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Sharp Teases UK With Colour PIM, Wide-screen Net TV
News The 32-inch wide-screen Internet TV, the 32-PC1, features split-screen TV/PC display, a built-in 28,000bps modem, connection jack to a PC, and an e-mail program which lets users compose mail by choosing prepared text from a list without requiring...
[November 6, 1996, 11:26]
Comdex Fall, Las Vegas: Sony Shows 2-feet Super-wide Screen Of Dreams
News Mike Fox, product marketing manager for advanced displays at Sony Information Technologies of America, said the introduction of the wide-screen monitor represented a change of tack from the traditionally cautious Sony.
[November 21, 1996, 9:01]
Winner Finds Depth In Wide-screen Monitor
Blog Here's a nice illustration of the capabilities of the Hazro wide-format display, the lead-off prize in our 12 Days of Christmas competition, courtesy of winner Geoff Oakshott. You can see not just how the monitor has more scope widthways, but also...
[February 22, 2008, 15:38]
Sharp To Release Wide-screen Notebook
News Sharp claims the wider screen and high resolution makes it suitable for viewing video, spreadsheets and other applications that require large amounts of screen real estate, although the 1,024 x 768 12.1-inch panels on some top-end notebooks should...
[October 22, 1996, 10:18]
HP LP2465 review
Reviews Dell's 24in.wide-screen LCD cost £699 when we reviewed it in June but is now listed at £639, while HP lists the LP2465 for £655. The screen itself is nearly identical to the Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP's; both displays provide a 1,920 by 1,200 native...
[September 11, 2006, 13:25]
Apple IMac G4 1.25GHz review
Reviews The wide-screen, 17in.display is this iMac's best feature, offering generous desktop work space and a 16:10 aspect ratio that practically cries out for DVD viewing. We popped in a copy of the wide-screen Spider-Man and enjoyed the LCD's rich...
[December 2, 2003, 9:25]
Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW review
Reviews The screen tilts 5 degrees forward and 20 degrees back, and it swivels 40 degrees to the left and the right. Screen uniformity tests show the 2005FPW to be slightly brighter in the corners than in the centre, and some colours, most noticeably red...
[February 8, 2005, 8:30]
Dell Inspiron 8600 review
Reviews The 15.4in.wide-screen LCD can be driven by a selection of graphics chips, from ATI's Mobility Radeon 9000 with 32MB of video RAM, through Nvidia's GeForce4 4200 Go with 64MB ( as featured on the 8500 model we tested a few months ago), up to the...
[September 18, 2003, 11:50]
Dell Saves Power In New Notebook
News Dell has revamped its wide-screen Inspiron notebook with a chip that's designed to appeal to power-conscious consumers. The wide-screen, or wide-aspect-ratio, notebook display that the Inspiron notebook uses allows a person to easily view two...
[August 29, 2003, 14:45]
Samsung Q40 review
Reviews The 12.1in.wide aspect ratio screen is a joy to use. It's genuinely lightweight and portable, yet includes a high-quality wide-aspect-ratio screen. Unfortunately there's no catch between the lid and the main system unit, which could allow foreign...
[May 9, 2007, 16:29]
Sony VAIO VGN-A197XP review
Reviews First impressions of the A197XP are of its size -- thanks to that wide-screen 17in.display -- and also its elegant looks. The high-contrast 'x-black' 17in.screen, with its 1,920 by 1,200 WUXGA resolution, is its crowning glory: not only does the...
[July 15, 2004, 17:00]
Allchin Makes The Business Case For Sidebar
News As more computer users move to larger, wide-screen monitors, Microsoft is staking a claim to that added real estate. While DVD movies have popularised wide-screen displays, Windows chief Jim Allchin said there are a lot of uses for the extra pixels.
[February 6, 2006, 14:00]
Dell Makes Widescreen Business Move
News Dell introduced business notebooks with mobile broadband connections and wide-screen displays at an event on Tuesday evening in New York. Wide-screen displays have been a prominent feature on consumer notebooks for several quarters, but they are...
[March 29, 2006, 9:35]
Widescreen Laptops To Take Over The World
News IDC predicted that 12-inch ultraportables and 14- and 15-inch wide-screen displays will fuel 62.5 million notebook shipments this year. How about a massive 19- or 20-inch wide-screen LCD model? With so many DVDs featuring wide-screen versions of...
[October 25, 2005, 10:05]
HP F2105 review
Reviews The eye-catching HP f2105's wide-screen design makes it look more like a TV than a monitor. The panel and bezel together are 34.3cm tall and 58.4cm wide, while the screen itself measures 21in.across the diagonal.
[September 1, 2005, 11:30]
TomTom GO 910 review
Reviews Thanks to its wide screen and built-in battery, the TomTom GO 910 is a relatively large device: it measures 112mm wide by 81mm deep by 66mm high and weighs a relatively hefty 340g. The wide-screen format is certainly an improvement, and the...
[July 31, 2006, 16:05]
NEC PlasmaSync 42XM2 review
Reviews The problem with many wide-screen displays is that they have a non-standard native resolution, which some graphics cards are unable to handle, so you end up running at a non-native resolution. Although the image is very sharp, running DisplayMate...
[May 12, 2004, 9:25]
Acer P610 Portable Navigator review
Reviews Like many of its competitors, the Acer p610 Portable Navigator has a wide-screen format. There are only three buttons on the front, beneath the screen; all are long and thin, making it easy to find and hit them.
[March 1, 2007, 10:58]
Sony VAIO VGN-TX5XN/B review
Reviews The best ultraportables manage to combine a super-slim, lightweight design with a wide-screen display, and that's precisely what Sony achieves here, building both into a compact notebook weighing just 1.25kg.
[May 15, 2007, 14:29]
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P7010 review
Reviews The P7010's 10.6in.wide-screen display has a native resolution of 1,280 by 768 pixels (15:9 aspect ratio) and is very bright and crisp -- much improved over the earlier models. There is a trade-off for the small size of the P7010, which measures...
[August 16, 2004, 10:35]
