BenQ displays @ CES - Plasmas, LCDs, completely out of control

By Ryan Block

So we took a look at the BenQ booth (actually, it was really more of an open-air CES villa) and they were showing off all sorts of craziness. We've got so much new BenQ stuff we don't even know what to do with it all, so here it is,
BenQ displays on high (click to read on).

The Crazy Arm LCD monitor?no misnomer on that one?has seven USB-driven devices on attached arms; the devices are user-replaceable, and can include a webcam, speakers, card reader, fan, and light, but that won?t matter since you probably won?t be getting this thing anyway. Unless you?re crazy. Or like crazy arms.

This year BenQ?s been really pimping their new ?Senseye? imaging technology, which is featured in their higher end displays and promotes better viewing by automatically light metering to adjust darkness and contrast levels, among other things.

We were really into their new 17-inch FP72V display, which is a little busy looking but way more slick than almost anything else out there right now in the 4:3 aspect ratio arena. It too features Senseye, as well as a 1000:1 contrast ratio, SXGA resolution, an attachable webcam, speakers, and has D-Sub, DVI-D, and USB 2.0; it?ll hit in March for $600.
Anyone else reminded of the Lluon? What, BenQ, you didn?t think we?d know?

BenQ also had some pretty huge LCD HDTVs on display, such as the 46-inch wide DP4670, with native 1080 resolution,
800:1 contrast ratio, and Senseye feature. Check out some some others:

  • 46-inch DV4680 (native 1080i)

  • 37-inch DV3750 (native 1080i)

  • 32-inch DV3250 (native 1366x768 with 1080i upsampling)

  • 20.1-inch SV2050 (native SVGA with 1080i upsampling)

  • 42-inch DP4270 (native 1080i)

  • 37-inch DP3770 (native 1080i)

  • 32-inch DP3270 (native 1366x768 resolution

  • 26-inch DP2670 (native XGA with 1080i upsampling)

  • 20.1-inch DP2070 (SVGA with 1080i upsampling)

  • One new rear-projection, the 72-inch RP7270 that does native 720p (with 1080i upsampling) and a 1500:1 contrast
    ratio. Bustin?.

  • Two new regular old backlit LCD displays, the 26-inch DE2670 with 1280x768 native res (with 1080i upsampling)
    and the 32-inch DE3270 with a 1366x768 (and also with 1080i upsampling).

BenQ?s all of a sudden really loaded down with new monitors and displays, too; we gotta hit you like this:

  • The 16:9 aspect ratio 17-inch FP71W and 20-inch FP201W, which both have use Senseye, 4 USB ports, and D-Sub,
    DVI-D, S-Video and composite inputs for $499 and $799, respectively, due 2005.

  • The 17-inch FP71E+ with an 8ms response time

  • The 17-inch FP71E, 17-inch FP71G+, 17-inch FP72V, 17-inch FP785, 19-inch FP91E, 19-inch FP91V, and 19-inch
    FP91V+

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