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Asus PW191 LCD Review
Tom's Hardware has quite the flattering review of one of the latest LCDs coming from Asus, the Asus PW191. From the review: "I won't mince words. The PW191 is the handsomest monitor I've ever seen. It's true that people's tastes vary, but no one can deny that the Asus designers have talent. While a lot of their competitors are using a white Macintosh look for lack of better ideas, Asus is innovating, offering designs that are both personal and novel. And they've applied that know-how to good effect in designing the PW191. The monitor's lines are superb, and the choice of colors is elegant and restrained."
without the tiny tinny speakers?
Who's your user, program?
They just HAD to add speakers....
Sorry, but it doesn't look any nicer that the Xerox monitor on my desk.
Not that I think it looks bad. It just doesn't look special to me.
Why is this on slashdot?
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I can't believe people are sat around discussing the aesthetics of a monitor that looks just like every other flat screen monitor on the market. It looks like a monitor. It has all the bits a monitor typically has in the same place that a monitor typically has them. That's it.
What an ugly monitor, inch thick bevel, eighties shiny brushed base. It has a semi-retro "lampstand" feel that could have really worked (especially if it had a wall attachment or desk clamp) but is poorly executed looking a cheap childs toy.
Umm, it's a regular black plastic LCD monitor with a metalic silver base. Wh00p.
The real question: is this slashvertisment for Toms Hardware or for Asus? Or for both?
Slashdot is a site that should be praising developments in technical ability, not slightly overdesigned monitors that suck in actual usage.
ScuttleMonkey, you can get away with this shit, but that doesn't mean we are going to eat it. I gradually get to the point of almost subscribing, and then another stunt like this comes along.
My boss just got himself a widescreen LCD (against my better judgement of course) now he's discovering the main drawback for people who use their machines like we do.
Its a lovely display, running local applications in the natural resolution (1440 x 900) is a pleasure to the eyes and having the extra width is nice, however he spends approximately 50% of his day using VNC onto machines with 1280*1024 displays.
This wasn't a problem before because he could just full screen it, now all I hear is muffled cursing because the screen no longer fits.
Its amusing really, and proves sometimes higher sounding specs really aren't all they are cracked up to be.
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The thing looks like a late 80's television...
Great! Then it will be in style again right after the rounded-white-plastic look that Apple revived from the 1970's will seem old (Apple already has gotten past the 1960's big bold colors and flowers look).
Posting a story whose link bounces off an intermediate website is dishonest without an explanation as to why. The assumption is that someone is exploiting Slashdot readers to score referral dollars. It is really no different from a journalist who buys shares in a company the day before he writes an article saying how wonderful it is. The next day he sells the shares. I hope I am wrong about this and look forward to ScuttleMonkey adding a note of explanation to the summary.
I'd already seen this article. It is a minor piece of no great interest and pretty well tells the reader not to buy the monitor anyway because Asus have put a crap screen inside a very nice case.
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Links in summaries should include their [domain], just like any slashdot post.
:P
As long as we're going that far, perhaps the summaries should also be moderated...
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