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Dell’s 2209WA just surfaced a few days ago, and already we’re seeing the first review of said panel courtesy of CNET‘s Australian branch. The 22-inch IPS display was said to boast “excellent color and viewing angles and great gaming performance” at a fantastic price point, with the only real knocks being the omission of 1:1 scaling and the inset design which occasionally caused reflections. Yeah, minor quibbles indeed. In fact, reviewers struggled to even find those, and they were downright giddy to hand out a 9 out of 10 rating along with this strongly worded quote: “This is the best 22-inch monitor we’ve seen.” ‘Nuff said, huh?

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Dell’s 2209WA LCD monitor reviewed, deemed king of 22-inchers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Comically enough, Samsung didn’t even bother telling us the panel size of its P2370L, but we’ll go out on a limb and assume it’s 23-inches diagonally based on the cryptic model name. The latest member of Sammy’s Touch of Color family sports a LED backlight, a depth of just 0.65-inches, 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio, two-millisecond response time, DVI input, 1080p native resolution, a swivel stand and “Starlight” touch controls. If in fact we’re looking at a 23-inch LED-backlit LCD for just $399, we’d say it’s quite the bargain — particularly when compared to Apple’s 24-incher (which runs $899). Guess we’ll find out when it ships later this quarter.

[Via SlipperyBrick]

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Samsung’s LED-backlit P2370L LCD monitor looks good for $399 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dell Canada is good for being the first to show off new LCDs, and yet again we’re getting an early look at a forthcoming monitor courtesy of the Great White North. The 22-inch UltraSharp 2209WA will evidently arrive with a 1,680 x 1,050 resolution, 300 nits of brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 178-degree viewing angles and a 5-millisecond response time. It also features VGA and DVI connectors, four USB 2.0 ports and an undisclosed price tag. It’ll supposed ship in one to two weeks, but given that there’s not even an image available yet, we’re not so sure we’d bet the farm on that estimate being accurate.

[Via whirlpool, thanks Ed]

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Dell’s 22-inch UltraSharp 2209WA LCD monitor surfaces originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just nabbed a 55-inch 1080p Vizio XVT for Chrismakwanzika and feeling good about yourself? Consider a return, because the specs on the new models are here and the list is long. Music, 1080p movies (MPEG-2, h.264 & WMV9) or pics from a USB drive? The whole line has that with Vizio’s Multi-media hookup, while LED backlighting, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 5 HDMI ports are kept exclusive to the $1,999 55-inch VF551XVT1A. 42- and 47-inch models share the 240Hz motion technology that’s become so popular with their larger relative, but only rock 50,000:1 contrast and 4 HDMI jacks for $1,099 and $1,399 respectively. 32- and 37-inch aficionados can expect 120Hz refresh rates for $749 and $999 respectively when they ship in the fall, while the rest of the pack are summer babies. Of course, by then you’d probably want to wait for a Connected HDTV….we love this time of year.

Continue reading Vizio presents 240Hz, LED backlit updates to the XVT series

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Vizio presents 240Hz, LED backlit updates to the XVT series originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, Panasonic’s 0.33-inch thin Neo PDP might have just redefined our definition of thin, but the new Samsung HDTV are quite the lookers. The form factor, like the company’s touted UI initiative, is fairly unified in appearance across all models. Frankly, we had a pretty hard time telling them apart, and all we could really think about is how awesome they’d look in our living rooms. Hard to tell from the gallery below, but trust us, the picture quality is very crisp and clean. Now if we could only get a glimpse of Internet@TV in action.

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Samsung LCD 750, Plasma PDP 850, new LED series hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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