Widescreen

Report: Next iPad Could Pack A 16:9 Widescreen Display

A new report today suggests that Apple might be working on a next-generation iPad with a widescreen display, something that it would inherit from the new iPhone 5. The claim, from L.A.-based tech cons

Philips' 21:9 aspect ratio TV on video

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/219philips.jpg" />What is it with TVs these days? Billion-to-one contrast ratios. 600Hz refresh rates. And now: <a href="http://www.pocke

Newegg.com Black Friday deals: 4GB Corsair RAM for $20

As promised, Newegg.com has pulled out many of the stops to deliver unto you several Black Friday deals. No, I take that back. They’re not just deals, but ULTRA-SECRET deals. So ultra-secret, in

HP announces two new widescreen monitors

HP announced two new widescreen displays today at SIGGRAPH 08, the LP2475w 24-inch monitor and the HP LP2275w 22-inch monitor. The LP2475w has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 with a 102 percent color ga

Samsung enters 15.6-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD market

One of the best things the current MacBook Pro has going for it is the gorgeous 15.4-inch widescreen LED backlit display. The first displays at this size and resolution at all came out with the last g

Non-widescreen laptops are becoming an endangered species

As Lenovo retires its last line of non-widescreen laptops, it sounds like one of the final nails being hammered into the squarish aspect ratio screens we grew up with. I think that the move to 16:10 a

YouTube Is Now Pseudo-Widescreen

Dear Readers, Welcome to another day of slow news! It very rarely happens on ‘Tech Thursday’, but today happens to be as slow as molasses, so we’ll try to make this as interesting as pos

Widescreen Outdoor Theater: Black and White and Hot All Over

Yes! This is exactly what I need. A giant inflatable screen with an Optoma projector. It will be excellent for entertaining all of those friends that I don’t have when I hold pool parties in my

The Future Of The 6G iPod

Those kooky dudes over at CNet have drank a few magical Kool-Aids and are now predicting the future of the 6G iPod. Among the new features predicted? Try a 100GB hard drive (very possibly), a widescre

Apple Cinema Displays Take a Price Cut

With the announcement of the expensive 8-core Mac Pro, Apple must have figured it needed a little spin to keep customers’ minds off of the high price. Now the Apple Cinema Displays have been giv

Mio C320, C520 and C520T Widescreen GPS Units

Mio makes, like, a lot of GPS devices of various shapes and sizes and just showed off three hot little numbers at CeBIT. There’s the C320, C520 and C520T, all of which have a 4.3-inch widescreen

iPhone Uses 1.5:1 Aspect Ratio

Looks like Apple has some ‘splaining to do. Seems the iPhone isn’t going to be a conformist anytime soon. Apple is using a proprietary 1.5:1 aspect ratio for video playback as opposed to t

Lenovo Gives T60 Thinkpad The Widescreen Treatment

Lenovo has finally gone widescreen on its T60 Thinkpad models. You can now grab the T60 with a 15.4” widescreen display starting at $1399. Other features on the T60 Thinkpad include Core 2 Duo CPUs,

Wacom Ships Widescreen-Compatible Graphics Tablets

There are two brands serious graphics artists will probably never abandon: Apple and Wacom. Anyone who does any real digital designing knows that a Wacom tablet is as necessary to them as paint brushe

BenQ FP241W LCD, Now With HDMI

BenQ is dropping a new 24″ widescreen LCD that includes HDMI support. It also promises a 100:1 contrast ratio, 6ms response time and a brightness level of 500cd/m2. In addition to HDMI, the disp

HP Enters 30-Inch Arena

Staging up to compete with Dell and Apple, HP has announced a 30-inch addition to its line of widescreen LCDs. The specs are pretty similar to those already on the 30-inch playing field. It features 1