Article: ViewSonic offers widescreen LCD monitor. (Video/Home Satellite).(Brief Article)

MINNEAPOLIS--ViewSonic used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil its first 16:9 widescreen LCD multimedia display for dual use as a digital TV and PC monitor.

The NextVision N1700w features a 17W-inch widescreen display that will accept DTV signals including the 480p, 720p and 1080i broadcast formats, as well as analog NTSC signals and computer signals.

The unit is shipping soon with a $1,199 suggested retail price.

Image specs list 1280 by 768 pixel resolution, more than 450 nits of brightness and a 450:1 contrast ratio. Multimedia enhancements include 3:2 pull down and a 3D digital comb filter that sup ports both enhanced definition television ...

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