ASUS PA249Q IPS Panel & MX299Q Ultra Wide Screen Monitors - Linus Tech Tips CES 2013
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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Welcome to Lionus Tech Tips at CES 2013. Our trip to the show this year is
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The PA249Q is a true upgrade to the 246. That means
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we've got a 10-bit panel, improved electronics for even closer delta ease,
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very very accurate color, and a wide wide range of colors, 100% coverage of
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sRGB and Adobe RGB, 178° wide viewing
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angle. So, this is using an IPS panel presumably. One moment. I got the thumbs
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up right after we cut that last shot. So, our shot logger is going to go ahead
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and take care of that. Basically what this is is it addresses that need from a
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productivity standpoint to have a higher than 16x9 monitor because personally for
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me and I know this is true for a lot of people maybe not for watching movies but
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for anything else spreadsheets graphic design having those extra pixels at the
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top and the bottom really does help a lot just like the 246 quick fit is here
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so that's the button that you press that basically puts little measurements all
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over the screen that allows you to not have to eyeball things ever ever again.
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There's even one for here we go a fourletter pictures, different pictures,
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all that kinds of good stuff. And I can tell you guys right now, just subjectively standing here looking at
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it, holy crap, this thing is absolutely beautiful. So, I think this is even a
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thinner bezel than the last generation as well. Gorgeous. And there's also
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markings here for uh for for aligning things and measuring things as well.
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It's getting dark in here and it's hard to see. They walked away with this
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before we had a chance to show it to you, but JJ is going to send us some
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footage of this and we are going to talk about it. Basically, it is a 21x9
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IPS 29 in monitor with side byside
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essentially side byside 17in monitors. It's basically two sidebyside 17 in
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which is great for watching movies in their full non blackbard glory. Great
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for productivity h because you've got what is essentially a dual monitor setup
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on a single stand. It connects with a single display connector as well. And
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you can even use the software that's included with your graphics card to
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create virtual displays so that you can maximize things. And JJ wants to come on
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in. Come on into the shot. You're we're
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Yeah, tell us. I forgot one actually thing in this briefing is that um these new MX series
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monitors also have our Sonic Master audio technology. The really cool thing
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about that is that we actually have a really high-end integrated DAC built
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into the actual speaker. Oh, so actually for users that are looking to have a consolidated monitor, but also
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be able to have a high quality playback experience. Maybe you don't have like nicer end headphones, you don't have two
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channel desktop speakers, you want to keep things really aesthetically clean, nice, but actually have some nice
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quality sound that's been processed correctly. That's going to be built in directly into the panel. So that's going
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to be a nice plus. That's awesome. There's an innovation we need. I mean, as you guys know, I love
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higherend audio solutions. So onboard audio on anything that doesn't suck is
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always like two thumbs up. Over here we have another really cool monitor. So VG
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series monitors, we all know they're fantastic for gaming. This one takes the
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cake. This one is fully NVIDIA 3D Vision ready. So all that stuff is fine. But
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check this out. 1 millisecond response time. So that means you won't see, no
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matter how closely you look at this, any kind of motion blur going on here. and
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144 hertz refresh rate, which basically means that it is there that there's
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there's no input lag. There's stuff happening and then there's you seeing
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the stuff happening as clearly as possible. It's LED back lit. It's 1080p.
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Yes, it's a TN panel. However, if you are more concerned with the speed and
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responsiveness of your panel, even if you don't want to use stereoscopic 3D,
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you just want to run, you want to take that GTX 680 you bought, you want to
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actually run your game at 144 frames per second and actually see every frame it's
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drawing, this is a solution for you. Yes, the colors are not going to be up
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there with IPS or PLS or some of those other panel technologies, but if you
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want that extra extra edge, then this is
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pretty much the way to go. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips so you
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