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HP Envy 14 Radiance displays sold out… forever originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Ben, who needs a good, great or amazing LCD monitor for $200 or less. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I’m currently in the market for a new computer monitor, and I’m trying to find the biggest “bang for my buck” under the order of around $200. I would be using this monitor a lot for video and photo editing, so sharpness and contrast is a must, but I’ll also be using it a lot for watching HD movies and playing games. It needs to have a both an HDMII and VGA port in it, and a built-in TV tuner would be nice, too. In short, I need the biggest, sharpest, and most well-built monitor I can get for under two bills. Thanks!”

Two years ago, there’d be just a handful of options when pondering this question. Today, there are loads of monitors for under $200, particularly when an actual screen size isn’t required. Any choice options from the folks in the crowd? Contribute your own down in comments below!

Ask Engadget: best LCD monitor on the market for under $200? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If 3D and tablets are the two unstoppable forces of modern consumer electronics, doesn’t it make sense to meld them into one, fearsome, trendsetting device? LG’s T-Mobile-bound G-Slate might be doing exactly that, we’re hearing, as a pair of different sites are reporting it’ll come with a 3D-capable display. The guys at GPS And Co have apparently heard directly from LG’s French arm, who told them the G-Slate would have a glasses-free 3D display and 3D camera, though the validity of that information is diluted somewhat by TmoNews‘ source finding 3D glasses listed as future accessories for this rather mysterious tablet. Yes, it’s contradictory information, but then Pocket-lint has also heard directly from LG and received a promise of “an actual working 3D device,” which should be expected shortly. That could be the 4.3-inch autostereoscopic panel we scoped out at CES or it could be another hint that the G-Slate’s been camera-shy for a very particularly, three-dimensional reason.

LG G-Slate to have an 8.9-inch 3D display? Rumor mill says ‘maybe’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Sanyo PLC-WL2503 isn’t the first whiteboard-less whiteboard solution we’ve seen — in fact multi-surface projector interaction dates back at least as far as 2007. As for a projector with built-in interactive capabilities, well, Epson’s BrightLink 450Wi has been on the job since last year, albeit at a much higher price: the Epson projector costs $2,200 while this Sanyo comes in at about $500 less. Both tout short-range projection: the BrightLink provides 80-inch displays from two feet, while the PLC-WL2503 requires at least 34 inches to do the same. They pack identical WXGA 1280×800 resolution and 2500 lumens of brightness, and they both use IR pens to communicate with front-facing cameras built into the projector for multi-surface interactivity. Really, the only thing separating these two on paper is price. If the BrightLink is just too rich for your blood, and you can wait a little while longer, the Sanyo PLC-WL2503 can have you writing on walls by the end of January.

Sanyo PLC-WL2503 ultra-short-throw projector does built-in interactivity a tad cheaper originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After seeing Sharp’s 10.6 glasses-free 3D display last September, we left convinced that parallax barrier 3D technology was a long way off from being ready for prime-time, and then we reached for a bottle of aspirin. Demonstrations by Intel and Sony at CES this year proved, however, that a lot can change in four months, and we hope for Japan’s collective eye sight that Fujitsu’s Esprimo FH99/CM desktop PC follows this trend. That’s because Fujitsu claims it’s the world’s first glasses-free all-in-one, and it’s scheduled to launch in the country on February 25th with a whopping $3,100 price tag. All that dough will get buyers a naked-eye 23-inch full HD 3D display plus top-of-the-line features such as a Blu-ray drive with 3D Blu-ray support, a 2Ghz Core i7 processor, 4GB of memory, a 2TB hard drive, and two USB 3.0 ports. There’s no word whether the computer will land stateside, but if it doesn’t, Toshiba has hinted they could fill the void with a glasses-free 3D PC of its own by late 2011. Still, we wouldn’t recommend stomping your 3D glasses just yet.

Fujitsu unveils Esprimo FH99/CM, touts it as the world’s first glasses-free 3D desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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