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| With spreadsheets, documents, browsers and emails on the go, most of us at PC Pro have cobbled together whatever ageing monitors we can find to give us dual-display working environments. But once you've plugged in two TFTs, adding more is either a pain or simply impossible. |
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| PC manufacturers seem to have cottoned on to the green revolution recently, with systems arriving in the Labs boasting ever-lower power consumption. But there remains a weak link: the monitor. |
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| We've seen monitors with protective glass before, but this 22in TFT from Belinea adds another feature to the mix: pen tablet functionality. Not only can it withstand the knocks of regular use in a public location, but it comes with its own stylus with which you can write directly onto the screen. |
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| Of all the 24in TFTs we've seen, none has come close to matching the combination of quality and value offered by the Samsung SyncMaster 245B. The 245B can currently be picked up for a mouth-watering £260, a price no other quality screen has so far been able to match, but we're finally beginning to see some getting close.
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| Most of the large-format monitors we see - including our favourite Samsung SyncMaster 245B - make use of TN panels. Good for fast response times and cheap manufacturing, they struggle to produce the colour gamut and wide viewing angles of more expensive technologies. |
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| Hot on the heels of the stunning Eizo FlexScan SX3031W comes another 30in monster. Hazro is a new name to PC Pro, and the HZ30WS completes its HZ line, which already consists of 23in, 24in and 26in models. |
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| Until now, those looking for high-resolution desktop TFTs have faced rigid restrictions. A 1,680 x 1,050 resolution required a 20 or 22in monitor, with any size below giving you 1,440 x 900 at best. Given that laptops have long offered 1,680 x 1,050 in panels as small as 15.4in, we've always suspected that desktop monitors would catch up once large-format monitors had become popular enough for manufacturers to risk undermining them. |
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