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Usually it’s “the bigger the better” but with Acer’s new S1 series of LCD TV screens it certainly looks like “less is more”. Announced this week, the super thin and small screens not only keep the high quality goods in a smaller space but also are “wallet friendly”. So if you’re interested in a smaller TV for your house or a decent quality, decent sized, space saving monitor, read on.

Housed in a nice glossy black outer shell the Acer S1 series truly indicate that size doesn’t matter. Opting to keep the screens small (18.5” to 23”) these little beauties only measure 15mm thick and a staggering 13mm in depth. Now I know you’re thinking squashing it so thin will mean it’ll lose out elsewhere. WRONG! They offer Full 1080p HD and a whopping 12million : 1 contrast ratio which alters frame by frame to deliver super sharp images. Couple that with a response time of 5ms and you’re looking at a belter. Now there is a downside in that the smaller screens only have VGA and DVI ports where as the larger 21 and 23 get HDMI too. Not only that with EcoDisplay low power consumption, you can sleep easy knowing your helping the environment too.

Prices start at an ultra-low £119.99 too.

Samsing are expected to be releasing their new 23-inch 2342BWX QWXGA in South Korea soon for ₩399,000 ($315, £200). This monitor with have an amazing resolution of 2,048 x 1,152 and a response time of 5-millisecond. It maybe worth noting that you might need good eye sight if you want to read text for long periods at a time!

BenQ announced the availability for its M2400HD, a 24-Inch LCD screen, on November 1st. The screen has a resolution of ,920x1,080, a brightness is 300cd/m², a contrast ratio of 1,000:1 (with DCR of 10,000:1), a response time of 5ms, and the AMA (Advanced Motion Accelerator) and Senseye Tech.

It also comes with a 3 port USB hub, 2Mpix web cam and HDMI/DVI-D/Mini D-Sub interface.

It is expected to retail for €420 / £330

Via: akihabaranews

Dell have finally released the new 2408WFP Monitor in the US for a reasonable price of $748. Now this is not really the monitor I would want as I would much prefer the 30" 3008WFP Monitor which the larger version of this 2408WFP. I suppose this one will have to do for now, so what you get with this monitor?

• 1,900 x 1,200 resolution
• 178-degree viewing angle
• 1,300:1 contrast ratio
• 400 cd/m2 brightness
• 6-ms response
• 102% color gamut
• HDMI
• 2x DVI
• DisplayPort
• VGA
• Composite
• S-Video
• Component
• A single USB upstream
• 2x USB downstream

Obviously the main thing to note here is the use of DisplayPort. DisplayPort s intended to help solve the problem of displays sucking up too much electricity and should benefit the next generation of displays. DisplayPort can also be used to make internal connections, eliminating the need to translate signals from one format to another.

Unfortunately no graphics cards currently support DisplayPort but they are due out this year. No word on UK availability or pricing!