14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that, instead of image quality, I-O Data focused on the aspect of physical endurance when it built its newest liquid crystal display monitor, one dubbed LCD-AD202XW-P.
Monitors aren't exactly the most fragile things in the world, but they can still get covered in fingerprints and scratch marks, particularly if they are placed in areas where people shuffle objects and papers around or such things.
Companies also have to take special care when making touch-enabled displays, since they need that extra bit of panel protection.
I-O Data, however, decided to implement some damage-resistant features on an otherwise common monitor.
Thus is was that the LCD-AD202XW-P came to be, with its diagonal length of 20 inches and white-colored frame.
Apparently, I-O Data really did keep things down to sub-$500 financial parameters (the price is of $495), even as it put in a hardened glass panel that will make it hard for anyone to leave scratch marks of fingerprints.
Setting aside the question of why there would even be that big a tendency to reach out and touch the screen, the LCD-AD202XW-P has rather common specs.
For one, the native resolution of 1,600 x 900 pixels already puts it behind most other recent releases, which support Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels).
The brightness is of 250 cd/m2, while the contrast ratio is 1,000:1. Also, the pair of 1W speakers is a fairly common monitor feature by now, as are the D-Sub and DVI inputs.
Other specs include a response time of 5ms and the Eco mode, which, when activated, can save up to 42% power.
Those that want a Full HD monitor, that also has a few advantages over this one while being actually cheaper, albeit less physically reinforced, can take a look at the LCD-MF241CBR, which was unleashed late last month (it should sell for $343).