Recently we took a look at one of Asus’ entry level LED backlit LCD monitors and we were very impressed with its clarity, colour reproduction, and most of all its price. But this is common ground and something that everyone is used to – where do you improve a great image? Well the next stage is to take things to the next dimension, quite literally.

3D viewing of films is something that has been around for ages on cinemas, but bringing this into the home environment has only started becoming the standard as of latem but this is typically on the TV side of entertainment. Apart from watching 3D films, what else can the enthusiast do? Well how about playing games in 3D? Now we’re talking.

Nvidia have for a while offered up their 3D vision kits as a separate offer that work with most monitors, but what we have here is a full on bundle with a 27″ LCD & LED backlit screen with a whopping 120Hz frame rate and an impressive contrast ratio of 50,000,000:1 and Nvidia’s 3D vision wireless glasses. Sounds like a mouth watering bundle doesn’t it? The real question is though is this a screen that works as an all round player in both 2D and 3D environments or is it something only for the weekend? Well there is only one way to find out and so I had to take a dive into the world of PC gaming in 3D, this is going to be fun!

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As we all know, there are a few items that are a necessity to owning a computer, and one of them is your screen. Most of us will remember back a few years when the rage was all about what CRT you had – mine for example was made by Packard Bell and packed a modest 1280×1024 resolution over VGA. Fast forward a few years and LCD screens started to crop up and fast forward even more and we now see the CRT to be virtually extinct in the computing world. So where can things go from here? There is always a way to improve technology and the latest focus is getting a far superior picture whilst using less and less power whilst doing so.

This is where Asus have stepped upto the mark with the VE228. From the outside, it looks pretty much like any other recent widescreen LCD monitor, and to the majority of people it is, but peel away the layers and you’ll soon realise that this is not an LCD as we once knew it.

LEDs are becoming more and more popular in the tech market and with their extreme light output from such a small power source, its understandable why. So to produce one of their latest screens, Asus have taken away the cathode tubes that traditionally light up and LCD and have replaced them with LEDs to give a brighter, crisper image which also allows for a better colour reproduction and contrast level at the same time.

Typically we see LED lit screens on the higher end of the market and more commonly in TVs, but have Asus been able to harness this technology into an affordable package for the mainstream consumer that doesn’t want to pay over the odds for a 22″ screen? Well that what we’re here to find out…

Display	Panel Size : 21.5″(54.6cm) Wide Screen True Resolution : 1920×1080 Pixel Pitch : 0.248mm Brightness(Max) : 250 cd/㎡ ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio (ASCR) : 10000000:1 Viewing Angle (CR≧10) : 170°(H)/160°(V) Response Time : 5ms Display Colors : 16.7M
Video Feature	SPLENDID Video Intelligence Technology SPLENDID Video Preset Modes : 5 Modes Skin-Tone Selection : 3 Modes Color Temperature Selection : 5 Modes HDCP support
Audio Features	Stereo Speakers : 1W x 2 Stereo RMS
Convenient Hotkey	SPLENDID Video Preset Mode Selection Auto. Adjustment Brightness Adjustment Volume Adjustment Input Selection
I/O Ports	Signal Input : HDMI ,D-Sub,DVI-D PC Audio Input : 3.5mm Mini-Jack AV Audio Input : HDMI 1.3 Earphone jack : 3.5mm Mini-Jack
Signal Frequency	Analog Signal Frequency : 30~83 KHz(H)/ 50~76 Hz(V) Digital Signal Frequency : 30~83 KHz(H)/ 50~76 Hz(V)
Power Consumption	Power Consumption < 30 W Power Saving Mode < 1 W
Mechanical Design	Chassis Colors : Black Tilt : +20°~-5° VESA Wall Mounting : 100x100mm
Security	Kensington lock
Dimensions	Phys.Dimension(WxHxD): 512.84×385.96x201mm Box Dimension(WxHxD): 576x468x148mm
Weight	Net Weight (Esti.): 4.1 kg Gross Weight (Esti.): 6.1 kg
Accessories	DVI cable VGA cable Audio cable Power cord Quick start guide Warranty Card
Regulation Approval	Energy Star 5.0, CEL, UL/cUL, CB, CE, EuP, FCC, CCC, BSMI, Gost-R, C-Tick, VCCI, PSB, J-MOSS, WEEE, Windows Vista & Windows 7 WHQL

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Eyefinity is a technology developed by AMD to allow users the ability to use multiple screens at once, thus giving the user a more intense gaming experience. Eyefinity currently allows up to 6 monitors in a group configuration, and with a lot of websites out there showcasing three, we thought we’d go the whole hog and see how six monitors look together.

For most users this will simply be a dream or a fantasy, but for others, they may be looking at getting a similar setup. Throughout this review we will look at the pros and cons of a setup like this in detail as well as looking at the typical benchmark games we would perform in our usual tests for graphics cards, but this time with six screens instead of just one.

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