It’s been some time since we talked about some fancy monitors. Toshiba is trying to make us drool with their newest WQUXGA 22-inch monitor they’re working on, which does 3,840×2,400 resolutions. This really sounds interesting, right? But would you be set back if I tell you this little one sports 300:1 contrast ratios? Would you be interested to know that you’d have to pay $18,000 for the monitor itself and another $2,700 if you plan to connect it to your PC? I am sure I can’t afford to pay 20 grand on a monitor and I guess Gizmodo heard me because they found a 22-inch WQUXGA by ADTX which costs only (not sure what contrast rate or resolution) $1,700.

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Sharp, the first LCD producer has developed a 2.2″ LCD for mobile devices which is World’s thinnest display. The Sharp Mobile Advanced Super View LCD has a thickness of only 0.68 mm. Sharp guarantees superior image quality with a 2000:1 contrast ratio, wide viewing angle of 176 degrees and 8ms response time.

As technology evolves, the electronic devices become thinner and lighter. Thus, all producers strive to improve the electronic components, like LCDs. Sharp’s display can be used with mobile phones and digital cameras, in fact with all kinds of portable gadgets.

The display can be seen at “FPD International 2007″ exhibition in Pacifico Yokohama from October 24th to October 26th.

via NewLaunches

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Technology advances when it comes to monitors and this time Samsung delivered something great. Samsung LN-52F91BD is a 52-inch full HD LCD display that has LED backlight which is supposed to offer better brightness than what we had a few years before.
This little one is pretty big for me to use for me to watch the Gladiator and feel like one. It sports 3 HDMI 1.3 ports, USB 2.0 and Infolink function that will give you stock quotes and news updates from MSN. My office cries for such, but I should spare 4800 euros to buy one from Korea, because there’s where they have it now.

via Gizmodo

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The official announcement saying that Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader will be available in stores and will ship this month for $300, we have updates on that one. Apparently, and it’s been just a few hours, on their store - SonyStyle - it’s for sale for the exact price of $299.99 in silver or dark blue.Sony PRS-505 is an upgrade for their older 500 model, that brings a better contrast in the new electronic paper display. There are a few things I would appreciate if I were to buy one, like USB sync with the PC, both SD cards and Memory Stick Duo, and those 100 Connect eBook Classic titles plus two lines of engraving which are free when you purchase. So yeah, that makes it a good choice if you have use for it.

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It looks like today is Samsung announcement day. There are news about the long waited CES announced DLP models in the 76 , 87 and 89 series that are now live. The models we’re talking about are all 1080p with 3 HDMI plugs, are 3D-ready if you get the $100 kit that includes the LCD glasses and are getting refreshed with 10,000:1 contrast ratios. The 87 series also have CinemaSmooth LED Light Engine and the 89 series adds Bluetooth headphone capability. The prices are as follows:

Samsung DLP 76 Series

50-inch : $1,899
56-inch : $2,199
61-inch : $2,599

Samsung DLP 87 Series

50-inch : $2,299
56-inch : $2,599
61-inch : $2,999

Samsung DLP 89 Series

50-inch : $2,499
56-inch : $2,799
61-inch : $3,199

Another news from Samsung is that they are launching a 94 series 1080p plasma HDTV with WiFi. How sweet is this? It has a 15,000:1 contrast ratio, 3 CEC HDMI ports, 18-bit color processing, USB, ATSC / clear QAM tuners and Ultra FilterBright light diffusion. What adds up is the 802.11n WiFi to stream up to 1080i video.

The prices are :

94 series

50-inch : $3,600
58-inch : $5,300 - both to go out during the fourth quarter of 2007

84 series

58-inch : $4,700 - will go live in September.

Source : Engadget 1, 2

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