NEC rolls out widescreen media LCDs [U]

(Updated with new photos) Display maker NEC today upgraded its AccuSync series with its first widescreen models. The new 19-inch LCD193WXM, 20-inch LCD203WXM, and 22-inch LCD223WXM are all tailored to home users as well as the traditional business and school crowds of the AccuSync line: each has chin-mounted speakers and features a brighter-than-average picture with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio for every model versus the 800:1 more common to rival LCDs.

Each has both analog (VGA) and digital (DVI) video input and fits to VESA wall mount kits for particularly tight spaces. The 19-inch model is available now from NEC for $230; its larger 20- and 22-inch counterparts will ship in May at respective prices of $290 and $360.