IBM unveils ThinkVision L200p monitor with groundbreaking usability and design features
Dubai UAE, 1st June 2003. IBM Middle East announced today the first in a new line of ThinkVision monitors, the IBM ThinkVision L200p Monitor a high-end flat panel LCD display that simplifies screen adjustments, enables one-button access to frequently used functions, and provides greater flexibility in viewing position. The introduction is part of the company's overall ‘Think’ strategy for customer business advantage.
IBM also announced today two new USB-connected keyboards that recreate the award-winning IBM ThinkPad notebook touch-and-feel experience in a stand-alone keyboard.
With the ThinkVision L200p, a 20.1-inch flat panel LCD monitor running at 1600 x 1200 optimum resolution (UXGA), IBM now offers unique ThinkVantage Design characteristics including a new on-screen display function that helps enable more intuitive adjustments; stand design that provides industry-leading adjustments to maximize viewing comfort; and new direct access to frequently used monitor functions.
"The new IBM ThinkVision line of monitors, led by the ThinkVision L200p, is packed with innovative new features that are designed to provide our customers with outstanding performance, flexibility and ease-of-use,” said Sameh Farid, regional manager, personal computing division, IBM Middle East. “The ThinkVision L200p displays clear, accurate images on a large 1.9 megapixel screen, while delivering excellent performance for a variety of graphic and financial applications such as CAD/CAM, scientific imaging, desktop publishing, and complex spreadsheets.“
The IBM ThinkVision L200p offers 250 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness, 400:1 contrast ratio and 170-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles. Using dual input, the monitor can be attached to two systems simultaneously, and the monitor offers both analogue and digital system attachment. Both analogue and digital cables are provided.
The L200p's ergonomic, cantilever stand (an IBM original design) appears to make the display float toward the user. While offering the user smooth and effortless tilt and lift adjustments, the stand also keeps the base stationary while allowing the monitor to swivel 135 degrees in either direction. The lift function provides infinite height adjustment within an 80mm vertical range (over 3 inches) allowing the user to adjust the viewing level for optimal comfort.
For ease of use, the L200p provides convenient direct access buttons for brightness, automatic image setup and input selection. One press of the automatic image setup button optimizes the image quality providing quick and easy monitor setup, while the input selection allows the user to switch between two system applications at the touch of a button.
Also Announced Today -- New Keyboards Recreate the ThinkPad Experience
Building on IBM's historic strength in keyboard design, IBM announced today two new USB keyboards. They include the IBM USB Keyboard with UltraNav multipointing system and the IBM USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav. These keyboards are designed to provide users with a choice of how they want to work -- on the road or with a desktop computer -- without giving up the comfort of a ThinkPad keyboard. These new keyboards provide the user with ThinkPad keyboard flexibility (including UltraNav, which incorporates TrackPoint and touchpad pointing devices) and comfort (including tiered key rows, matte key finish, and a wider space bar).
The IBM USB Keyboard with UltraNav complements a ThinkPad port replicator or docking station because it is the only external keyboard that can control ThinkPad features such as ThinkPad speaker volume, external monitor control, brightness, and system sleep and suspend (on supported ThinkPad systems). The IBM USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav is smaller (no numeric keypad), lightweight (only 22 mm thick, weighing .53 kg) and includes its own carrying case.
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