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ViewSonic 27-Inch Monitors Reach America Next Week

Dell isn't the only company launching displays these days, as ViewSonic also completed a pair, one that is almost ready to start shipping in both the Northern and Southern Americas.Users may or may not have learned that Dell just updated its collection of ultrathin monitors.It so happens that the company is not...

29 August 2011
09:19 GMT

Ultra-Slim Dell Monitor Listed Online

Dell is always working on something or other, so one can easily understand why hardly a week goes by without it presenting a new product, or at least announcing the impending arrival of, for example, monitors.Dell got quite the piece of good news recently, one that bodes well for its whole PC business.Basically, HP ...

29 August 2011
08:48 GMT

ViewSonic Aims High on LED-Backlit LCD Market

ViewSonic did say, on previous occasions, that it would focus on LED backlighting from now on, and the latest reports regarding its plans for this segment have now emerged.Before LED backlighting began to be experimented with, CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lights) were the norm.Then again, to a certain extent, they...

12 August 2011
11:04 GMT

Three Thin and New CTL Monitors Made Official

The display industry is one that has been more or less doing well, unlike that of DRAM chips, so it is not so surprising to learn that CTL decided to formally launch a trio of its own.The past year has seen LED-backlit displays gain a significantly larger market share than before, as CCFL models lost their price adv...

4 August 2011
09:52 GMT

LED Used in 800 Mbps Optical Wireless Connection

Doing away with cables is something that more or less the entire IT industry wants to accomplish, so any leap in wireless research is looked upon favorably, like the one that he Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin, Germany, is bragging about.One limitation that light h...

1 August 2011
10:18 GMT

NEC Releases New E Series Commercial Displays

NEC is one of those companies better known for its enterprise-grade products than consumer ones, and it appears that it is quite eager to live up to its reputation, its latest act consisting of unleashing a number of new E Series models.It so happens that NEC decided this was an opportune time for its collection of ...

1 August 2011
09:47 GMT

ViewSonic Finally Releases 3D LED Monitor

There have been many announcement depicting some new or upcoming display or another, but it looks like ViewSonic is finally more or less ready to unleash one whose existence was disclosed over six months ago.The 3D display mode has been on an upward popularity climb ever since cinemas really got seriously in the gam...

1 August 2011
08:04 GMT

Nanowire Manufacturing Control Technology Developed at MIT

A collaboration of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, announces the development of a new liquid processing methods for controlling the shape of nanoscale wires. This approach could soon allow experts to produce complete electronic devices in one go.This technology only wor...

14 July 2011
08:07 GMT

LED-Backlit LCD TVs Not as Successful as Expected

It appears that certain predictions in regards to the market of LED-backlit TVs have proven to have been slightly too optimistic, now that reports show a lack of acceleration in orders.One in a while, market analysts take a look at one part of the IT market, or the IT industry as a whole, and try to predict how thin...

4 July 2011
09:30 GMT

Three New ViewSonic Monitors Released

Being the maker of various display solutions that it is, ViewSonic decided to update its extensive product portfolio with three new members, all of which have more or less similar specifications beyond the resolution and diagonal length.The past couple of weeks have definitely not come and gone without ViewSonic mak...

29 June 2011
04:08 GMT

Enermax U.R. Vegas LED Case Fan Inbound

With all the new hardware products coming out, one would think that 'minor' things like fans wouldn't get much attention, but the fact is that summer is now upon a large part of the worldwide IT market, so cooling solutions, like a certain Enermax case fan, are definitely sought after.Normally, every ...

17 June 2011
05:50 GMT

Samsung's UE Display Series Designed as Affordable Videowalls

Samsung's new range of commercial displays includes a set of panels intended for use in videowalls, making sure to deliver a measure of affordability, not just image quality and performance.As some end-users will have no doubt learned by now, Samsung announced four full sets of professional, commercial displays...

16 June 2011
10:31 GMT

Samsung Completes New Display Range with the 55-Inch UD55A

Samsung released an entire collection of large, professional displays not long ago, and it looks like only one of them has been described without its price being disclosed to the public.Samsung definitely did not hold back when it unveiled its newest batch of commercial LCDs with LED backlighting.While its consumer-...

