Lenovo's New Monitor Line-Up

Lenovo announced three new LCD monitors, all equipped with 1080p resolution ranging from 21.5 to 23.6 inches. The high end 23.6-inch model is equipped with a multitouch screen and a design that would fit right in your home theater.

Lenovo L2261 Wide

At the bottom of the excitement scale is the L2261 Wide 21.5-inch LCD. While not much to look at compared to the other ones, the L2261 does have a pretty high resolution for its size: 1920×1080 in a sub-22 inch panel. It will hook up to most notebooks and desktops just fine with VGA and DVI inputs, but a cheap 1080p LCD is just screaming for HDMI. Also notably absent is the ability to rotate the display to a portrait orientation.

Lenovo L2361p Wide

The L2361p Wide has 23-inches display, a stylish design, HDMI input and a TV-like stand. This is a change in designs for Lenovo’s monitors, clearly taking an aim for the consumer LCDs sold by competitors like Hewlett Packard. It also has integrated speakers & mic, 3 USB 2.0 ports and a 0.3MP webcam. To top off the chique design, the standard push buttons for power, monitor settings, etc have been replaced with slick capacitive touch buttons.

Lenovo L2461x Wide with multitouch

The L2461x Wide has the largest displays of all the three monitors at 23.6-inches and its the only one with multitouch capabilities. Its features include speakers, mic, USB ports and webcam on the L2461x, but the USB ports now total 4 and the webcam is a respectable 2.0MP. The sheer slick capacitive touch buttons are also here, you now have certain “Windows shortcuts” featured as well. Brightness takes a step up to 300 nits and the panel is purported to have “120Hz MEMC technology (Motion Estimation,Motion Compensation).”

There is no pricing or availability at the moment on the L2261 or L2361p, but the touchscreen L2461x is listed at two vendors. The price is a not too steep $549-580, but availability is “special order” or “call only” they are not available anytime soon. There is a listing on Lenovo’s Netherlands website with a €835 price tag, which converts to about $1145 USD.

As they have gone green with most of Lenovo’s products these days, these new monitors are all Energy Star 5.0, WEEE and RoHS certified. This means they will be power efficient, easily recyclable and do not contain harmful substances like mercury or PBBs. You can also expect the packaging to be minimally wasteful and mostly recyclable. Hopefully they will include the nifty monitor packing/bag announced last October.

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