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EVGA enters the LCD display market |
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Written by Jon Worrel
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 10:16 |
InterView 1700 dual-17” WXGA+
Today is the ten-year
anniversary of Nvidia’s leading graphics partner EVGA, and otherwise a fitting
time for the company to take its first step into the LCD display market. Over
the past few years, EVGA has been looking for new ways to innovate its way into
new markets revolving around the GPU and related hardware and peripherals. This
time, it decided to go the route of introducing a dual-monitor system for the
sole use of increasing productivity in the business and professional market
areas.
EVGA’s InterView 17-inch dual-monitor system was first
unveiled way back at CeBIT
2008, featuring a practical design concept that allows one display to be
completely flipped 180 degrees vertically for multiple user interaction on
opposite viewing sides. This is rather convenient for interviews (implied),
reviewing financial data at a bank, reviewing medical reports with patients and
any other situations where two or more people need to view the same information
while sitting on opposite sides of a desk.
As far as specs are concerned, the InterView features two
17-inch LCD panels with native resolutions of 1440x900 WXGA+ and a pixel pitch
of 0.255mm at 220CD/m brightness. These aren’t necessarily gaming panels, as
the response time is 8ms, overall contrast only 500:1 and a viewing angle of a
mere 45 degrees horizontally. However, the product does feature a single
1.3-megapixel webcams, a built-in microphone and a total of three USB 2.0
ports. It only features a single DVI connection for monitor input but includes
a DVI to VGA adapter in the box.
Based on the specs, the device is mainly targeted for
business and professional applications and would really have no practical use
in gaming. EVGA scored a market watch
review with Dr. Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research who did a multi-monitor
usage study and found an increase in productivity from fifty-percent or more.
"EVGA now enables in a single
system what used to be called a 'partners’ desk, traditionally facilitating
teamwork between two executives while facing each other. Now users can flip the
EVGA monitor over and both see the same thing. Doctors can use it in a
patient-doctor relationship for reviewing X-rays with patients, teachers can
use it for one-on-one tutoring, engineers can use it where they want to have a
collaborative discussion on a design...and you can use it yourself for having
more screen real estate because the more you can see - the more you can do."
The display can be had for $649
directly from EVGA, and the company has put together an overview of its
InterView that can be found here.
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