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Dell 2408WFP Monitor Review
[12/18/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Dell 2408WFP is not just an S-PVA matrix with excellent viewing angles, but also great color reproduction, extended color gamut and a large selection of interfaces including HDMI and even DisplayPort. Read more in our review!

Roundup: Touch of Color Monitor Series from Samsung
[11/12/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Samsung engineers have always been by far among the best when it comes to exterior monitor design. However, they have absolutely outdone themselves in the Samsung Touch of Color aka ToC series. We are going to talk about 6 monitors from this series ranging from 19" to 26".

Samsung SyncMaster XL24 and XL30 Monitors Review
[10/31/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Samsung SyncMaster XL20 caused a sensation back in the days, because Samsung was the first to introduce a monitor with LED backlighting and remarkable color gamut at an affordable price. It used to be the only solution like that for a while, but it couldn’t go on like that forever. Today we are going to discuss two more representatives of the same family.

iZ3D Stereoscopic Monitor Review
[10/26/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Today we are going to talk about another 3D monitor, the main competitor to Zalman Trimon – iZ3D monitor featuring two types of matrices within a single case. Read more in our new article!

22" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part III
[10/22/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Today we are going to talk about five LCD monitors with 22-inch diagonal. All of these monitors have one similarity: they are all built with 5ms TN matrices. This roundup will include solutions from NEC, Samsung and ViewSonic.

Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W Stereo Monitor Review
[09/18/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

No matter how many polygons or light sources contemporary graphics cards can create in a single frame, the real world has one principal difference from the virtual world: it is truly 3-dimensional. Luckily, the situation is not hopeless. Meet the new stereo monitor from Zalman that changes it all.

Lenovo ThinkVision L220x Monitor: Comeback of PVA Matrix?
[08/29/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Lenovo ThinkVision L220x is an almost unique monitor for two reasons. Its 22-inch screen supports 1920x1200 resolution and is built using S-PVA matrix with remarkable viewing angles. Read more in our review!

19" LCD Monitor Roundup. Part XII: Budget Models
[08/26/08 | by Aleksey Meyev]

Today we are going to discuss 10 inexpensive LCD monitors with 19-inch diagonal and 5:4 aspect ratio. We will test solutions from Acer, ASUS, BenQ, LG, Samsung and Viewsonic.

19" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part XI
[08/12/08 | by Aleksey Meyev]

We continue testing 19” monitors from the leading makers such as ASUS, HannStar, LG, NEC and ViewSonic. This roundup will include models with 5:4 aspect ratio as well as widescreen ones with 16:10 aspect ratio.

19" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part X: Widescreen Models
[07/15/08 | by Aleksey Meyev]

Today we will discuss 10 widescreen LCD monitors with 19-inch matrix and 16:10 aspect ratio. We will talk about solutions from Acer, ASUS, BenQ, LG, NEC, Samsung and ViewSonic.

20" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part VI
[06/13/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Today we are going to discuss six inexpensive 20-inch LCD monitors for the office environment. These will be the solutions from NEC, Samsung and Viewsonic. Read our article for details!

Dual-Display Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2263DX Review
[05/05/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

The idea to use two monitors on a single computer system is not that new. However, this article will represent its very unique implementation: a set including a regular 22-inch monitor and an additional 7-inch one. Read about a new Samsung solution in our detailed review!

24" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part II
[04/28/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

Although TN matrices are an attribute of budget monitor models, they have not just penetrated the relatively expensive 24-inch monitor segment, but they tend to be a leader there already, at least judging y the number of new models announced lately. But is it necessarily a bad thing? Not very advanced characteristics of TN matrices are well compensated by their low price. Today we are going to talk about 6 monitors on such matrix from Acer, Dell, NEC and Samsung.

22" Monitors Roundup: Part 2
[04/09/08 | by Oleg Artamonov]

We continue testing monitors with 22-inch diagonal and TN+Film matrix. We will discuss 12 models from such well-known manufacturers as Acer, ASUS, Hannstar, LG, NEC and Samsung.

19" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part IX.
[02/20/08 | by Aleksey Meyev]

The new round of 19-inch LCD monitors testing will focus on the solutions using TN matrixes. We will look at a few widescreen models as well as those with the traditional 5:4 screen ratio from Acer, ASUS, NEC, Samsung and ViewSonic.

20" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part V
[12/21/07 | by Oleg Artamonov]

This article continues our series of reviews of 20” LCD monitors. Today we are going to discuss 9 models from Acer, Asus, Dell, Samsung and NEC using mostly TN matrix technology. Let’s find out what the market prospects of TN matrix in general are and how successful the reviewed models turned out to be.

LCD Monitors Buyer's Guide: Fall 2007
[10/30/07 | by Oleg Artamonov]

This article is intended to serve as a guide. Without delving into technicalities and features of each monitor we go through the list of currently available models, pointing out the most interesting offers. Hopefully you will find our advice alongside with the links to corresponding reviews in this Fall 2007 Guide helpful.

24" LCD Monitors Roundup
[10/23/07 | by Oleg Artamonov]

We’ve covered almost each and every existing diagonal in our LCD monitor roundups, from now-obsolete 15" models to newest 27" and 30" giants, but 23-24-inchers have remained out of our focus for some reason. Today we are going to make up for this omission by offering you a detailed review of 8 eight 23" and 24" monitors including solutions from Acer, Apple, Dell, LG, Samsung and ViewSonic.

19" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part VIII.
[10/11/07 | by Aleksey Meyev]

Another article in our 19-inch roundup series will be devoted to 12 monitor models from such well-known brands as ASUS, BenQ, HP, LG, NEC, Samsung and Viewsonic. Besides discussing their features we will also dwell on the details of brand name image-enhancing settings offered by the monitor makers these days.

20" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part IV
[09/07/07 | by Oleg Artamonov]

With this article I’m willing to introduce to you a few new models of 20" LCD monitors from different brands. You’ll find here monitors for work and for the home, affordable and not quite, with new widescreen matrixes as well as with the classic aspect ratio of 4:3. We will talk about 13 solutions from Asus, BenQ, Dell, HP, LG, NEC, Philips, Samsung and Viewsonic.