A budget professional monitor

Subject: Displays | March 16, 2007 - 01:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Samsung SyncMaster XL20 undergoes the scrutiny of The Tech Zone, as they find out how well LED technology works as a light source in an LCD monitor.  With much better colour reproduction than is found in most monitors and good brightness, this is less an expensive gaming LCD and more a cheap way to get a professional quality monitor.  It even comes with a hood to let you work w

A bright idea from HP

Subject: Displays | February 27, 2007 - 02:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The HP LP 3065 is a 30 inch monitor that sports a resolution of 2560x1600, or a 16:10 ratio, so it is about 27" wide and 17" tall.  This display passes every test with flying colours, there is no distortion of any type to be found.  HotHardware has the full review of this gigantic monitor, which could easily pass as a HDTV.

Making sense of display connectors

Subject: Displays | February 19, 2007 - 06:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The days of the 15 pin VGA connector are numbered.  DVI is the choice of many users of LCD screens, HDMI is becoming less rare and UDI and DisplayPort are getting ready to make an appearance.  If you don't want to end up buying the perfect monitor, and have it be incompatible with your perfect video card, give this article at ExtremeTech a thorough read.

Hire a professional

Subject: Displays | February 6, 2007 - 06:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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When you are buying an LCD monitor for gaming, response time and contrast ratio rule, because not too many are terribly worried about 100% accurate colour representation.  When doing graphic design, the exact opposite is true.  In some applications, in order to get a realistic looking model, you need to use a palette of colours that differ in only the most minute way and if you can't see the difference in shades you cannot do it.

First 720p and 1080i, now 1080p

Subject: Displays | January 26, 2007 - 01:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Arguments about whether a progressive 720 or an interleaved 1080 is the better HD standard are kind of moot with the appearance of 1080p, but the argument about whether investing a lot of money in an HD system right now are still going strong.  With this new display type, if you are really utilizing it, you have a resolution above 1920*1200 or higher, which translates to about 1MB per second if you are trying to stream it.  TweakTown looks at what this tech can do

Look at all the pretty colours

Subject: Displays | January 10, 2007 - 02:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ExtremeTech has posted a review of the HP LP3065, a nice 30" widescreen display.  It boasts a lot of unique features, but runs about the same price as a pair of 24" displays, so you may want to think carefully before you run out to buy it.

Dell 3007WFP-HC: A new 30" Monitor

Subject: Displays | December 21, 2006 - 01:21 AM | Ryan Shrout
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So why does this new model of the Dell 30" monitor deserve a review seperate from the original? 

Though we still feel Dell could have offered a few more connectivity options, as well and a bit more range of motion with its stand, it's safe to say that this gorgeous new 30" panel lives up to the rather lofty goal of refinement of the already impressive standard 3007WFP.  The UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC is what

Well, isn't that special

Subject: Displays | December 12, 2006 - 12:44 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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There is a bit of trouble in the world of displays and TVs.  It starts with