Toshiba refreshes its Qosmio notebook range

BenQ announced the launch of its G series LCD monitors, the BenQ G920HDA, BenQ G2020HD, BenQ G2220HD and BenQ 2410HD. These G series LCD monitors come equipped with the aspect ratio of 16:9 and a high dynamic contrast ratio of 40,000:1 with 5ms response time. Screen sizes range from 18.5 inch to 23.6 inch. The G series LCD monitors, BenQ G2020HD, BenQ G2220HD and BenQ 2410HD display Full HD content in its native 16:9 format without distortion, resizing or black bars.

Will Blu-ray finally get some respect? The high-definition optical disc format has long been the whipping boy of media pundits, many of whom predict consumers will spurn Blu-ray and gravitate instead toward video-on-demand, online download, and movie streaming services. Blu-ray is old school, they say, a relic of the bygone era of physical media, despite the fact that it bested challenger HD DVD in 2008 after a two-year high-def format war.