Sharp LL-M17W1 - The pulse 2: the best of J@pan Inc's newsletters - Brief Article

Japan, Inc., Oct, 2003

* Sharp likes its LCD displays, that's for sure, and has just released a couple more, the LL-M17W1 and LL-M15X1. We'll concern ourselves with the 17-inch widescreen, WXGA LL-M17W1 model, because it's sexier and the M15X1 is just a puny 15-incher. WXGA, for the abbreviationally challenged, equates to a 1,280 x 768 dot display, which is good enough for any image source you want to throw at it. Capable of displaying PIP (Picture in Picture), so you can watch TV and work on your spreadsheet at the same time (yeah, right), the M17W1 has a built-in TV tuner and a D1 digital input on the backside of the unit (as well as one S-Video and two Composite inputs), making it perfect for playing back high resolution DVD movies of video games.

* Specs wise, the display has a 25ms response time, contrast ratio of 600:1 and brightness of 400cd/m2. The viewing angle is now a relatively standard 170 degrees in either plane.

More info: www.6.ibm.com/jp/NewsDB.nsf/ 2003/07251

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