
NEC has already announced a new LCD display this week called PA241W aimed at graphics professionals who need accurate color. That screen had a lot of features high-end and as a result had a high price too. NEC has now announced a new budget LCD called AS171.
The screen is a 17-inch unit with a native resolution of 1280 x 1024. The connectivity options including VGA and DVI and the contrast ratio of 900:1. The display has a 5ms response time and position has tilt adjustment. The green features of the display include a rating EPEAT Silver and Energy Star 5.0 and 5.0 of TCO compliance.
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The new Sony BRAVIA XBR-60LX900, XBR-52LX900, 46LX900 and XBR-XBR40LX900 have a feature that I have not found in any other set yet. These games include a new feature called “Intelligent Presence Sensor, which automatically detects the faces of people visiting the set, and optimizes the picture for your viewing pleasure. Under the bright lights of the CES, I find it hard to tell exactly how well they work in a real world situation, but it’s an interesting concept.
Besides being able to adjust the image quality to see the location function, the sets can also be set to prevent children from sitting too near the TV, the screen automatically faint when they get too close.
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DVF-130TC Polaroid 2.0-inch LCD Camcorder USB facilitates head on any adventure. Just point and shoot while the two-inch bright LCD screen allows you to get each shot the way you want. Zoom with 8x digital zoom and record all the USB 16MB internal memory for easy downloading to your PC or MAC. Not enough memory? Expand the memory by inserting an SD card. The crystal DVF130 offers 480 × 640 video – ideal for all your video creations on YouTube.
DVF-130TC Polaroid 2.0-inch LCD USB Camcorder Features:
- Digital Camcorder 2 “LCD screen
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26AV502R Toshiba 26-inch LCD HDTV combines quality, style and value. Toshiba Toshiba 26AV502R DynaLight control features dynamic backlight for deeper black levels and two digital HDMI inputs for easy connection of high quality cable / satellite boxes, DVD players and more. Toshiba 26AV502Rincludes a PC input for use as a PC monitor or TV set, unlike other smaller TVs that also has a game mode to shorten the signal to the screen faster response time for a driver games. And that HDTV, like all Toshiba TV models 2009, meets Energy Star 3.0 certifications to reduce energy consumption by up to 25 percent compared with standard TVs.
Toshiba 26AV502R with standard definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers are comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is much better than you can sit closer to a larger TV, unaware of the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience.
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