Liquid-crystal-display monitors offer many advantages over conventional cathode-ray-tube (CRT) type monitors, as the former are smaller and display with higher resolutions. But slower response times have put hardcore gamers off LCDs, a tech review reported on Thursday.
"Slow times can cause motion blurring in DVD movies, games and other fast-moving applications," BIOS said on its Web site.
To deal with this problem, companies like ViewSonic Corp and BenQ Corp (明基) have introduced their new and speedy LCD monitors at a computer trade show which ends today at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1.
The US-based ViewSonic's 19-inch, VX924 LCD monitor unveiled at the Taipei Computer Application Show is featured with 3 millisecond (ms) response time, which the company claimed to be the fastest so far in the industry.
The new 3ms version, priced at NT$14,900 (US$467), supports a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 and features a brightness of 270 nits and a contrast ratio of 550:1.
ViewSonic aims to ship 50,000 19-inch monitors and 60,000 17-inch monitors in the third quarter, DigiTimes reported on July 27, citing the company's sales and marketing vice president Alan Chang (張仲英).
BenQ also debutted its latest 19-inch LCD monitors at the show. The FP91V model sports a 4ms response time, contrast ratio of 600:1, and a native resolution of 1280x1024 pixels.
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