Hope you like...January LCD monitor production for top PC and monitor brands about 85% of the market was 12.5 M, the highest level in more than a year, as noted in the newly announced DisplaySearch Monthly Desktop Monitor Brand and OEM Production Report. Additionally, near-term production build-plans show that March could be the highest monthly production of LCD monitors on record, reaching over 12.9M.
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OK Green IT enthusiasts, here’s a product worth noticing.
Lenovo ThinkVision L2251x Wide - World First TCO Certified Edge display
Today we’re proud to announce, together with PC maker Lenovo, the launch of the first computer monitor to achieve the groundbreaking TCO Certified Edge award for achievement in environmental and high performance design. The Lenovo ThinkVision L2251x Wide desktop computer display achieved this world first in recognition of its 65 % post consumer recycled plastic content. Including such a high percentage of post consumer plastics has long been a challenge among industry and we at TCO are thrilled to reward this cutting edge achievement. Other eco-friendly features include recycled packaging materials as well as a proximity sensor to save energy when you’re away from the computer.
TCO Certified Edge is a supplemental award open to those products that already meet the worldwide TCO Certified criteria for environment and usability in IT design. The purpose of the award is to identify leading edge products and technologies that go beyond the requirements in existing eco-labeling programs.
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Automatic brightness control
Lately we have started to see displays with automatic brightness control on the market. What is this feature and what is the benefit of it for the user and the environment?
A sensor on the display measures the ambient light in the room and adjusts the brightness of the display to a comfortable level. While working in a normal office room during the day the ambient light in the room may be very high. To maintain readability and visual quality the display automatically increase the brightness under these conditions. As the sun get less strong at the end of the day the display gradually reduce the brightness to be readable even in a dark room without dazzling the user.
Another huge benefit of this technology is the reduction in energy it creates. By reducing brightness when it is not needed a lot of energy can be saved and the lifetime of the display will also be longer.
This is a good example of introducing a feature to both improve the experience for the user as well as reducing the impact on the environment.
One company that have introduced this feature is Eizo:
A common problem with LCD displays is that the character contrast might suffer form scaling problems or bad cables. When buying a new display for your home or office it is therefore very important to analyze the need of aspect ratios before choosing a display.
Some software are designed for a certain aspect ratio and as soon as they are started they force the display into this resolution. If this resolution is not supported by the display vertical or horizontal bands of bad character contrast can occur.
How to avoid this:
The native resolution is the one that corresponds to the amount of fixed pixels in the display. Every other resolution forces the display to scale the picture by merging pixels. Displays manage this with different success. The native resolution is the maximum resolution accepted by LCD displays. It is therefore recommended to use as high resolution as possible on LCD displays. If the text becomes too small to read this can be solved by adjusting the DPI settings in Windows.
Display for computer gaming
So, what are the most important aspects of a display used for computer gaming? Well, it comes down to the question on which games you are going to play. The performance of the display can make a huge difference on your computer gaming experience as it seriously affects your awareness in the virtual world.
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First person shooters, simulators, racing, action
Real time strategy, RPG, Massively Multiplayer, strategy
For an action game the gamma curve and greyscale performance of your display greatly affects how easy you could spot other players in the virtual world. When it comes strategy games screen size and resolution makes you see a greater portion of the game area and in this way you can see more of the things happening around you before other players.
The impact of the display on your performance at the computer is well known by the military, the medical area and several other professions where misinterpretations of the information on the display can be fatal. This is why some displays are tested and verified to have high performance. Take advantage of this!
TCO Certified displays have passed impartial testing on all these aspects and shown great performance. Look for the “TCO Certified” label on the back of the display to get a validated tool and win the game!
