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LG introduces 22-inch 10,000:1 DFC display

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 08 Apr 2008 5:01 User comments (6)

LG introduces 22-inch 10,000:1 DFC display Following last month's launch of a 19-inch 10,000:1 Digital Fine Contrast ratio display, LG has announced the launch of the W2252TQ 22-inch Widescreen monitor with the same contrast ratio.
Like its smaller brother, the display is "powered by LG's picture enhancing Chipset, F-Engine," and LG claims the latest display has the "best image definition and colour reproduction available today."

Among the other notable specifications, according to the source article, are:

- 10,000:1 DFC (when in F-Engine "Movie Mode")
- 2ms response time (grey-to-grey)
- 1680 x 1050 resolution
- 300 nits brightness/16.7cd/m2
- 170 degree viewing angle






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6 user comments

18.4.2008 17:04

Tell ya what! Everybody pool their money and buy me one of these bad boys that way I'll be able to write a good review for you all ;-) .
I'll even let you come over and watch it with me!

28.4.2008 17:18

How much and it's not even 1920x1080.

38.4.2008 17:53

Quote:
How much and it's not even 1920x1080.

Lol. I like all the LG electronics I have bought but it has to be 1080P for me too so when they have this on 24" then I will consider buying depending on the power consumption.

49.4.2008 00:54

Originally posted by iluvendo:
How much and it's not even 1920x1080.
No it's not, but then, it's not really intended for HD content. (No HDMI input, not even S-Video). It's basically just a PC monitor (no tuner). The response time is awfully good though; at 2ms that beats even some real HD monitors.

The LG website suggests a MSRP of $369.99, but I can get it here in Canada for $299.99 at 'The Source By Circuit City' (the replacement store for the USA's 'Radio Shack'), although I'd have to cough up another $52 for a DVI cable to hook it up to my PC.

All-in-all, it's a good-but-cheap PC monitor.
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 09 Apr 2008 @ 12:57

59.4.2008 11:53

Originally posted by a_klingon:
although I'd have to cough up another $52 for a DVI cable to hook it up to my PC.

All-in-all, it's a good-but-cheap PC monitor.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=dvi&x=0&y=0

I think you mean $5 :-D
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69.4.2008 17:52

Quote:
Originally posted by a_klingon:
although I'd have to cough up another $52 for a DVI cable to hook it up to my PC.

All-in-all, it's a good-but-cheap PC monitor.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=dvi&x=0&y=0

I think you mean $5 :-D
Oops! Actually, I had the right pricing info, (yeah, even for the cable), but the wrong department store!

I was in fact, looking at "Future Shop's" listing of this monitor, (not The Source's).

If you look at the LG W2252TQ page here...

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddet...710&catid=25074

... you'll see on the bottom right-hand-side of the page, a pic of the PC connection cable, the "Dynex 6.6' Digital Interface Cable DX-DVI2M", for a whopping $51.99!




It's amazing to me, DVDBack23, how retailers can get away with these prices. It's the same with HDMI cables for HD TVs/Monitors.

I bought a 'Belkin' brand HDMI 1.3 (1080P) cable for $24.97 at a local Walmart, and yet you can easily pay $140 for a 'Monster' brand cable of the very same specs. (Both have gold-plated contacts).

I think that's why it's important to keep informed about what's out there, and why sites like this one here, are an excellent front-line defence against consumer rip-offs.

(BTW Andre, thank you for the many news items you bring our way!) :)
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