ViewSonic's Diamani DUO HDTVs handle OTA programming, word processing

ViewSonic's Diamani DUO lineup claims to be a couple of widescreen HDTVs at heart that just handle monitor duties on the side, but we don't see any reason to neglect these two displays just because you don't have television on the brain. The 19-inch NX1932w offers up a 1,440 x 900 resolution, five-millisecond response time, 800:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, a pair of five-watt speakers, integrated ATSC / NTSC / QAM tuner, and a bevy of inputs including HDCP-compliant HDMI, VGA, component / S-Video / composite, and audio in / out. The 22-incher musters up a 1,680 x 1,050 resolution and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, but otherwise mimics its smaller sibling in the specs department. The new duo is available immediately for $349 and $399 -- we'll let you guess which pricetag belongs to which.

[Via CNET]

[shamrock593 @ Sep 21st 2007 9:51AM]

Any idea of what panel these monitors are using?

Hopefully it's not the Chimei CMO panel...

[Joe Stoner @ Sep 21st 2007 3:22PM]

They are making a mistake if they tout these things as HDTV's, as the aspect ratio is wrong. These are 16x10 resolutions, not 16x9, meaning that you will always have black bars and scaling. Why are widescreen monitors 16x10, anyway? You'd think that 16x9 would be the standard for both, to keep things simplish between the two.