreen LCD

by , 3:05 PM EDT, October 25th, 2006

NEC has introduced a new 19-inch widescreen LCD monitor, featuring 1440 x 900 resolution, a 700:1 contrast ratio, a 5-millisecond response time, Energy Star 4.0 compliance, and more. It also includes an on-screen setting adjustment manager, a no-touch auto-adjust feature, and the ability to mount on a wall or an arm via a third-party product. NEC expects to ship it next month for US$269.99.

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Close Name:MOSiX Man Posts: 558 Joined: 20 Jun 2001
Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:28 pm Subject: What's the point?

1440 x 900 is considered standard resolution for 17" widescreen LCDs. Why get a bigger screen that can't display any more pixels?


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Close Name:gslusher Posts: 2088 Joined: 13 Nov 2002
Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:54 pm Subject: Why larger screen

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MOSiX Man wrote:
1440 x 900 is considered standard resolution for 17" widescreen LCDs. Why get a bigger screen that can't display any more pixels?


For the same reason people get a 42-inch TV that has the same number of pixels as a 35-inch TV: to see it from further away. Also, the contrast of this display is better than, say, the 17-inch iMac (700:1 vs 500:1).


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