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» Dell Announces Luxury 'Crystal' LCD
(January 2008)
Dell jumpstarted
its CES efforts with one of its most unique displays to date as well as a
reworked version of its most popular notebook. The Crystal is Dell's first
designer LCD and is designed to be as unintrusive as possible while offering
a full media setup: built with a glass frame about 4mm (0.15 inches) thick,
the touch controls, wiring, and speakers are all built into the frame
surface and allow Dell to create the illusion of a "bare" LCD without the
associated clutter. Only one cable typically needs to leave the back of the
screen, Dell says. Quality is also evident in the panel itself; though most
22-inch LCDs offer poor color reproduction, the Crystal supplies about 98
percent of the NTSC color gamut and produces a 2,000:1 contrast ratio
without sacrificing a 2ms gray-to-gray pixel response time.
The screen also boasts the DisplayPort technology featured on a concept
display last year and will support future video cards that allow just a
single cable to supply audio and video; it additionally finds room for HDMI
input with audio as well as a standard DVI connector. A subtle, embedded
2-megapixel webcam is included along with a USB hub for attaching
peripherals. The Texas PC company sees the Crystal as a premium design and
is pricing it at $1,199 (£600). A release date is not yet available.
Link: Dell Announces Luxury 'Crystal' LCD
Product Page: Dell, By: electronista
