LG joins the 22-incher party with L226WT LCD

by Paul Miller, posted Dec 4th 2006 at 2:15PM

Word of this L226WT LG display has been making the rounds in China for a little while now, but the new LCD makes a nice little addition to our collection of "Vista ready" 22-inchers, even if it isn't necessarily destined for the States. Beyond that loud and proud Vista sticker, for optimal consumer confusion -- "what, you mean I need to update my monitor too?" -- the display features a 1680 x 1050 resolution, 300 nits of brightness, a 3000:1 contrast ratio and a 5ms response time. The 170° viewing angle isn't the best we've seen, but we'll live. No word on price, but January ain't too far away.

Filed under: Displays

Tags: 22-inch, l226wt, lcd, lg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Porkchop Flavored Cupcake @ Dec 4th 2006 2:52PM

What other monitors out there have 3000:1 cr?

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Paul @ Dec 4th 2006 3:04PM

"What other monitors out there have 3000:1 cr?"

Samsung LN-S2341W 23-IN
SAMSUNG LN-S2641D 26-IN

Just to name 2 of many

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Ray-- @ Dec 4th 2006 3:40PM

every engadget post about a new monitor fails to mention the single most important spec: the type of panel. Is this TN, IPS, PVA, MVA?? who cares about a 3000:1 CR or 5ms of a bleeding 6bit panel??? None of the specs mentioned mean much without knowing the panel...

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LPXXFAINTXX @ Dec 4th 2006 3:59PM

Er... LG is South Korean, not Chinese. And the sticker on the monitor is in korean as well.

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eh @ Dec 4th 2006 4:21PM

What makes a monitor "vista ready" and "not vista ready?"

One works and one doesnt?

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Chris @ Dec 4th 2006 4:54PM

The one with the hole in the front is "not vista ready".

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rusgrafx @ Dec 6th 2006 6:39PM

Vista allows to control monitor settings thru software. The days of ugly OSD (on-screen display) are numbered. Now you can change brightness, contrast, resolution, etc, etc thru software over DDC/CI channel. Display has to support that DDC/CI specification to be rated Vista-ready.

Check out our company's DisplayTune application at http://www.portrait.com/ for details if you are interested.
Many major display manufacturers put our software in the box with their latest "Vista ready" monitors.

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v_dogg @ Dec 4th 2006 6:05PM

ughh i hate it when they put stickers like that. "vista ready" "works with ipod" its all for freakin retards

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rainking187 @ Dec 4th 2006 9:57PM

There's a TV in that picture?

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Preston Ursini @ Dec 5th 2006 1:45AM

No, there is no TV in the picture, just an LCD computer monitor. A TV has to have a tuner card to be called a Television. Unless you count HDTVs that don't have the built in HDTV tuners, so they are just like monitors. I wonder if putting random chicks laying on the ground next to a product actually does any good in promoting a product?

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Jeff @ Dec 7th 2006 3:07PM

What exactly does "Vista-ready" mean?

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Corrogasia @ Dec 11th 2006 6:26AM

Seen this for sale in Taiwan for around US$ 300....

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nikos @ Jan 18th 2007 12:28PM

so do we know when its coming out in the market?it looks very interesting.

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Jacques @ Feb 11th 2007 1:54PM

L226WT does not have driver - cd is invalid data and LGE website does not know about the new LCD monitor.

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