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48 articles tagged as widescreen

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT

Taking 7nm process technology to new limits.

July 7, 2020 | 13:59

West of Dead Review

This Western-themed roguelike has style to spare, but falls short on ideas.

July 3, 2020 | 14:00

MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X Review

MSI and EK team up to cool the CPU and power delivery on its MPG Z490 Carbon board

July 3, 2020 | 13:00

LG IPS236V Review

With an IPS panel and LED backlight the IPS236V seems well specified, but can it clinch an award?

August 21, 2011 | 10:12

BioShock 2 PC crops widescreen

BioShock 2 has the same widescreen issue as the first game - cropping the 4:3 image down to suit 16:9 screens.

February 11, 2010 | 11:18

Dell SP2309W Monitor Review

Fancy a 23in widescreen TFT with a resolution higher than 1,920 x 1,200? For less than £190? Then you've come to the right place. Join us for a review of Dell's brilliant budget SP2309w TFT.

January 23, 2010 | 12:34

Eizo Foris FX2431 24in TFT Monitor Review

Eizo usually caters for image professionals, but the new Foris range is the company's first foray into entertainment screens. Expect high quality images, more features than you could possibly want, excellent build quality and probably a price to match!

September 19, 2009 | 10:01

Eizo S2242W - 22in widescreen TFT review

At last, a 22in monitor that doesn't have a TN panel! We have a look at Eizo's FlexScan S2242W 22-inch widescreen TFT, which features a PVA panel with a 1,920 x 1,200 native resolution. Is this the monitor we've been looking for? Read on to find out.

August 14, 2009 | 09:01

HP LP2275W - 22in widescreen LCD

Monitor manufacturers are starting to listen to customers - we want some much-needed choice in the 22-inch market. The HP LP2275W is another 22-incher equipped with Samsung's latest S-PVA panel technology - is this the monitor we've dearly been waiting for?

April 22, 2009 | 11:40

NEC MultiSync P221W - 22in widescreen LCD

We've been looking for the perfect 22-inch monitor for quite some time now, but we haven't had much luck so far. Today we look at NEC's MultiSync P221W, which features a brand new 22-inch S-PVA panel with a 10-bit look-up table - could these ingredients make this the perfect 22-incher?

April 15, 2009 | 09:35

Dell S2209W 22" Full HD LCD Monitor

Dell has joined the ever-increasing number of monitor manufacturers selling 22-inch full HD monitors. We have a look at the S2209W, which is priced ideally for gamers and discerning home users on a budget.

February 24, 2009 | 09:06

Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS - 22" Full HD LCD

Our first Full HD 16:9 widescreen monitor has hit the labs. The Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS is a 22-inch display with a 1,920 x 1,080 native resolution, which means it has an ultra-tight pixel pitch. Does it do enough to win us over? Read on to find out...

December 23, 2008 | 08:29

Spore de-authorisation tool released

EA has released an official de-authorisation tool for Spore, while a Ubisoft patch corrects widescreen issues in Far Cry 2.

December 18, 2008 | 13:07

HannsG HG221AP 22" widescreen monitor

We've been growing tired of the mediocrity present in the 22-inch widescreen monitor market, but HannsG has come along with something that piqued our interest. At just £110, the HG221AP is one of the cheapest 22-inchers on the market, but is it any good?

November 19, 2008 | 12:31

Viewsonic VLED221wm 22" widescreen LCD

Viewsonic unveiled the first inexpensive LED-backlit display at CES earlier this year and it's now made it into the channel. We have a look at the VLED221wm 22-inch widescreen monitor to find out if LED-backlighting can deliver great image quality at an affordable price point.

November 14, 2008 | 08:22

NEC MultiSync 24WMGX3 24" widescreen LCD

We've looked at a lot of TN+Film 'gaming' monitors recently, but NEC has thrown that idea out of the window and put its own spin on the 24-inch widescreen gaming monitor. Today we look at the company's all-new MultiSync 24WMGX3 to see if its MVA panel can work wonders.

October 23, 2008 | 17:16

Far Cry 2 has cropped widescreen

Uh-oh. We've seen this particular sequence of events before. It seems that, just like BioShock, Far Cry 2 has a problem with widescreen.

October 23, 2008 | 10:02

Asus VK222H 22" widescreen LCD monitor

There are a lot of 22-inch displays on the market these days and it isn't easy to navigate your way through the swamp of TN+Film panels. We have a look at the Asus VK222H to see if it can rise above the swamp and catch our eye. Read on to find out how it gets on...

October 17, 2008 | 00:55

Samsung SM2693HM 25.5" widescreen

Big widescreen monitors are becoming increasingly commonplace in today's market and, by that same rationale, so are TN+Film panels. Samsung marries to two concepts with its SyncMaster 2693HM monitor - we check it out to see if it's any good.

October 1, 2008 | 08:06

Widescreen LCDs to cater for 90% of market by 2011

At the current rate of growth, NEC says it expects more than 90 percent of all desktop LCDs it ships to be widescreen by the end of 2010.

September 19, 2008 | 17:22

Samsung SyncMaster 245T

The 24" desktop display market is already very competitive, and today we review the Samsung 245T. We know the Korean giant makes great LCD TVs, but can they trump the competition for enthusiast monitors?

July 12, 2008 | 07:29

BenQ X2200W 22" widescreen LCD monitor

BenQ looks to target gamers with its X2200W 22 inch widescreen monitor. It packs DVI, HDMI and VGA inputs with one of the best TN+Film panels we've seen to date. It also comes with a selection of image enhancing extras designed to bridge the gap to better panel technology.

May 21, 2008 | 07:31

ViewSonic VX1940w 19" widescreen

ViewSonic has attacked the 20" and 22" monitor market from a different angle with its VX1940w 19-inch widescreen monitor. It sports the same 1,680 x 1,050 resolution, but has a tighter pixel pitch thanks to the smaller diagonal. Will this pull the masses away from bigger screens?

April 21, 2008 | 13:03

NEC AccuSync LCD24WMCX 24" widescreen

NEC has joined the party of relatively low-cost TN+Film 24" widescreen LCDs with its AccuSync LCD24WMCX monitor. It's competitively priced, and sits reasonably well on paper. How does it perform in the real-world though? Let's find out.

April 15, 2008 | 08:25

ViewSonic's VLED221wm has 12000:1 contrast ratio

CES 2008: ViewSonic has announced a 22 inch LED backlit widescreen monitor with a claimed 12,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

January 10, 2008 | 22:52

Dell’s Crystal LCD monitor revealed

Dell has been flaunting a sleek and sexy concept LCD monitor for some time now, but it looks like CES will be when Dell finally says it’s available to buy, as its specs have been leaked.

January 3, 2008 | 12:00