LG Electronics has  launched Long Stretch Display, this is a LCD screen with the format 16:5. 16:5 is a unfamiliar format so far and very extreme ate some points. The screen is mainly to be used for digital commercial for example at airports or other places where it could be handy with such a long screen. As far as i can see this screen is not any useful for private persons, so don’t change your newly bought widscreen yet with this extreme project.

The thought behind this format is that it can be placed on unusual places where the roof is not high, maybe in a small subway. LG Electronics will launch 2 versions of this screen. M2900BT-S is 765 MM wide and 308 MM high. This screen supports a resolution of  1366 x 480 pixels. The bigger model  M3800BT-S is 987 MM wide and 329 MM high with a resolution of 1366 x 398 pixels.You will find both of these screens in the store in April. The M2900BT-S will cost around 1150 Euro and M3800BT-S will be on around 1950 Euro.

AMD/ATI released 3 new graphic cards today which goes straight into the budget/middle class. These cards will be okay for gaming but the performance of the card is not very high. The model numbers on the new cards are 3650, 3470 and 3450. These cards are less powerful and a class under the existing Radeon 3850 and 3870.

 Radeon HD 3650

 Radeon HD 3650 will compete directly with Nvidias GeForce 8600 GT and will be available in 2 versions: 256 MB GDDR3 (800 MHz) and 256/512/1024 MB DDR2 (500 MHz). However both of the GPU’s runs on 725 MHz. The prices starts on around 100$.

 Radeon HD 3470/3450

Radeon 3470 has a GPU on 800 MHz and GDDE3 memory on 900 MHz, while HD3450 has 600 MHz GPU and 500 MHz DDR2 memory. Both of the cards supports DirectX 10.1, PCI Express 2.0 and DisplayPort. The price on these cards will start on 50-70$ which is quite acceptable. These cards are also based on 55 NM technology and supports HDCP and HDMI out.