Green And if that wasn’t enough: halogen-reduced lam­i­nates. Kudos to Dell for bring­ing out three very green LCD mon­i­tors: P2210 (pic­tured above), E190S, E170S. The E170S and E190S have a chas­sis com­posed of 25 per­cent post-consumer recy­cled plas­tics while the P2210 makes use of halogen-reduced materials.

4:3? I’m look­ing at Engadget’s site and for some rea­son it states that the E190S and E170S are 4:3 mod­els. Actually they are 5:4 mod­els sport­ing a 1280 x 1024 pixel for­mat. Anybody can make mis­takes and this one is common.

Budget Price The P2210 is a 22″ (21.5″ to be exact) mon­i­tor with a 16:10 aspect ratio fea­tur­ing a 1680 x 1050 pixel for­mat and three con­nec­tions: VGA, DVI-D with HDCP, DisplayPort. Like UltraSharp mod­els the P2210 also has USB connections–four of them. The 17″ E170S and the 19″ E190S sport only VGA con­nec­tions but is tar­geted toward the eco-conscious budget-minded con­sumer at just $110 and $130 respec­tively. The slightly larger P2210 is priced at $240.

Mercury I do have one gripe: the CCFL back­light in all three of these mod­els have mer­cury. As we all know mer­cury is a big prob­lem that is seep­ing into our food source espe­cially large fish such as salmon and tuna. I would have liked to see these mod­els sport LED back­lights instead, even if that meant slightly higher upfront costs. With LED back­lights mer­cury is elim­i­nated and there are energy sav­ings down the road. I won­der how you get an EPEAT Gold rat­ing with stuff that has mer­cury in them…

Source: Dell Europe