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looking for best 24 inch wide screen monitor

The 245WP is not a European only model, it's also available in North America -- NCIX, a Canadian retailer has it in stock, and several other online US vendors have it listed, although I don't believe any have received stock yet. There was another post on these boards about the LG monitors...
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- Post #34
- Apr 19, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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looking for best 24 inch wide screen monitor

LG is not a TN panel -- it uses the same AU Optronics P-MVA panel that's found in the BenQ FP241W.
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- Post #22
- Apr 17, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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New LG L245WP-BN 24-inch wide is P-MVA, not S-IPS

Interesting news -- where did you get the info that the L245WP uses the same panel as the BenQ? I've heard from many places that this was using some type of *VA, but I hadn't seen a specific model mentioned.
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- Post #8
- Feb 18, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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BenQ FP241W now $719.99 shipped at Newegg

According to TFTCentral, BenQ claims that the info posted in the behardware review is incorrect. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news.htm#benq_auo Edit: or, rather, at least that the final version of this monitor will have a true BFI and use an AU Optronics panel, like the fp241w. Whether this...
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- Post #17
- Dec 18, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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BenQ FP241W now $719.99 shipped at Newegg

True... the big deal they make about HDMI seems kind of gimmicky to me. On the other hand, having HDMI and DVI effectively gives you two DVI ports, since you can easily convert between the two. So at the very least you're getting an extra digital input that supports HDCP.
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- Post #6
- Dec 5, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Dell 2407WFP or BenQ FP241W

Several folks at hardforum have received replies from BenQ support saying that 1:1 pixel mapping will be added via a firmware update sometime in December. It's not clear whether this affects all inputs and all resolutions, but it seems at the very least that this should prevent 16:9 pictures...
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- Post #21
- Nov 16, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BenQ FP241W - the world's first HDMI LCD

Some folks over at hardforum have bought these when they were first available and confirmed that this monitor does not have 1:1 pixel mapping, i.e. the picture is always stretched to the 16:10 regardless of the aspect ratio of the input. Just as a computer monitor, this isn't a huge deal, since...
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- Post #16
- Nov 5, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to burn m4p files to audio CD?

M4P files contain audio in AAC format with Apple's content protection -- this is why you can't open it in other media players. You can burn it to a CD directly in iTunes. Just put the tracks you want into a playlist and then choose "Burn Playlist to Disk" from the File menu. Search for...
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- Post #2
- Aug 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Going to college

If you're really interested in a notebook, I suggest you check out www.notebookreview.com -- it's a site dedicated just to notebooks, and they have separate forums for each brand, along with reviews by users and such. THere's also a questionaire you can fill out in the forums and people will...
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- Post #29
- Apr 17, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Distortion with my X-FI

I wouldn't try messing with ACPI unless nothing else helps you. There's a huge thread about this problem on the creative message boards. If you're patient, you can look through it, several people have been able to fix their problems, though there doesn't seem to be a solution that works...
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- Post #19
- Apr 13, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help with selecting a new soundcard upgrade...

While the X-Fi extrememusic is more expensive, the sound quality IMO is noticably better than the previous generation cards, and the 3D positional sound with headphones is excellent, especially when you use decent equipment. Also, sound cards don't become obsolete in 6 months like video cards...
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- Post #7
- Apr 1, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Oblivion Hardware

Did the coolbits trick work for you? I've heard improvements of 15+ FPS, was wondering whether this was an exaggeration or not (I don't have the game yet).
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- Post #15
- Mar 24, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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*official* Oblivion Thread, opinions?

I'm pretty sure this is incorrect. The developers said that they procedurally generated content when they created the world -- the game doesn't randomly add vegitation on the user's end, this was only done during development. The vegetation is identical in each copy.
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- Post #29
- Mar 21, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Favorite mp3 rip level??

Nope, AAC has nothing to do with Apple, except that they're the first to make players that support it (to the best of my knowledge, at least, are there other players that support it yet?). It's designed to be a replacement for MP3, and it's better in just about every aspect. Apple was the...
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- Post #24
- Mar 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Favorite mp3 rip level??

I see -- I was a little confused because AAC is not an Apple Codec and has nothing to do with the Apple lossless codec. I was wondering if there was some lossless variant of AAC that I hadn't heard about (which seemed unlikely, since AAC is designed to be lossy, but you never know :) ).
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- Post #21
- Mar 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building

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