The performance of this Thinkpad Edge 14 is great with solid performance, bright screen and excellent keyboard. The rubberized track point at center is annoying and it is quite thick and heavy than other models. But is a good laptop for professionals and small-business owners which has been designed for average budget and has DVD drive in-built in it.

The Edge series of Thinkpad is an affordable, midrange alternative for the standard Thinkpad line and has small screen size of usually 13.3 inches without optical drive and runs on Core 2 Duo processor of low voltage.

The new 15-inch and 14-inch models from Lenovo have faster processors and in-built DVD drives but has similar appearance to other versions. You can buy them with Intel or AMD CPUs but there will be price variation among the two. When you consider Intel, the price will be high and it will be usually i3 or i5 processors with starting price of $649 but with 4GB RAM, the price can go as high as $784.After a conference call with a retailer i understand that the price its really good.

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The LG Impressive W2363V is a 23-inch LCD screen that is powered by the company’s FLATRON f-ENGINETM picture-enhancing chip providing enhanced image definition, a 1000:1 contrast ratio (70000:1 DFC mode) and a 300cd/m2 brightness, making it ideal for watching films. The LG W2363V is also perfect for playing video games thanks to its 2ms of response time. No info on pricing so far.

Sanyo is back with their new projector, the LP-XU106 which is claimed as the company’s brightest projector. Weighing only 3.4 kilograms, this projector provides a brightness level of 4,500 lumens and features 1,000:1 contrast ratio, Corner Keystone Correction Function and the Easy Setup Function. The LP-XU106 will go on sale starting on November 20th for unannounced price yet.

HANNspree revealed their first two HF series LCD monitors in the form of the 20-inch HF207AP and 23-inch HF237HP. The HF207AP only supports a native resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels and features two connectivity ports including D-Sub and DVI. While the HF237HP offers a higher resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and integrates three connectivity ports including D-Sub, DVI and HDMI. As for the rest of the specs, both monitors feature the same 5ms response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness and two 1W speakers. The HF207AP and HF237HP are priced at £99 ($161) and £134.99 ($219), respectively

Panasonic has expanded its Viera range by releasing the TH-L17C10 LCD TV. This new 17-inch LCD TV supports a native resolution of 1366 x 768 and features a digital TV tuner, a HDMI port and a microSD card slot for displaying your photo directly on your TV. The TH-L17C10 is now available for about $686.

Sharpp introduces three new AQUOS D LCD TVs in Japan. These three AQUOS  TVs are 32-inch LC-32DE5, 26-inch LC-26D50, and 20-inch LC-20D50. All of these AQUOS D LCD TVs have 1366×768 resolution, 450cd/m2 brightness, and 176-degree viewing angle.

The 32-inch LC-32DE5 has 3000:1 contrast ratio while the other two models offer 1500:1. They have three HDMI, a S-video, a D-sub, Ethernet LAN inputs.