Written by
Marko Nesovic
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 12:05
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Few will contend the fact that the era of 3D technology is well underway. 3D screenings are slowly outnumbering 2D ones in cinemas, and virtually all recent Hollywood blockbusters are shot with 3D cameras. The world with an extra dimension, whether on a cinema screen, TV or mobile phone, looks and feels different, interesting and attractive, so the only logical thing to expect is for all display devices to venture into 3D. Following this trend, LG has recently presented Optimus 3D, their new smartphone, and besides the TV, projector and DVD player, their 3D product gamma is now richer by the first PC peripheral equipped with passive 3D technology - a monitor bearing the number D2342P-PN.
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Written by
Branislav Bubanja
Saturday, 06 August 2011 13:29
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 3D display technology has slowly, but steadily moved from passive to active, but LG has decided to go against the flow and revert to passive technology. However, in order to be completely clear - the switch to CINEMA 3D passive display is anything but a step back, on the contrary. LG currently has four CINEMA 3D TVs in their product gamma, with several display diagonals each. Their characteristics are largely the same, the only difference being the design, vertical refresh frequency, as well as additional capabilities (such as DVB-S tuner implementation). We’ve tested LG’s 47LW5500 with a 47” diagonal, representing the golden middle in the fresh offer of the company.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Friday, 27 May 2011 13:42
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  We’re witnessing an oversaturation of the wide-use monitor market. The price range has shrunk so much that something simply has to be pushed out on the cheaper end, while something new has to appear to refresh the more expensive one. ASUS’ PA246Q doesn’t seem connected to this story in any way at first. It’s clearly labelled Pro and has a red line on it, so that it matches a DSLR objective, which is all that pros look for, right? The frame around the display contains metric and imperial unit scales, while the stand is optimised for measuring swivel angle in degrees. A separate button, clearly labelled with a removable sticker, calls several different templates, such as the centimetre net or A4 paper format. These are displayed over the image coming from your PC, supposedly significantly speeding up some processes in the graphics editing department. How these are better than the graphics tools on your PC, and why anyone would change the DPI settings of the PC to match those of the monitor, just so as to approximately place the image onto a rarely used paper format in professional publications, remains a mystery to us.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:33
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  Direct interaction with on-screen content seems to have become an everyday feature for an increasing number of mobile phone users, but with a touch-sensitive monitor and a modern operating system, this is an option for desktop PC users as well. According to the de facto standards of today, HP 2310ti fulfils all requirements for a good monitor and has a touch-sensitive screen. That’s a good start.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Thursday, 13 January 2011 19:37
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  Slim monitors are aesthetically more attractive, no doubts about that, but being thin with LED backlight isn’t exactly a major feat. However, after you’ve gone past that initial excitement, you’ll notice that the monitor also has an external transformer.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Sunday, 26 September 2010 12:41
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  We’ve mentioned several times that ViewSonic simply refuses to enter the cosmetic race long dominated by Korean manufacturers, namely Samsung and LG. VX2739 has brought certain design novelties nevertheless, albeit almost unnoticeable compared to the aforementioned manufacturers’ latest. We have to salute dumping the ancient OSD menu, although the navigation system, which is hardly our favourite, has remained. We aren’t too fond of barely marked buttons on the right side either, as is the case with this model.
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Written by
Nikola Brankovic
Saturday, 11 September 2010 23:27
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  We’ve gone a long, multi-decade way from the appearance of the first black and white TV devices with cathode tubes, over the amassment of colour TVs and analogue PAL and NTSC content distribution modes, still in use in many countries to this day. New technologies and advancements in this field never cease to arrive, which has made HD (high definition) television, paired with LCD and plasma flat panels, a common feature in modern homes. Novelties are many, and the capabilities of TVs themselves have long surpassed their basic function, which is image and sound playback, and become entire multimedia centres on their own, with the ability to communicate with external memory and other devices, even access various online services.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Monday, 12 April 2010 13:48
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 The largest representative of Samsung’s new series of economic models offers little new as far as its design goes, but certainly can’t be deemed obsolete either. Glossy black plastic, with a transparent accent on the lower side of the screen frame, appears to be the current trend. The screen frame could certainly be narrower, but that comes down to each user’s taste anyway. Touch-responsive buttons help maintain the clean, rounded lines and enable easy adjustment via the logically organized OSD menu. A swivel-less base and the impossibility of tilting the screen towards the user past the 90 degree point relative to the surface the monitor is placed on may be counted as flaws.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Monday, 23 November 2009 19:42
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  In the times when CRT monitors (displays) were only choice, if you cared about your health and especially eyesight you needed to buy good and expensive monitor. Back then, when someone wanted to buy a good PC we always recommended him to buy good monitor first and then the rest of the configuration with money that remained from initial budget. With TFT monitors is different story, and in most cases it does not matter how much you spent on your TFT monitor since most of them won’t hurt your eyesight. Nowadays, you can buy a decent TFT monitor for around 100€ (except few exceptions) but we will offer you few very good arguments to spend slightly more – around 150€. For that difference in price, you can get monitor signed by well-established brand, with contemporary design, format and high resolution. Since monitor is, in most cases, long-term investment (because it is a component that is rarely upgraded), it makes sense so go for slightly better solution. Problem is that even in this low price range, there are differences between various models and manufacturers.
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Written by
Jovo Arezina
Friday, 30 October 2009 22:18
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  For an average user, question of monitor backlight is, in most cases, a trivial one. Most users simply don’t like to see too much backlight breach along edges along with bright or smudgy black areas. And that’s it, for an average user. In case you do need good display, and do pay attention to small details, you expect much more from your monitor’s backlight. LED (Light Emitting Diode) backlight is often mentioned as better and more energy efficient solution, but only in case RGB LED technology is correctly implemented. Changing neon backlight for an LED does sound like a simple task in theory, but this can also present some new problems. Since LG W2486L does have LED backlight, and we will check out how LG did its homework.
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