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The PA249Q is a true upgrade to the 246. That means
we've got a 10-bit panel, improved electronics for even closer delta ease,
very very accurate color, and a wide wide range of colors, 100% coverage of
sRGB and Adobe RGB, 178° wide viewing
angle. So, this is using an IPS panel presumably. One moment. I got the thumbs
up right after we cut that last shot. So, our shot logger is going to go ahead
and take care of that. Basically what this is is it addresses that need from a
productivity standpoint to have a higher than 16x9 monitor because personally for
me and I know this is true for a lot of people maybe not for watching movies but
for anything else spreadsheets graphic design having those extra pixels at the
top and the bottom really does help a lot just like the 246 quick fit is here
so that's the button that you press that basically puts little measurements all
over the screen that allows you to not have to eyeball things ever ever again.
There's even one for here we go a fourletter pictures, different pictures,
all that kinds of good stuff. And I can tell you guys right now, just subjectively standing here looking at
it, holy crap, this thing is absolutely beautiful. So, I think this is even a
thinner bezel than the last generation as well. Gorgeous. And there's also
markings here for uh for for aligning things and measuring things as well.
It's getting dark in here and it's hard to see. They walked away with this
before we had a chance to show it to you, but JJ is going to send us some
footage of this and we are going to talk about it. Basically, it is a 21x9
IPS 29 in monitor with side byside
essentially side byside 17in monitors. It's basically two sidebyside 17 in
which is great for watching movies in their full non blackbard glory. Great
for productivity h because you've got what is essentially a dual monitor setup
on a single stand. It connects with a single display connector as well. And
you can even use the software that's included with your graphics card to
create virtual displays so that you can maximize things. And JJ wants to come on
in. Come on into the shot. You're we're
Yeah, tell us. I forgot one actually thing in this briefing is that um these new MX series
monitors also have our Sonic Master audio technology. The really cool thing
about that is that we actually have a really high-end integrated DAC built
into the actual speaker. Oh, so actually for users that are looking to have a consolidated monitor, but also
be able to have a high quality playback experience. Maybe you don't have like nicer end headphones, you don't have two
channel desktop speakers, you want to keep things really aesthetically clean, nice, but actually have some nice
quality sound that's been processed correctly. That's going to be built in directly into the panel. So that's going
to be a nice plus. That's awesome. There's an innovation we need. I mean, as you guys know, I love
higherend audio solutions. So onboard audio on anything that doesn't suck is
always like two thumbs up. Over here we have another really cool monitor. So VG
series monitors, we all know they're fantastic for gaming. This one takes the
cake. This one is fully NVIDIA 3D Vision ready. So all that stuff is fine. But
check this out. 1 millisecond response time. So that means you won't see, no
matter how closely you look at this, any kind of motion blur going on here. and
144 hertz refresh rate, which basically means that it is there that there's
there's no input lag. There's stuff happening and then there's you seeing
the stuff happening as clearly as possible. It's LED back lit. It's 1080p.
Yes, it's a TN panel. However, if you are more concerned with the speed and
responsiveness of your panel, even if you don't want to use stereoscopic 3D,
you just want to run, you want to take that GTX 680 you bought, you want to
actually run your game at 144 frames per second and actually see every frame it's
drawing, this is a solution for you. Yes, the colors are not going to be up
there with IPS or PLS or some of those other panel technologies, but if you
want that extra extra edge, then this is
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