Taiwanese electronics maker BenQ announced on Wednesday what it reckons is one of the speediest 20-inch wide screen LCD monitors around, designed specifically with movie viewers and gamers in mind.
The BenQ FP202W runs at a fast 8-millisecond black-to-white response time, comparable to similar-sized offerings such as the SyncMaster 242mp from Samsung Electronics.
At that speed, some of the ghost images and other ill digital effects that show up on screens when the action on games and movies goes too fast should be eliminated.
The monitor will be available worldwide in the fourth quarter of this year. Pricing information was not immediately available.
Monitor's specs
The monitor's enhanced image quality also comes from its 1680-by-1050-pixel resolution and its 600:1 contrast ratio, according to BenQ representatives. The company also implemented its "Senseye" digital enhancement technology, which is designed to automatically improve and adjust the image quality and brightness levels, and perform color mapping, reducing jagged edges on images.
At 20 inches, the screen is wide enough that two pages of text can be displayed side by side, according to BenQ. DVD movies and computer games can be played on the screen without cropping or compression.
The BenQ FP202W also comes with a "hot key" for switching immediately from digital to analog signals and back.
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