I appreciate the effort made by some reader and his effort to explain the direction considerations.

although "blows" and "sucks" are interchangeable in their meaning regarding Asus fans, and for that matter, any kind of fans. They're always blowing in one side (if there is one) and sucking on the other.

You could call this the paradigm of ambiguity, but it could not be truer.

So... I have to disagree.
Asus fans does "suck"

I want to add that either sideways, inward, outward, upward, forward... they allways suck and blow.

Taking considerations about the speed at which they do it may be another thing.

Its always a breeze.

"DVI but no HDMI (ie: no protected content playing on this one). "


Since when was HDMI required for protected content? DVI will play protected content since it does state HDCP support.

True, while the Samsung Syncmaster 275T may have no HDMI port on it, it does have a DVI port that's HDCP compliant and it's got as many inputs as my Dell 2407-HC.

Erm .. DVI supports HDCP and the article linked even SAYS it supports HDCP ...

Muppets :P

You could have read the 3rd paragraph in the 275T article, where they specifically mention that the display is HDCP capable before you declare it unable to handle protected content... HDMI is not synonymous to HDCP, you know.

Umm the Samsung supports HDCP and hence protected content. Seems the author is a little confused.

The samsung display DOES support HDCP as seen on the picture of the inputs where it states: DVI IN (HDCP)
http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200802/syncmaster275T_io.jpg

So all you need is a DVI to HDMI cable or a current graphicscard that does HDCP over DVI.

That might be significant for some people that are stuck in the world of DRM.

You made a mistake in writing that the 275T doesn't play HDCP content. Altough it doesn't have HDMI connection, it will still play HDCP enabled content over DVI-D. 

Thanks for the link by the way ;-).

Do you guys even read the stuff you put here? Yes it doesn't have HDMI, but it still has DVI (HDCP) you can see it clearly in the picture at the bottom of page three. So you can still play (crappy) protected content.

Actually, there have been 27" WUXGA panels on the market for a while. Since they've only got the same pixel count as 24" panels (and some 22" screens, and some 15.4" laptops) the're for people who want an under-sized HDTV or infeasibly large pixels, and can't sit closer.

The article quite clearly mentions that it has HDCP (can handle protected content), just over DVI (as most video cards output it).

Actually the Samsung monitor has HDCP over DVI.. and the review clearly states that in the spec. sheet.. 

A simple HDMI<->DVI adapter would solve that problem.

The fan on the Asus Triton 77 doesn't suck air upward, it blows it upward. The difference in terminology comes from the position of the fan relative to the sink: The fan still blows through the sink, because it was mounted beneath the sink.

This is an important distiction because fans don't work well in the "suck" orientation. They are far more directional in the "blow" orientation.

The only problem with the Asus design is that it doesn't blow air onto VRM components or chipset sinks. Fans draw air from the sides, so there's little to help the airflow get to the required motherboard sinks.

Having read the linked review, the monitor does actually support HDCP over the DVI connection, so viewing HD material is perfectly possible.

Samsung Sycmaster article is incorrect.

"it’s a native 1920x1200 display with DVI but no HDMI (ie: no protected content playing on this one)."

DVI can also be HDCP compliant. If you care to read the article you link to you will see that it does support copy right protected material.