16 June 2011
09:21 GMT

Samsung Launches the HE Series of LED-Backlit LCDs

It looks that, even in the midst of new laptop, tablet and smartphone announcements, Samsung still had more than enough time to develop several new lines of large displays, one of which is the HE Series.Setting aside thought of small or regular monitors and TVs, Samsung decided to provide the commercial market with ...

16 June 2011
07:40 GMT

Philips Brilliance 273P3L LED Monitor Inbound

With all the displays on today's market, making one that stands out is proving to be more of a chore each day, but this didn't stop Philips from creating the newest member to the Brilliance family.The 2011 edition of the Computex trade show is nearing fast, but this doesn't mean that IT players are ho...

25 May 2011
09:08 GMT

LED TV Market Stagnates, Confronts Oversupply Issues

One would think that, at the rate LED displays are getting cheaper, they would be selling better, but it looks like, even though shipments are, indeed, good, oversupply concerns still ended up appearing.Something happened on the display market over the past couple of years, something that probably had to do with the...

24 May 2011
10:00 GMT

HP x2301 Is a Very Thin Full HD LED Monitor

While it might have seem as though HP was done with the display releases for a while, this appears to not be the case now that yet another display has appeared, slightly bigger and better than a certain predecessor.HP may be best known for its computers, but it definitely deals in other things, like monitors, even v...

17 May 2011
04:30 GMT

NEC X Series 55-Inch Display Now Unleashed

NEC decided it was high time its X Series of liquid crystal displays got some new blood, so to speak, so it went ahead and designed a new, large-screen, professional-grade model with special emphasis on environment friendliness.Flat panel TVs may be starting to sell less, as will other products on the IT industry, b...

3 May 2011
09:48 GMT

AOC 50 ID Monitors Use LED Backlighting, Come in Summer

It looks like monitor makers aren't just unleashing new displays, they are also preparing, in advance, for what they will do in the months to come, something that AOC made more than clear not long ago.In the IT industry, for any company it is essential that they never forget to plan ahead, since any slip up can...

29 April 2011
04:30 GMT

LCD Monitors Will Sell Better and Better

It appears that, as months pass by, liquid crystal display monitors are getting more and more popular, to the point where overall shipment volumes have grown and are expected to continue rising.Liquid crystal displays are the most popular technology used in today's monitors, TVs and screens for handheld and oth...

28 April 2011
09:22 GMT

LG Flatron E2290V Review: The Slimmest Monitor in the World

For a while now, LCD manufacturers have tried to design and build the slimmest monitors possible and today we get to review one of the strongest contenders to this title, the LG Flatron E2290V 21.5-inch Full HD display which measures a meager 7.2mm. LG says that it was able to reach such a thin profile thanks to i...

27 April 2011
16:01 GMT

Zalman CPU Cooler Has a V-Shape and Led Lighting

Zalman releases coolers on a regular basis, something expected considering that new CPUs can always do with different heatsinks and fans, and it looks like its most recent model has finally surfaced.The cooling solutions market is one that includes many sorts of fans, heatsinks, fansinks and liquid cooling modules a...

22 April 2011
04:12 GMT

LED-Backlit LCDs Sold Better Last Year

It appears that tablets aren't the only things gaining profile on the US and worldwide markets, as it is revealed that a certain other type of device has been getting more and more popular, or so sales figures suggest. The display market, like pretty much every other facet of the IT industry, has been recove...

9 April 2011
05:42 GMT

Nintendo Planned Mood Lighting Add-On for the Wii

A patent has been recently unveiled showing that Nintendo had plans to launch an add-on for the Wii home gaming console that could display colors and lighting that were connected to the video games the player was enjoying. The patent was registered in 2009, which might suggest that the add-on was only in the plannin...

7 April 2011
03:27 GMT

New NEC Commercial LCDs Have LED Backlighting

It seems that NEC is finally ready to have its large screen liquid crystal displays cross over to LED backligthing, although only two products of this type have, so far, been officially introduced.NEC revealed many commercial displays over the years but it looks like it only now has decided to take a step towards hi...

4 April 2011
08:31 GMT

Space Technology Reduces Cancer Treatment Pains

Patients seeking to cope with the painful effects of cancer treatments now have a new method of doing so. A technology developed by the American space agency is now available to doctors, who can choose to use it to alleviate the pain certain cancer therapies inflict on patients. Originally, the technology was develop...

