The most notable IT technology in 2006

High end monitors are getting brighter, and widescreen displays are cheaper and faster.

NEC SpectraView LCD2180WG is one of the first LED backlit desktop monitors. It provides excellent color accuracy required by image professionals. For the rest of us, $7000 is a bit expensive. 2006 display market a bright future. How bright the display depends on how much money you are willing to spend. If you don't mind paying $7000, you can choose SpectraView LCD2180WG. The NEC's first LED backlit display features incredible contrast, brightness, and color capabilities. However, if the price is out of your budget, don't be afraid: cheaper widescreen and faster displays are also available for you to choose from.

In 2003, when it reached a turning point to the LCD display industry development -- this year, LCD sales over the first major argument -- buy flat screen CRT is it save desktop space. However, due to the LCD display color, they lack the brightness of the CRT, therefore, in the user's request, the company began to try to improve the brightness of the new monitor. "People like high-end CRT actually because of its color brightness and color purity," said Rhoda Alexander, head of display at iSuppli."

In addition to providing higher brightness, the LED backlight LCD will show the user a more realistic color on the screen. This is because of the quality of the backlight, LED can produce a more abundant chromatography. IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell said: "the current LCD can only display 70% color standards. After using LED, you can exceed this standard to achieve a high resolution color level." This means that when you take a digital camera film, the LED backlit display will show the same color in the original picture, rather than the loss of the 30% fax image. According to iSuppli of Alexander, the difference is striking - LED backlight LCD has "significant factor (wow)"."

However, don't expect the LCD backlight LCD high price will fall sharply in 2006. Prices generally fall only when there is competition, and in an emerging market, you will not see a group of new competitors to suppress prices. "There are a lot of R & D costs to be recovered in this market," Alexander said. Perhaps in 2007, we will see some significant price declines in the market."

For buyers who are still out of hand, widescreen displays offer more immediate hope. Widescreen displays will eventually be a big hit in the desktop computer market in 2006. If you need to deal with a lot of electronic reports when you work, this kind of display will make it easier to watch a lot of statements at a time. Many vendors claim to be able to use a widescreen display to view two Word files at once, but according to iSuppli's Alexander, you need at least one or more than 24 inch wide screen display to do so.

Wide screen display buyers will be pleased to see the response time of the display (which affects the rapid movement of objects to be displayed on the display smoothly) will greatly improve. In 2004, the response time of 25 ms was common. And now, you are more likely to find a 12 ms or even a display of 8 milliseconds. These numbers will continue to decline in 2006. You will be more aware of the changes when watching or playing games. Movement should be more smooth, trailing phenomenon will also be reduced.