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Monitors get the green treatment

Earth Day brings with it many things: temporary environmental consciousness, plenty of green and white design motifs, and sometimes a new green-focused section of a Web site.

This year, the Web site in question is ours. Today CNET launches its new Green Electronics Guide. There you can check out our top green products, from cars to desktops, as well as power efficiency guides on laptops, desktops, TVs, and monitors.

In the monitor guide you'll see the power efficiency of 21 different monitors compared, and you'll discover ways to cut down on your current power consumption. Today also marks … Read more

Dell's new monitors don't want you wasting energy

Last week I received two new Dell monitors for review, the G2210 and the G2410. Nothing strange about that. I get a Dell monitor in like every other week around here.

Did I mention, however, that these were two LED-backlit LCD monitors? Again, not that big of a deal. We've reviewed LED-backlit monitors from Apple, Lenovo, and ViewSonic in the last few months.

Honestly, there's nothing particularly special about the G2410 and G2210 at first glance. They're actually pretty plain-looking with nothing aesthetically special about them. That is, unless you play around with their respective onscreen displays (OSDs).

The OSDs are designed with an "Energy Gauge" feature that allows you to see, in real time, just how much power your monitor is pulling. For example, with the display's brightness set to half, the energy gauge--represented by green bars-- adjusts to nearly two-thirds full. Turn the brightness to max and the gauge shoots to full and is now represented by red bars. … Read more

'G' is for green with Dell's new line of monitors

Dell finally throws its hat into the whole green computer monitor trend, and of course by green I mean eco-friendly.

Thursday, Dell announced its brand new, aptly named G series of displays, which includes the 22-inch G2210 and the 24-inch G2410. Each monitor includes light-emitting diode (LED) backlighting and is made from recycled material.

Each display has a purported contrast ratio of 1000:1. Now, Dell states that each display achieves a significantly higher dynamic contrast ratio, but If you know how vendors determine dynamic contrast ratio numbers, then you know how meaningless they can be. So I won't … Read more