1 April 2011
09:19 GMT

Sceptre Launches Three New 32-Inch HDTV Models Priced at $499

Sceptre has just announced the availability of three new 32-inch HDTV models that feature an elegant and futuristic design which should find its place into any modern living room. The three units are part of the Galaxy series and sport Full HD resolutions. To achieve this futuristic look, Sceptre took full advant...

1 April 2011
03:28 GMT

Acer Announces Two LED Monitors with VA Panels

VA panels have started to show up a bit more often on the consumer market, but it seems Acer used them in the making of a pair of larger than usual monitors intended not for such customers but for office use.The things that define a high-quality display are those features that, besides resolution and color sharpness...

23 March 2011
09:00 GMT

Half of All Monitors Sold in 2011 Will Use LED Backlighting

LED monitors are already getting as cheap as CCFL ones, so it is no surprise that reports would emerge saying that 2011 would be the year when LED nears, if not outright gains, dominance on the LCD monitor market.LED backlights may have not been overly widespread until late 2009, but the technology kicked off seriou...

22 March 2011
07:20 GMT

LED Monitors Get as Cheap as Regular Ones

It seems that the transition from CCFL-backlit displays to LED backlighting will continue to be encouraged during 2011, especially during the second half, when pricing might just stop being an issue.Until last year, the majority of displays sold worldwide, monitors and TVs alike, used CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent ...

22 March 2011
05:47 GMT

New Method for Producing Cheaper LED Developed

A team of experts at a private startup company in the United States announces the development of a new production technique aimed at manufacturing light-emitting diodes (LED). If widely applied, this method could lead to more people employing LED lighting in their households. As incandescent light bulbs are beginning...

21 March 2011
05:47 GMT

Samsung Announces Stylish 3D LED HDTV Monitor Collection

It appears that unveiling a new ultrathin laptop is not all that Samsung is up to, as it seems to have launched a bunch of other things, among them being a full collection of 3D monitors for those that want aesthetic value all around.3D monitors are, by nature, much more expensive than any regular screens and, thus,...

16 March 2011
11:54 GMT

Bridgelux Creates Affordable LED Technology from Silicon

It is no mystery that LED is, currently, becoming more and more popular thanks to its many benefits, even though it does have some disadvantage when it comes to pricing, a drawback that one company claims to have found a way around.Nowadays, if a new monitor or HDTV comes out, the assumptions will most likely be mad...

11 March 2011
04:38 GMT

LG IPS1 LCD Has Advanced LED and Low Power Draw

Where LCDs once had the problem of very narrow viewing angles, they have come far enough for visibility to not be impaired except at very wide ones, and LG's newest display series seems especially driven to optimize this aspect.Back when the liquid crystal display technology first came around, it was rightfully...

10 March 2011
08:47 GMT

Samsung 950 Series 3D LED Monitors Now On Sale

It seems that a certain pair of products first unveiled months ago has finally gotten to the point where it can be sent to stores and, from there, to customers' homes, that being the newest addition to Samsung's 950 Series of displays.Samsung is one of those companies that, when unveiling some new technolo...

7 March 2011
05:11 GMT

Mitsubishi Provides Two White LED-Backlit TFT-LCD Displays

It seems that Mitsubishi decided it was time to provide some display solutions that are rugged enough to work in outdoor, unfriendly environments, so it brought forth a pair of 8.4-inch LCD screens set to become available by June.The problem, so to speak, with most display solutions is that they are quite vulnerable...

28 February 2011
04:33 GMT

The Age of the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Over

Throughout the United States, 2011 will represent the first year when incandescent light bulbs will lose their dominance over the market. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) and light-emitting diodes (LED) are the new technologies that the public will have to run to, as incandescent bulbs get phased out. The public does...

20 January 2011
16:01 GMT

LCD TV Makers hope to Sell 200,000 Units in 2011

Since the year has just started, makers of all sorts of products are setting goals, and it seems that the makers of LCD TVs in Taiwan have figured out how many sales they want to reach before 2011 is out.With the advent of web-connected TVs, and of Internet-based TV content platforms, it is not hard to assume sales ...

