LCD panel wars are the new in between certain manufacturers. Before you even see last announcement's products on store shelves, a competing manufacturer announces an even better monitor. Such is the case today as well.

Last January I remember talking about a 6 ms LCD from Benq. Today, Viewsonic Corp. has announced that they will be shipping a pair (as in two models, not two monitors :-P) of LCD monitors with a 4 ms response time in the second quarter of this year. Shipping in May will be the 19" VX924, and later in June the 17" VX724 will show its face. The 4 ms response time refers to gray-to-gray transitions, along with a 5 ms typical response time for other graduations.

The VX924 and VX724 are the first desktop displays to combine ViewSonic's proprietary Dynamic Structure?and Amplified Impulse?video response acceleration technologies to support rates of up to 250 frames per second across the entire color scale. This advancement produces superior front-of-screen performance for motion video, since the majority of video transitions on games and digital entertainment occur within these intermediate ranges.

It wasn't too long ago that I shelled out $670 CAD + tax for my NEC LCD1550M with its (now mediocre) 25 ms response time. Gaming on it was superb, and I didn't notice much ghosting at all, but I'm sure that gaming on this year's forthcoming models would take my breath away.

LCD technology is really taking off.

Article Link: Viewsonic Accelerates Display Leadership With World's Fastest LCD Monitors

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