(Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the VESA standards following this entry.
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- Dell UltraSharp U2410
- About $600 for the Dell UltraSharp U2410 gets you a 24-inch, H-IPS monitor with great performance in games and movies, a host of connection options and ergonomic features, and a robust OSD. Unfortunately, its RGB presets are marred by dithering when viewing dark gray images and the screen has a...
- Product reviews 2009-11-12
- Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H
- Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- HP LP3065 30-inch monitor
- The most appealing selling point of the 30-inch HP LP3065 is its super-high 2,560x1,600 resolution. Gamers with powerful enough video cards to run at that resolution will not be disappointed. With its great color preproduction and wide viewing angles, movies also look great on the large display. Professional graphic artists...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- NEC MultiSync P221W
- The $490 22-inch NEC MultiSync P221W is a great performing alternative to the super high-end and superexpensive professional monitors such as the $1,450 Eizo ColorEdge CG222W. The NEC has wide viewing angles, a robust and easy-to-use onscreen display, accurate colors, and several useful ergonomic options. However, it only includes DVI,...
- Product reviews 2009-10-19
- HP TouchSmart 600
- The HP TouchSmart 600 shows how getting an early jump on unproven technology can pay off. HP was first to market with a touch-based all-in-one PC more than two years ago. Now that Windows 7 has spurred almost every major desktop vendor toward multitouch, HP has the advantage of years...
- Product reviews 2009-10-13
- Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD
- The 23-inch Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD is essentially a small HDTV that can double as a monitor. It has all the TV connections you'd expect and even comes with a fully functioning remote control. It can be found at major online stores for about $315. This is about $25 more than...
- Product reviews 2009-09-16
- LG Flatron M237WD
- The 23-inch LG Flatron M237WD is essentially a small HDTV that can double as a monitor. It has all the TV connections you'd expect including two HDMI ports and comes with a fully functioning remote control. It can be bought at major online stores for about $290, which is about...
- Product reviews 2009-09-16
- ViewSonic VG2427wm
- The ViewSonic VG2427wm gets points for a good assortment of ergonomic features--including screen height adjustment, 180 degrees swivel, and 25 degrees tilt. It also includes three USB ports and great movie and game performance. Yet, even with these attributes, we find it difficult to recommend the ViewSonic at its slightly...
- Product reviews 2009-07-21
- NEC MultiSync EA221WM-BK
- Wide-screen LCD monitors of the same dimensions can vary greatly in price and features, which makes comparison shopping a necessary step. For example, the Dell P2210 may be found online for $100 cheaper than the NEC MultiSync EA221WM the subject of this review, but the NEC offers four-way ergonomic...
- Product reviews 2009-06-25
- Acer G24
- The 24-inch Acer G24 is an LCD computer monitor that costs about $399, with an expected street price of $359. If you're looking for a gaming-friendly monitor, you've come to the right place. Thanks to its high-gloss, TN+Film panel, the colors on the G24 look vibrant and smooth and high-speed...
- Product reviews 2009-06-16
- DOSBox 0.73 (Mac)
- This is a rather trivial port of DOSBox to MacOS X. What if you just want to play some old games? This port of DOSBox may be your answer. It's statically compiled against SDL, is built upon the Cocoa, Carbon, OpenGL, QuickTime, and AudioUnit frameworks, and thus, is only MacOS...
- Software downloads 2009-05-28
- Sony Vaio LV250B
- Sony's new Vaio LV250B all-in-one remains just as feature-rich and versatile as the debut version, the LV100 series. This new model features a new CPU, generally better specs, and a lower price than the LV180J we reviewed back in September, all of which is great. Even better, Sony stays true...
- Product reviews 2009-05-13
- Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.
- Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.Sounds mighty coolHowever, 20 dollars.... If you don't mind some extra seconds during booting (about 40 to 50 seconds), then a bootable USB memory stick loaded with a live version of Fedora or Ubuntu, will provide the same functionality for free.With Unetbootin...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- Details on Acer's new notebooks, netbook and all-in-one
- Thanks to a slew of acquisitions, Acer has quickly become the world's third-largest PC company, and is now within striking distance of Dell. Yesterday Acer unveiled a new line of notebooks, netbooks and desktops that is meant not only to maintain that momentum, but also to sharpen...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Nvidia Geforce 3D Vision Kit
- The Nvidia 3D Vision Kit brings a unique 3D video game experience to your computer and is available from Nvidia for $199. The visual effect it produces in games is a fun gimmick, however, in some cases the 3D effect is more distracting than entertaining. We wouldn't recommend the...
- Product reviews 2009-04-01
- Apple iMac (24-inch, 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Winter 2009)
- You may find Apple's new $1,499 iMac attractive, if only because it's one of the most affordable 24-inch all-in-one PCs on the market. Otherwise, Apple's latest update to the iMac line mostly serves to keep it competitive with its Windows-based competition. As usual, you get more flexibility for your money...
- Product reviews 2009-03-05
- MCCS Use by Windows 7 Display Color Calibration Tool
- This paper describes how the Windows 7 Display Color Calibration DCC tool was designed to use the VESA Monitor Control Command Set MCCS codes. The MCCS calibration pathways are disabled by default in the DCC tool because they are not supported consistently by monitor hardware and display subsystems. This paper...
- White papers 2008-12-15
- HP TouchSmart IQ816 - Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1 GHz - 25.5" TFT
- Above all else, we have to credit HP for taking a risk with its N-trig-powered line of TouchSmart all-in-one PCs. No other Windows desktop vendor has ventured into the relatively uncharted touch-based waters, and any future developments in touch on the desktop will likely use the TouchSmart series as a...
- Product reviews 2008-12-12
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPort (updated)
- One of the announcements coming out of Cupertino is that their MacBooks now ship with a new video out port called the Mini DisplayPort complete with funny capitalization and lack of space between the words. It means that you'll have to remember to bring a US$30 dongle/adapter with...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Microsoft to ship new Windows XP beta
- Microsoft to ship new Windows XP betaXP is terrible!This is crap. XP is a memory hog. Now I need to upgrade my desktop to 256 megs of RAM! No compatible drivers for my Diamond Speedstar VESA video card! Why should I need to upgrade my computer for a fancy new...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
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