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Toshiba throws their hat into the high-end ultrabook ring with this 13.3" gem featuring a 2560x1440 IPS display.
Acer Aspire V Series: New AMD APUs and Other Upgrades
The final piece of news out of Acer from today consists of updates to their Aspire V series of laptops targeted at value-conscious consumers. We’ve previously reviewed the Aspire...
42 by Jarred Walton on 5/3/2013
Toshiba's New KIRAbook Brings QHD to the Windows PC
I recently had an opportunity to take a meeting with Toshiba in San Francisco. Meetings with reps from major notebook vendors are oftentimes an exercise in enthusiasm coupled with...
46 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/18/2013
Vizio Thin+Light CT15: Something New and Edgy
Last year was very eventful in the notebook world. Beyond the UX upheaval brought on by Windows 8 and the blurring of the line between notebooks and tablets, we’ve...
55 by Vivek Gowri on 2/14/2013
Acer T232HL - Touch Comes to the Desktop
Windows 8 has brought about its shift in how we use our computers and its focus on having a more unified experience for phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop PCs...
64 by Chris Heinonen on 2/6/2013
Vizio's New Touch Notebook and AIO PCs at CES
Vizio used CES as the platform to debut the third revision to its PC lineup, which currently consists mostly of ultrabooks and all-in-ones. The first revision was the initial...
13 by Vivek Gowri on 1/14/2013
Acer Shows Off 2880x1620 Panel
We visited with Acer at this CES, and they didn't specifically have anything that we were told we could discuss, but after seeing another publication with pictures of Acer's...
27 by Jarred Walton on 1/14/2013
CES 2013 in Retrospect: Laptop Market Trends
With CES now wrapped up and all of us home or headed home, Anand has tasked each of us with putting together some thoughts on what we saw at...
27 by Jarred Walton on 1/12/2013
Quick Look at ASUS UX51V: My CES 2013 Laptop
Brian and Vivek talked about their CES equipment, and I thought I’d chime in as well—except I don’t really have anything worth discussing other than my laptop. My Nikon...
21 by Jarred Walton on 1/12/2013
LG 29EA93 Ultrawide Display - Rev. 1.09
When migrating away from 4:3 screens for home video, the 16:9 aspect ratio was chosen as a compromise between all the common formats at the time. For many film...
91 by Chris Heinonen on 12/11/2012
AOC's i2367fh: Thin, "Virtually Borderless", and IPS
We've been waiting for affordable LCDs to start showing some clear improvements in performance, quality, features, and design for a while. AOC has potentially done exactly that with their...
43 by Jarred Walton on 11/20/2012
ASUS PB278Q Review: An IPS Competitor Emerges
Every 27” panel that I have reviewed this year has had two things in common: the panel was IPS based, and it was made by LG. The vast majority...
55 by Chris Heinonen on 11/19/2012
Dell U2713HM - Unbeatable performance out of the box
When you look at the 27” panels on the market today, they virtually all use a panel from LG. Samsung has their own PLS panels, but otherwise almost everyone...
96 by Chris Heinonen on 10/4/2012
The iPhone 5 Display: Thoroughly Analyzed
When Apple rolled out the iPhone 5, they announced that it had a full sRGB gamut, which the new iPad almost achieves and would be a substantial improvement over...
99 by Chris Heinonen on 9/27/2012
Nixeus NX-VUE27 27" Monitor: High Resolution for the Masses
The price model for 27” IPS displays has been turned on its head recently by imported models from Korea that you can buy on eBay. Selling for as little...
65 by Chris Heinonen on 9/20/2012
Amazon Kindle Preview: Paperwhite, Fire (2012), and Fire HD 7" & 8.9"
Earlier today Amazon revealed four new Kindle devices: a new Touch e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite; the latest update to the Fire (not the Fire 2, just Kindle Fire)...
81 by James Pikover on 9/6/2012
HP 2311xi IPS Monitor
HP managed to make the right choices with their 27” ZR2740w monitor, hitting a reasonable price point without sacrificing quality. Now HP has introduced their 2311xi monitor, a 23&rdquo...
68 by Chris Heinonen on 8/13/2012
ASUS PA246Q 24" ProArt Monitor: No Adjustments Needed?
Our monitor reviews frequently go into a lot of depth about the results before and after calibration, but for many users this won’t matter, as they aren’t going to...
50 by Chris Heinonen on 7/2/2012
DoubleSight DS-277W: Back to the Drawing Board
For the most part, the market for 27”, 2560x1440 monitors has been dominated by the higher end brands. The one main exception has been DoubleSight, which has made a...
55 by Chris Heinonen on 6/13/2012
The Achieva Shimian QH270: A $350 27-inch WQHD S-IPS Display
A couple of months ago our resident smartphone guru, Brian Klug, told me about a super affordable, Korean made 27-inch 2560 x 1440 display that used the same panel...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2012