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We aren’t trying to get all up in your business or anything, but if you’ve found yourself in the market for a TV tuning LCD of late, ASUS has a trio that just might serve your needs. The T1 is comprised of 22-, 24- and 27-inch displays, all of which boast 1080p panels, a pair of HDMI sockets, a hybrid TV tuner, twin seven watt speakers, a fairly unexciting black chassis and a 3-year warranty. We’re told that these are available now across the pond starting at £279 ($461), though there’s no indication that these will ever ship stateside (nor if they’ll ever see a Designo makeover).

[Via Pocket-lint]

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ASUS stuffs TV tuner into new T1 series of Full HD monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Imagine yourself a dozen years ago, inhabiting the age of the CRT monitor, where a depth of 16.5 centimeters was considered a space-saving solution. Now open your eyes, breathe in the fresh air of modernity, and gaze upon ASUS’s new line of 16.5mm deep monitors with the admiration they deserve. Coming out with no less than five models ranging from 23.6 to 20 inches — MS246, MS236, MS226, MS227 and MS202 — ASUS has strapped touch-sensitive buttons to 2ms response panels with 250 nits of brightness, and a 50,000:1 dynamic (boo!) contrast ratio. The top three models feature Full HD resolution and HDMI, while the 22-inch MS227 makes do with 1680 x 1050 and the MS202 gets downgraded to a 5ms response time and 1600 x 900 resolution. Prices aren’t yet available, but the read link contains all the painfully exhaustive details you might need.

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ASUS Designo MS Series is 16.5mm thin, venerates form over function originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shipments of organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens could increase eightfold by 2013, according to iSuppli, to over 240 million units–providing they can make the transition from passive matrix to active matrix technology.

OLEDs consume less power, offer higher contrast, a wider viewing angle, and very fast response time compared with regular LCDs.

Currently, OLED screens are found on cell phones, MP3 players, and even some flat panel TVs and digital TVs. Early screens could only display one or two colors, but manufacturers have made significant steps in the last year to bring the technology to much larger, full color panels. The report also mentioned the Nokia N85, an OLED-equipped smartphone with a 2.6-inch panel, as an example of the next wave of OLED devices.

Aww, just look at him, Philips’ Aurea TV’s all growed up and showing off the latest in LED edge-lighting. This third generation set features the same transparent Active Frame now sporting 250 LEDs with a promise of “exact” Ambilight color matching” with what you see on the screen. The result, according to Philips and our own experience with Ambilight over the years, is a more immersive viewing experience — or maybe the experience is just peculiar, we can never be too sure. The set still features the same, albeit tweaked, motion sensitive remote control and adds Net TV for quick access to content from YouTube, eBay, TomTom and more depending upon your location. As to the display, well, it’s still 42-inches by the looks of things, with a Full HD (1920×1080) resolution, 100Hz refresh, and snappy 2-ms response as before. The box itself feature an integrated DVB-T/DVB-C/CI+ HDTV receiver, 5x HDMI 1.3a EasyLink inputs, WiFi, Ethernet, and a DLNA-compliant network link for accessing media off your PC. Coming soon, that’s when.

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Philips Aurea reaches 3rd generation, demands more allowance originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look here Hitachi, according to our extensive community college experience “Wooo” is always an indicator of a good time to be had by all, new experiences, possible overnight police station stays and most recently, UWB wireless shenanigans, super slim HDTVs or other examples of display imagination. Following that trend from your Japanese arm, these 5 spec bumped models of XP035 series plasmas (42-, 46- and 50-inch, pictured) and XP35 LCDs (42- and 47-inch) don’t quite live up to the name, while spec bumps over last year’s edition with thorough DLNA and DTCP-IP support and 500GB hard drives with iVDR slots to add even more space might impress some, we’ve come to expect more. Come 2010, we’re looking for super resolution or something else you haven’t done before, don’t let us down this time. Click through for even more detailed prices and specs, we’ll be in the corner checking our CES reservations one more time.

Read – Hitachi, 500GB HDD built-in full HD plasma / LCD TV – High-definition recording eight times / DLNA support “Wooo” 5 models
Read – Hitachi Announces Several PDPs and LCD TVs with Both a 500GB HDD and DLNA Support

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Latest Hitachi LCDs & plasmas take all the thrill out of the Wooo originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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