Asus enters widescreen monitor market

ASUSTEK IS entering the world of monitor manufacturing. We know because a Croatian distributor posted prices of a bunch of 17- and 19-inch monitors at around one fifth the average retail price (the Croatian Kuna - US Dollar ratio being 1:5 at the time). Unfortunatley that offer didn't last long.

Asus will take to the widescreen arena with the PG221, a 22-incher that will challenge the increasing number of players in this market segment. Is 22 inches the diagonal that will become a widescreen standard, just as 19-inch became the standard for LCD monitors? We'll see.

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