Tech WizardThe Best Place For Gadgets, Gizmos And Gaming

The brand new innovation the Viewsonic VA1926w LCD was set to create ripples in the techno world with advanced features and a low price band. With specifications ranging from a 19” color TFT and 16.1” horizontal x 10” vertical x 19” diagonal display area it is turning out to be an eye candy to everyone standing proudly on a strong plastic base. Not only the outer appearance but even the 1440 x 900 optimal resolution and 5ms response time it provides a magnificent view to the viewer.

With even an analog/digital video input and PC compatibility the voltage and power consumption is not an issue with this, which makes it a simple power monitor and working on a cool temperature.

Read the rest of this entry »

Most current 30 inch displays offer anything more than the resolution and big display areas. Hardly any controls are available for adjustments. Not so with this gateway unit. It not only delivers on the high resolution and large display area it has lots of adjustments and works with many display adapters too. But then it is pricier too by a few hundred dollars at $1700. Read the rest of this entry »

Toshiba Matsushita has come out with a full color round LED display,- it’s true! It has 240×240 resolution, 600:1 contrast ratio and a 62mm viewing area! So this is not the time, yet to go all starry eyed thinking about possibilities in your mainstream desktop PC configuration.

Toshiba does see potential in instrument panels of vehicles. When the technology mature, for all you know, Apple may be all over it!!!

Dell E228WFPC is no contender for design awards, yet with its competitive prices ($300) and graphics features this 22” monitor would add solid value in a office setting delivering high quality text and graphics.

The monitor passed the jury’s scrutiny without much of a problem. Text and graphics on Word and excel applications were quite clear and sharp. Common web page graphics such images of a group of people or an image of a colorful fruit passed with flying colors! Brilliant were the colors on the object and realistic skin tones on people’s faces & limbs.

This model too had a boomerang shaped stand like many Dell monitors. The stand had a hole inside to pull wires through and save on the wire clutter. The hole was a little too narrow though.

Read the rest of this entry »

ViewSonic takes a tilt toward practicality with its PC/TV hybrid LCD displays, packing a passel of inputs into its Diamani DUO 19-inch NX1932w and 22-inch NX2232w screens.

It makes sense: You have all this resolution floating around, why not tack an HDMI port on board, add an ATSC HD tuner and 10-watt speaker system, and then have a dual use display? Good idea in theory, but the execution falls short.

First of all, that HDTV tuner just captures over-the-air signals, and that’ll be good for only about 5% of the viewing public that watches their HDTV that way. Plus there’s no 1080p, because the highest resolution of the largest screen—the 22 inch—is only 1680×1050. That doesn’t quite cut it.

Read the rest of this entry »