LG 42LG50 Specifications
Display: 42″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Response Time: 5ms
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Viewing Angles: 178/178
Tuner: ATSC, ATSC
Connectivity: HDMI (3) with HDCP, VGA, Composite, Component (3), S-Video, RS-232, USB
Power Consumption: 227W (operational), 1W (standby)
Dimensions: 40.7 x 26.1 x 3.6″ (w/o stand)
Weight: 49.6lbs
Price: MSRP $1299 ($799.96 at Tiger Direct)
LG’s 42LG50, a 42″ 1080p LCD TV, can be had for just $799.96 from Tiger Direct. The 42LG50 sports a 1920 x 1080 pixel format, a fairly fast response time of 5ms, great viewing angles of 178/178 and a very bright 500 cd/m2. It’s got a built-in ATSC tuner and comes with three HDMI connections. For a 42″ 1080p LCD TV from a major brand like LG, the $799.96 price seems to be a very good deal.
Samsung P2070 Specifications
Display: 20″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1600 x 900
Response Time: 2ms GTG
Contrast Ratio: 1000:1 (static), 50,000:1 (dynamic)
Brightness: 250 cd/m2
Viewing Angles: 170/160
Connectivity: DVI-I
Adjustability: Tilt
Other: Touch of Color
Power Consumption: 26W (operational), <1W (standby)
Dimensions:
500 x 382 x 190mm (w/stand)
500 x 325 x 47mm (w/o stand)
Weight: 3.3kg (w/stand)
Samsung‘s P2070 is quite thin. Just 47mm or 1.85″. That might sound thick compared to some razor-thin LCD TVs, but for a 20″ monitor it’s pretty thin. I just eyeballed my HP w2408h and it seems to be more than double the thickness!
Power consumption is just 26W, which is about 33% less than your average 20″ LCD monitor according to Samsung. That’s an important consideration as all of us are finding ways to minimize energy consumption while maintaining and even increasing productivity. The TN LCD panel provides plenty of speed with a response time of just 2ms GTG (Gray-To-Gray) and a static contrast ratio of 1000:1. The brightness of 250 cd/m2 is a little below average of around 300 cd/m2 but will probably be bright enough for most. There is a single DVI-I connection.
The P2070 sports a 16:9 aspect ratio and an easy-to-remember 1600 x 900 pixel format. That won’t get you 1080p but your 720p HD content should cause no trouble. Just don’t scale it to fit the monitor as it will degrade the quality.
Overall the P2070 looks quite nice with its black Touch of Color theme. You can only tilt it; the pixel format is a bit limiting; but it sure is good-looking.
Source: Samsung
There’s some good news coming out of DisplaySearch. The Austin-based market research company just announced that LCD manufacturers shipped $4.3 million worth of TFT LCD panels in March, an increase of 31% M/M compared to February. However, compared to March of last year revenues are still down 45%.
LCD TV Panels LCD suppliers shipped 9.9 million LCD TV panels in March, up 30% M/M and 14% Y/Y. That’s considerably more than the 7.7 million that were shipped in February.
LCD Monitor Panels 15.4M LCD monitor panels were shipped in March, an increase of 24% M/M but still down 17% from a year ago.
Notebook PC LCD Panels LCD suppliers shipped 11.6M notebook PC LCD panels in March, up 38% M/M and flat from a year ago.
LCD Suppliers Samsung earned the most revenue selling LCD panels in March with $1.2 billion, up 36% M/M but down 32% Y/Y. Right behind was LG Display with $939 million, an increase of 19% M/M but down 32% Y/Y. Far behind these two were AUO and CMO with $648 million and $578 million respectively.
Source: DisplaySearch
Acer Aspire One Specifications
Does your mom need a netbook? She likes pink? Great! Buy.com has a pink Acer Aspire One for just $299.99 with free shipping. The Aspire One sports a 8.9″ LCD with a LED backlight, an integrated webcam, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HD and runs Windows XP Home Edition.
Lenovo ThinkPad X301 Specifications
Green According to EcoGeek, the “ThinkPad X301 is one of the greenest laptops on the market.” It is also rated EPEAT Gold. Just so you know the X301 has a 13.3″ TFT LCD but is unique in that it sports a lot more pixels than other 13.3″ displays: 1440 x 900. That means more pixel real estate, a good thing in my book. You might need to squint your eyes to see really small fonts. It also touts a LED backlight for thinness, being green (no Mercury) and lasting longer on batteries. Quite green indeed.
Lenovo is having an Earth Day special for the X301. Originally priced at $2696, the X301 can be had for just $1691. Make sure to plug in this eCoupon: USPX301ED. Quite the bargain. Start customizing your X301! (The link takes you to Lenovo’s X301 Customization page.) And do it quick since the coupon expires on April 27, 2009.
But whatever you do, don’t get the faster 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo because that’ll cost you $8,402.00 extra!
Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A Specifications
Akihabara News has put up a video of the world’s first LCD trackpad on Sharp’s new Mebius PC-NJ70A. Looks pretty cool!
Source: Akihabara News
Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A Specifications
Display: 10.1″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 1024 x 600
CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270
RAM: 1GB
HDD: 160GB
Connectivity: USB (3), Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Multicard Reader
Other: Touch LCD Trackpad (854 x 480)
Price: About JPY80,000 (around US$800)
Sharp just introduced its latest netbook, the Mebius PC-NJ70A. It’s sports a 10.1″ TFT LCD with a 1024 x 600 pixel format and has all the other standard netbook features such as the requisite 1.6GHz Atom and 1GB of RAM. But this little netbook has something that no other netbook has: a touch LCD trackpad! The LCD has a lot of pixels too: 854 x 480! Quite interesting. I wonder how long the batteries last. The LCD trackpad does employ an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust brightness.
Source: PC Watch (Google Translated from Japanese)
Acer ID5800-25K Specifications
Display: 15.6″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce G105M 512MB
CPU: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
RAM: 4GB
HDD: 320GB
Optical: Super Multi DVD
Connectivity: WiFi ABGN, Bluetooth
Other: Multitouch Trackpad
Availability: Japan
Price: JPY119,800
Pininfarina designed this? It doesn’t look bad, but there’s nothing about the design that makes it special. Sure the integrated speaker grill having the same color as the keyboard might be considered something unique. But, I’d take a MacBook‘s design over this one and Apple just had their designers design the MacBook. Acer should consider just using its own designers. The Aspire Timeline 3810T looks pretty good! I think Pininfarina should stick to cars, like the Ferrari California below.
Source: Akihabara News
Panasonic is in the 3D bandwagon. The 3D Full HD twin lens P2 professional camera recorder prototype that you see above is evidence of the company’s intentions. As you can see there are two lenses to capture 3D video, and in 1080p. Panasonic unveiled the 3D video camera at the NAB 2009 conference that is being held in Las Vegas.
Advanced Authoring Center Panasonic established the Advanced Authoring Center within Panasonic’s Hollywood Laboratory in February 2009 to support Hollywood studios in developing 3D Full HD Blu-ray disc content. Prepare your 3D glasses, there’s a 3D video I made after the jump. (more…)
ATI‘s Radeon HD 4770 is the world’s first anything with a 40nm chip, the RV740. MSRP is just US$99. The main competitor to the Radeon HD 4770 is NVIDIA‘s GeForce 9800 GT. Check out the comparison below and you can see that the HD 4770 whips it and will likely be quite a bit cheaper.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
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