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Lenovo has announced today that it will bring NEC computers back to the US market this spring. NEC’s PCs have always stood out from the crowd, but they disappeared from the US at the turn of the decade due to cut-throat competition and thin margins. Lenovo, which gained control of NEC’s Japanese PC business in 2011 – 2016, wants to offer three NEC LaVie machines in the United States. The NEC LaVie systems in question are NEC's popular LaVie Pro Mobile thin-and-light notebook, the LaVie Vega higher-performance laptop with a 15.6-inch OLED display, and the LaVie Home all-in-one desktop. In French, ‘la vie’ means ‘life’, so we are talking about lifestyle computers which will target markets that are not currently addressed by Lenovo’s Idea-branded PC...
NEC's MultiSync PA311D, a 10-bit IPS 4K Professional Monitor
NEC this week introduced a new professional display for color critical applications. The NEC MultiSync PA311D LCD features a 4K resolution, covers 100% of the AdobeRGB color space and...
52 by Anton Shilov on 11/20/2019
NEC Launches V554Q: A 55-Inch 4K Monitor for Professional & Signage Applications
NEC has introduced its new large-format 55-inch 4K display designed for commercial and digital signage applications, the NEC MultiSync V554Q. The V554Q display is based on an IPS panel featuring...
34 by Anton Shilov on 3/26/2019
NEC Launches Narrow Bezel MultiSync EA271U Display: 4K & USB-C Charging
NEC has released a new 27-inch performance mainstream monitor aimed at business and enterprise customers that are after a 4K display with modern USB Type-C connectivity. The MultiSync EA271U...
18 by Anton Shilov on 11/28/2018
Hot Chips 2018: NEC Vector Processor Live Blog
We saw this at Supercomputing last year: NEC's new Vector PCIe co-processor. I've wanted to write about it for a while, so I'm glad it's being presented here at...
9 by Ian Cutress on 8/21/2018
NEC 2018 LaVie Note Mobile: Fanless 12.5” Core i7 with 12hr Battery, Under 2 Lbs
This month, NEC has introduced its first 2018 LaVie notebook: The LaVie Note Mobile. The LaVie line is known due to its design philosophy of being lightweight: when we...
32 by Anton Shilov on 1/29/2018
Lenovo to Acquire Controlling Stake of Fujitsu’s PC Business
Lenovo, Fujitsu, and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) on Thursday announced plans to form a PC joint venture. Lenovo will own a 51% stake in the new venture...
8 by Anton Shilov on 11/2/2017
NEC Goes for a Curved Display, Launches 3440×1440 MultiSync EX341R Monitors
This week NEC has announced its first curved ultrawide display, the EX341R. NEC is promoting the panel for offices, control rooms, trading rooms, and other applications that typically use...
39 by Anton Shilov on 2/9/2017
NEC EA244UHD Review
The NEC EA244UHD is the first UltraHD (UHD) monitor from NEC. While it's not from their professional line, it has many of the features we've come to expect in...
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NEC EA294WMi Review
While 21:9 displays have never caught on for TVs, they seem to have found a niche with computers. Now most vendors have at least one 21:9 display, and at...
37 by Chris Heinonen on 2/10/2014
NEC PA242W Monitor Review
What separates a professional grade monitor, like the NEC PA242W, from a similarly designed consumer display? You can easily go to Dell and find a 24”, 1920x1200 resolution display...
77 by Chris Heinonen on 9/27/2013
NEC PA271W - When Accuracy and Consistency Matter
As long as I’ve been following, using, or writing about computers, NEC has been a leader in displays. From the early MultiSync monitors to their current line of LCDs...
69 by Chris Heinonen on 5/1/2012
NEC PA301w: The Baddest 30-inch Display Around
Today NEC refreshed its 30-inch display offering with its latest and greatest, the MultiSync PA301w. We've been playing with and testing a production sample and have the full review...
92 by Brian Klug on 3/1/2011
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