14 January 2011
10:02 GMT

Lexar Ballistix Tracer Memory Has Customizable LED Lights

Lexar Media's latest Crucial-branded memory products might just end up gaining most of the attention given to them thanks not to their actual specs, but because of their unusual led lighting.It seems that Crucial is paying special attention to those enthusiasts that like their systems to be colorful on the insi...

6 January 2011
10:18 GMT

Philips 23-Inch LED Brilliance Monitor Made Public

Since new video cards have come out like a flood, it is not at all unexpected for new monitors to show up as well, and Philips figured now was a good time to bring out and start selling a certain Brilliance monitor. Like all of its rivals on the display market, Philips deals in a variety of products, such as TVs ...

16 December 2010
09:38 GMT

Black Friday Failed to Spur LCD TV Sales

Even though the US holiday known as Black Friday is usually one that encourages sales by a very large degree, this year went by without it managing to have a big enough impact on the LCD TV market, especially when it came to LED-backlit models. It seems that the price cuts on Black Friday failed to actually help dis...

1 December 2010
11:10 GMT

LED LCD TVs Get Cheaper for the Holidays

Price cuts are always a welcome news for the consumer market, especially around times when shopping is about to be turned up to eleven, and it seems that the market for LCD TVs is going through this very type of experience.According to DisplaySearch, which is a division of NPG Group, LED-backlit LCD TV prices have d...

27 November 2010
03:29 GMT

LED Backlight Panel Shipments Grow in Q3 2010

With every day that passes it seems that we are getting closer and closer to the day when CCFL lit LCD panels will become a thing of the past as LED panels shipments continue to grow, LED penetration in LCD TV panels rising from 18.5 percent in Q2 to 25.9 percent in Q3.Translated in hard figures, this means that LED ...

22 November 2010
10:36 GMT

Unannounced 65-Inch VIZIO 3D TV Uses Passive Glasses

It appears that not all companies feel the need to deliver lengthy press releases upon the completion of so-called high-profile products, at least this is what VIZIO seems to have shown now that its 65-Inch 3D TV has shown up on its website.While cinemas are able to make do with many sets of passive polarized glasse...

20 November 2010
06:50 GMT

Putting Light Controls Back in the Hands of the People

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are currently working on a new device that would essentially put the power to control light at home and at work back into the hands of people, stripping computers of their control. The research was prompted by soaring electricity bills, and by various short...

19 November 2010
06:51 GMT

Program Your Color LED Lights with iGloLEDset iPhone App

MEA Mobile has announced the release of iGloLEDset, the first real-time, iPhone based, controller for color lights. Users control a 16’ strip of LED lights by moving the iPhone around in the air, or by touching the screen to paint the lights different colors. Lights are programmable, while the iOS applicati...

17 November 2010
08:57 GMT

Seven New LED Monitors Released by Fujitsu

Since display makers seem to be quite serious about moving over to LED backlights, Fujitsu decided to join in on the sentiment, even commemorating the occasion by releasing seven new monitors in the process.Fujitsu released seven monitors, distributed amongst its B, E and P series of liquid crystal displays.The larg...

15 November 2010
10:45 GMT

ASUS Creates Six New VE Series Monitors

Eager to make an addition to the already large number of energy efficient LCDs, ASUS brought forth no less than six new displays as part of the VE line of monitors, all of which are alike in several ways, including their use of LED backlights. Since LED have more or less become the norm on the display front, it was ...

5 November 2010
11:23 GMT

ViewSonic VG36-LED Monitor Line Grows by Two

ViewSonic decided it was time to come out and release a pair of new monitors, so it went ahead and played the environment friendliness card once again, its new creations being the VG2236wm-LED and the VG2436wm-LED.The VG2236wm-LED and the VG2436wm-LED have displays with diagonals measuring 21.5 and 23.6 inches, resp...

3 November 2010
07:12 GMT

Replacing Street Lights with 'Tree Lights'

Cities depend on their street lights for safety and navigation, but oftentimes installing lamp posts requires trees to be cut down to make room. That may no longer be necessary, thanks to a new type of nanoparticle, that turns leafs into light sources.The team behind a new study says that it was able to create a new ...

25 October 2010
08:14 GMT


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