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- Mini DisplayPort becomes a real standard
When Apple unveiled its aluminum MacBooks in 2008, it broke new ground on several fronts, offering users aluminum unibody enclosures, multi-touch glass touch pads... and a new display connector of its own design: Mini DisplayPort. Just over a year on, the Video Electronics Standards Association has adopted Mini DisplayPort...
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Last by loophole at 6:49 PM on 11/11/09 - Acer unveils 23'' multi-touch monitor
You don't need to spring for a touch-screen notebook or some sort of all-in-one PC to take advantage of Windows 7's multi-touch capabilities. As CrunchGear reports, all you have to do is grab a display like Acer's...
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Last by kamikaziechameleon at 8:34 PM on 11/01/09 - New StarTech KVM switch has native DisplayPort
With many newer monitors and graphics cards flaunting DisplayPort connections, it's about time keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switches got in line, too. StarTech now claims to be the "first to market" with a DisplayPort-capable KVM switch, which it sells for $219.99 from its online store. The "2 Port Professional USB DisplayPort KVM...
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Last by Trymor at 10:02 AM on 10/10/09 - Eyefinity pushes over 24 million pixels with one next-gen Radeon
Say you're AMD, and you make graphics chips that nearly double in performance with every generation. Yet games haven't been getting all that much more demanding over time. What would you do with all of that excess power, especially if you wanted to stir up interest in your...
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Last by UberGerbil at 3:44 AM on 09/14/09 - 15-inch MacBook Pro gets anti-glare option
Love Apple laptops but hate glossy displays? Good news, then: you don't have to cough up $2,549 for that 17" MacBook Pro with the non-glossy display. CNet News reports that Apple has added a non-glossy option to its more affordable 15" MacBook Pro. The smaller system starts at $1,699...
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Last by matter3 at 1:22 AM on 08/14/09 - Deal of the week: Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP for $469
Last time we featured Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP in our deal post, it was on sale for $517. Today, the display is on sale again, but Dell's actually offering it for just $469—$80 cheaper than the new "starting price" and well below the $689 this display cost last year. Unlike...
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Last by gerryg at 6:03 PM on 08/11/09 - Deal of the week: A 1080p monitor for $150 shipped
Many of our deal posts feature graphics cards, but what good is a shiny new GPU if you're stuck with an old 17" LCD—or, worse, a cheap 17" CRT—that forces you to play at low resolutions? Although nice flat-panel displays with IPS panels often cost upward of $500, you don't...
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Last by JustAnEngineer at 7:20 PM on 05/19/09 - LCD prices are on the rise, says iSuppli
The global economic downturn has led to price drops in some parts of the computer hardware market. However, you probably shouldn't count on finding too many LCD monitor bargains out there—assuming iSuppli's numbers are accurate, that is. The research firm's latest report says LCD monitor panel prices are on...
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Last by slash3 at 3:56 AM on 04/11/09 - New Dell monitor has 21.5'' panel size, 1080p resolution
The slow transition to desktop monitors with 16:9 aspect ratios seems to produce some odd specimens. Dell's latest entry is the SX2210, a new "full HD" display that couples an unusual 21.5" panel size with a 1920x1080 resolution. The SX2210...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 7:22 AM on 04/06/09 - Upcoming Dell monitors to have LED backlights
LED backlighting technology has been a staple of thin-and-light laptops for some time, but it's been largely absent from the desktop scene (Apple's $899 LED Cinema Display being a notable exception). Dell seems intent on changing that, because it's announced a pair of desktop consumer monitors that shed traditional...
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Last by Namarrgon at 10:33 PM on 01/13/09 - Etc.
Had a pretty productive day yesterday. Did data entry and made graphs for GPU stuff. 12 different GPU configs and seven different benchmarks, including a bunch of new games. I'm still a ways out on an article, though. I have yet to do power and noise...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 4:08 PM on 12/31/08 - LCD panel prices are headed down
Don't be surprised if LCD monitors keep getting cheaper over the coming weeks and months. The folks at DigiTimes have learned from "market sources" that shrinking demand will cause LCD panel prices to drop in December. Reportedly, LCD monitor panels are already selling "below cash cost levels," and they may...
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Last by indeego at 5:05 PM on 12/10/08 - HP's LP2475w monitor: IPS at a bargain price
Those who follow my blog may have some idea of the trouble I've encountered trying to replace my aging (and dimming) 20.1" Viewsonic VX2025wm with a good 24" display. I purchased Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP in April, but I sent the monitor back almost immediately after running into a flurry...
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Last by lycium at 5:49 PM on 01/18/09 - High-density 23'' Dell display arrives in the U.S.
After quietly showing up in Canada over a week ago, Dell's bizarro 23" display has finally become available in the U.S. The SP2309W is like the weird foreign kid of PC monitors, since it has a 16:9...
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Last by bwoodring at 9:53 AM on 11/21/08 - Deal of the week: Cheap RAM and a 24-inch widescreen
We have a pair of deals for you this week. A month ago, we featured a 4GB Kingston DDR2-800 memory kit with a CAS latency of 5 that was selling for $58. Well, Newegg now has the exact same kit listed for just $46. That's a ~20% price...
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Last by indeego at 10:47 AM on 11/17/08 - Dell launches 23'' display with unusual resolution
Here's something you don't see every day. Dell has quietly added a new 23" 16:9 monitor to its Canadian online store. The company already launched a 24" display with the same aspect ratio in July, but...
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Last by MixedPower at 5:34 PM on 11/13/08 -
Thermaltake's A2413 7-inch LCD
A little something for the carputer crowd
Thermaltake's A2413 7" LCD display packs a touch-sensitive screen into a motorized drive bay that looks perfect for car PCs and enterprising modders. We take the screen for a spin to see whether there's utility behind the novelty.
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Last by d0g_p00p at 11:33 PM on 09/30/08 - Stereoscopic glasses coming this year from Nvidia
In our podcast last Saturday, we talked a little bit about Nvidia's plans in the field of stereoscopic 3D. Nvidia demoed its technology at the Nvision 08 show in August, and Scott found that it worked better than past implementations. If that piqued your interest, then you might find Maximum...
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Last by sigher at 10:55 AM on 09/19/08
- Upcoming microATX MSI H57 motherboard pictured[22]
- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration[18]
- Deal of the week: A $550 ultraportable and a $225 home server[17]
- Name Your PC Day Shortbread[24]
- Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent[19]
- Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week[14]
