Lenovo's 22-inch D221 widescreen LCD: welcome to the club

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 21st 2006 at 9:21AM

Yeah, they make monitors too. Meet the 22-inch D221 widescreen LCD from Lenovo. Packing that near-ubiquitous 1680x1050 (WSXGA+) resolution found in these panels, the D221 delivers a 700:1 contrast ratio, 5-ms response, 300cd/m2 brightness, and 160/176-degree visibility top-bottom/left-right, respectively with 2x DVI inputs and D-Sub15 for a taste of that limp, analog RGB. Not bad, but even better considering it'll only set you back ¥52,000 or about $440 (pre-tax) when these hit Japan on December 5th.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Displays

Tags: 22-inch, d221, lcd, lenovo, monitor

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Alex @ Nov 21st 2006 11:09AM

What the heck... $440USD for THAT? =[... I'd rather pay more for the other 22's out there. Hell my $500 21" Gateway FPD2185W is better in every aspect than that other than being 1" smaller. Gateway has the 24" coming out that goes to higher resolutions for pete's sake!

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Jason @ Nov 21st 2006 5:20PM

Where does Engadget get it's info? These are available now, and are only $429 Canadian. Check the site: http://caipsgws001.can.ibm.com/store/selectsystem?type=kw&action=search&keyword=6622HB1

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kadajawi @ Nov 21st 2006 6:30PM

Looks nice, the price is about average or a bit below average for a monitor of this class... TN panel, so the image quality won't be the best. The resolution is a bit low, but ok if you mostly want to watch movies on it. 19" LCDs are worse. And your Gateway costs a bit more than the Lenovo.
Unfortunately there is quite a bit of competition for it over here in Germany.

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Gadget Extremist @ Nov 25th 2006 5:57AM

The Lenovo D221 cannot even touch the 3840x2160 resolution that the T221 can produce.

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