NEC AccuSync LCD73V

Advantages: Small footprint
Disadvantages: Speakers are a bit tinny.

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Advantages: Bright & clear display. Fast update times. Great for photo editing and games!
Disadvantages: Expensive. Fiddly 'stick' control on front panel.

...an enormously wide angle. The second thing I learnt is that there are four main types of LCD panel: - TN + Film - IPS (superceded by Super IPS, or S-IPS) - MVA - PVA I shan't go into the details - suffice to say that if you wish to read more about them, then a quick Google for "Types of LCD panel" will return most of the information you could require. To cut a long story short though, S-IPS is the preferred type of display for photo editing because of it's wide viewing angle. Before I finally get onto the device itself, it's worth mentioning the last piece of advice that I found, which settled me upon this monitor. Apparently, the best monitors are Eizo. If you can't afford that, go for NEC, Lacie or Apple. (http://www.anands.net/faq/lcd.html) I wanted to spend enough, but not a small fortune, so the fact that the NEC was an S... Read review

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Advantages: Reads practically everything. Writes to TWO formats (+RW and -RW)
Disadvantages: None so far, but disk costs make it more important not to waste any

...). As usual, these disks were quite prohibitively expensive, but increased production efficiencies now mean that these can be had with full CD case for as little as 45p. This hardly makes using the re-writable CD-RW worthwhile, as these still cost a few pounds normally. DVD-ROM was born from a similar sideways process. Incidentally, the V stands for VERSATILE, not Video. The movie industry had been looking for a new medium for the home/rental market to replace relatively costly but lowish-quality VHS tapes, which were prone frequently to damage and jamming when loaned out to a whole host of unknown VCR users. The movie DVD looks like a CD-ROM but looks, as we know, looks can be deceptive. For one thing it has the capacity to be four-sided. Four?! Has BNibbles gone completely ga-ga? Well, for one thing, the occasional DVD is double... Read review

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