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Now's your chance to cast your ballot for the 2006 Display of the Year! Our Engadget Awards nominees are listed below, and you've got until 11.59PM EST on Monday, April 16th to file your vote. You can only vote once, so make it count, and may the best tech win! The nominees: BenQ FP241W, Dell 3007WFP-HC, Gateway FPD2485W, HP LP3065, Optimus mini three, and Samsung 305T. %Poll-317%
BenQ FP241W 24-incher reviewed
The folks at bit-tech.net recently took some time to sit down and stare at BenQ's new FP241W 24-inch widescreen LCD to see how it stacks up against the competition, coming away mightily impressed with the monitor in most respects. Specs-wise, the FP241W hits all the right marks, with the de facto 1920 x 1200 resolution, 6ms response time, 500cd/m² brightness, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, and an ample supply of inputs (both video and USB), not the least of which is an HDMI port -- something its biggest competitor lacks. Of course, specs alone aren't exactly a hard and fast way to judge a monitor, but bit-tech finds the BenQ lives up to them, performing well in both gaming and regular desktop use and, in their opinion, beating Dell's more popular option in just about every respect. About the only faults they found were a few problems with adjusting the monitor (you'll have to live with it about three inches off your desk), a lack of memory card reader, and a relatively plain design -- although given some of some of the monitors we've seen, we're content with BenQ playing it safe.
BenQ FP241W unveils its 24-incher, includes HDMI
BenQ's just launched a solid-looking 24-incher that comes with HDMI in and a 6ms response time, taking the cake from its 22- and 19-inch recent releases. The new FP241W (previously released in Asia this past summer) also includes HDCP support, displays at 1920 x 1200 WUXGA, packs a 1000:1 contrast ratio, takes D-Sub, DVI-D, S-Video, composite, and yes, component. The sultry screen will slide to the streets for $1100 later this month.
