Tiger Direct deals for Friday, February 23rd: Sceptre X32GV-Komodo 32″ 1366×768 720p 8ms 1200:1 HDMI ATSC LCD TV $649.97*(CA) Price after $50 MIR – expires 2/28/07 Sceptre 20.1″ 5ms 1000:1 WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 DVI-VGA Wide LCD Monitor w/ Speakers $249.97*(CA) Price after $50 MIR – Expires 2/28/07

$189 – I-Inc 19″ Wide 5ms 700:1 WXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Monitor w/ Speakers $189.97 $314 – Niko 22″ 5ms 700:1 WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 Wide LCD Monitor w/ Speakers

$399 – Sceptre 20″ 720p 8ms 700:1 DVI HDMI LCD TV

$222 – Famous Brand 19″ 8ms 800:1 SXGA 1280 x 1024 DVI-VGA LCD Monitor $222(CA) – expires 2/28/07

Pro AV Magazine has written up a good tutorial on LCD monitors, highlighting how they work and how they’re made. Available in all shapes, sizes, and resolutions, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are everywhere these days — from the screen on your notebook computer and the big-screen HDTV in your family room to the airline information [...]

From Computer Active: There’s not much to look at, as far as the lengthily named LCD175VXM+ is concerned. It comes in a pure white colour, with a round, tilting base, and VGA, DVI and audio input connections. However, it shines once it’s switched on – literally. This screen is very bright, and at its native [...]

From Big Picture Big Sound: But recent price drops and technological advances have led to LCD flat panel models that can challenge plasma for picture performance at a competitive price. The most impressive of these are the new suite of Full HD 1080p LCD models, such as the Sony Bravia KDL-46XBR2 LCD HDTV, up for [...]

From CNET.com: Vizio’s VX32L HDTV may not be the least-expensive 32-inch flat-panel LCD on the market, but it’s still quite affordable. Unlike most bargain-basement LCDs, however, this model provides a well-rounded feature set, including two HDMI inputs and a PC input along with plenty of picture controls. Those features, combined with perfectly acceptable picture quality, [...]

Filed under: Displays You’ve already seen Samsung’s new LED-backlit LCDs for 2007, now check what cross-K-town rival LG.Philips has in store. Last week’s ICDL 2007 had LG.Philips demonstrating their 47-, 26-, 15.4-, 12.1-, 8-, and 7-inch LED backlit LCD panels. The big daddy 47-inch panel appears to be the guts of the LG HDTV we [...]

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment Samsung’s no stranger to pumping out displays with a very respectable 10,000:1 contrast ratio, and the firm is kicking out two more with its latest Bordeaux duo. While the company has already bumped the PVA LCD lineup to 32- and 40-inches before, now it’s taking things a bit further [...]