Samsung LD220G HD USB Monitor Makes it to America

October 16th, 2009

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Samsung LD220G HD USB Monitor Makes it to America

Samsung Lapfit LD220G is one of the products that were put on hold for release in America while the 21.5" USB monitor has already been shipping out to Asia and Europe for several months. Now Samsung gives the green-light for imminent availability of this rather unique USB display. For starter, the Laptfit LD220G is touted as a perfect secondary monitor rather than a replacement monitor to begin with. Samsung replaces typical monitor stand with an integrated kickstand to match the height between the screen of Lapfit and that of notebooks, hence creating a seamless expanded desktop view.

The lack of HDMI and DVI also tells you something about the product nature and target market. Primary interfaces are analog VGA and USB 2.0, the latter of which is based on DisplayLink DL-195 video chipset. And since the DL-195 is HD capable, the Lapfit natively supports up to 1920x1080 in 16:9 ratio. The Lapfit however lags behind in response time at 5ms, but still manages 170-degree viewing angle. Expect the LD220G to hit retail shelves fairly soon for a MSRP of $249.99.

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