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With a blazing 120 Hz refresh rate and a 23.6-inch display, Acer’s new GD235HZ LCD panel is ready to bring a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to your home, when coupled with NVIDIA’s proprietary 3D Vision system. This 3D technology support is already available from Acer on their Acer Aspire AS5738DG-6165 TriDef 3D Notebook. The Acer GD235HZ LCD will retail at approximately $400, and has an 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a 1000:1 native contrast ratio, a native resolution of 1980x1080, and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Fitted with one HDMI, DVI, and VGA input each, the display also features a response time of 2 milliseconds (GTG), and a pixel pitch of 0.2715mm. The monitor also features a Kensington Lock Slot, and is available in black and orange chassis colours.

NVIDIA’s 3D Vision requires the 3D Vision Kit (retailing with active-shutter glasses and software), a 3D Vision ready monitor (120 Hz refresh rate), a compatible NVIDIA graphics card, and Windows Vista/7. With this combination, gamers can enjoy a full-stereoscopic 3D experience on hundreds of automatically-3D-transformed (done by 3D Vision software) PC games, and even a variety of movies and digital photographs. Other monitors to support NVIDIA’s 3D Vision are Acer’s GD245HQ LCD (featuring D-Sub input and will retail at approximately $475) and the 23-inch Alienware OptX™ AW2310 3D Full HD Widescreen (starting at $499, though it has a 3 millisecond response time). Both the Acer GD245HQ LCD & the Acer GD235HZ LCD displays are currently not for sale online yet, but keep your eyes peeled.

Specifications of the Acer’s GD235HZ LCD

Size / Type
23.6-inch wide-screen TFT LCD

Panel Technology / Special Feature
TN (twisted nematic)

3D-ready (3D content, 3D glasses and an appropriately equipped PC are also required to display 3D images)

Maximum Resolution
1920 x 1080

Maximum Refresh Rate
120Hz

Horizontal / Vertical Frequency
DVI: 30KHz - 140KHz / 56Hz - 120Hz
HDMI: 30KHz - 83KHz / 56Hz - 75Hz

Dynamic Contrast Ratio
80000:1

Horizontal / Vertical Viewing Angles
170°/160°

Brightness
300 cd/m2

Response Time
2ms gray-to-gray

Pixel Pitch
0.2715mm

Maximum Colors Supported
16.7 million

Color Saturation
72% NTSC

Bit
Six + HiFRC (high frame rate control)

Acer® CrystalBrite Technology
No

Signal Connectors
VGA, DVI, HDMI™ (HDCP)

Power
100V - 240V

Internal AC adapter

Power Consumption
Energy Star® on: 38.2W
Energy Star® sleep: 1.85W
Energy Star® off: 0.85W

Audio
No speakers

Mechanical Adjustments
Tilt: -5° ~ 15°
Swivel: No
Pivot: No
Height Adjustment: No
Detachable foot stand: Yes

Kensington® Lock Slot
Supported

VESA Wall Mount
Supported

Dimensions & Weight
22.6" (574.8mm) W x 7.7" (194.4mm) D x 16.4" (417.8mm) H

12.8 lb. (5.8 kg)

Compliance
MPR II

Chassis Colors
Black/orange