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Samsung XL30 30-Inch LCD Display is LED Backlit

Samsung entered the 30-inch LCD monitor derby a while ago, but now at the huge CeBIT show in Germany it's rolled out a big bertha computer monitor with LED backlighting, all the rage for color freaks. The SyncMaster XL30 packs scary specs if you're inclined to believe such things, quoting a 3000:1 contrast ratio and a 2ms response time. Heck, that's so quick, why don't they just call it zero?

Beyond all that guff, the 30-inch behemoth does double duty as an HDTV—with its HDCP capability, it'll pass through all the DRM-infested content you care to watch. Samsung's not talking prices yet, but its conventionally-backlit 30-incher goes for around $1600. Looking at this picture of the flat panel, we're wondering if it's a 4:3 display, and hoping not. We'll pass along more info when we get it. – Charlie White

Samsung Debuts 30-inch LED-Based Monitor at CeBIT 2007 [Born Rich]

1:05 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Charlie White
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lumpydog at 11:21 AM on 03/15/07
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Don't you mean LCD is LED Backlit, or was this a joke? If so, ha..... ha....
Darcy at 11:38 AM on 03/15/07
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So confused...
1080pimp at 11:43 AM on 03/15/07
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I'm assuming it's a joke, based on the tag also reading "LCD BACKLIT".
gizak at 11:43 AM on 03/15/07
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I had to read that title twice too lol. Can't wait for LED backlighting to take off, uses less power and should have better color representation.
aec007 at 12:05 PM on 03/15/07
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Charlie!.... Pricing please!
I'm in the market for a 30" LCD monitor....
4:3 aspect have more rez than 16:9 actually.
Clipdat at 12:30 PM on 03/15/07
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Any idea what the native resolution is?
Spare_Change at 12:41 PM on 03/15/07
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How much???
I'll take...two!
Toastercookie at 12:47 PM on 03/15/07
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4:3 aspect have more rez than 16:9 actually.

But 4x3 is rediciously innefficient, especially in a monitor that big.
Hoffen at 01:01 PM on 03/15/07
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Not saying that it isnt, but how is 4:3 inneficient? assuming you are using the whole realestate of the monitor it should be just as efficient as a 16:9 monitor, well cept for 16:9 films, which are actually quite rare. I want a 2.35:1 ration monitor. You know, just to be different.
apeguero at 01:19 PM on 03/15/07
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If it's going to double as an HDTV then one could only assume that it will be 16:10 aspect ratio. I didn't say 16:9 because, if I'm not mistaken, none of the wide-screen LCDs out there are 16:9 due to some limitation, correct?
Sqube at 05:41 PM on 03/15/07
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There's no mention of resolution. For something that big, we need outrageousness. We need 2084x1536, at the very least; maybe even madness like 3200x2400. Otherwise, what's the point? I mean, who's really buying 30"+ monitors in anything other than 16:9 these days? Or maybe, maybe, 16:10?
aec007 at 06:27 PM on 03/15/07
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Toastercoockie,

4:3 has more rez than 16:9 and it is not innefficient.
Most PC "standard" resolutions are offbeats of ye'ol 640x480 rez. The 4:3 ratio.

A typical 20" Wide LCD has 1680x1050 rez = 176400 pixels
A typical 20" 4:3 LCD is 1600x1200 rez = 192000 pixels
So a wide screen cuts off 15600 pixels for ya!

Not to mention that you still cannot see full HD signal because 1080i [or p...] is 1920x1080.

And... that pixels on 4:3 LCD's are actually smaller than on the 16:9 LCD's so they have better visual definition so co$t more...

And... providing you don't particularly use it for watching movies... 4:3 is actually better for PC work or gaming (most games scale in 4:3).

And don't get me started in HDTV aspect ratios...
Some bozo channels (ABC, CBS...) transmit HD in 4:3 so they leave black bands on the sides.
Some movies come in:
- 16:9 (1.78) so they fill the screen nicely.
- 12:9 (1.33) so they leave a thin black side edges.
- Some wack jobs give you 2.35:1 for Cinemascope™ effect so might as well use a sledge hammer on the HDTV...
They can never get it right.....

I'll take the XL30 any day!
Documental at 09:31 PM on 03/15/07
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You mean it's a Liquid Crystal Display Display! That's two displays for the price of one. And it's 4:3! Can it get any better? I think not...