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8:22 AM - 02/29/2008 by Tom's Hardware CeBIT Team

For months we've been hearing about nothing but "Green IT", and this won't change at CeBIT 2008 either. There will even be an area dedicated to this theme called the "Green IT Village" in Hall 9.

The TX 200 S4 model of Fujitsu-Siemens' new Primergy series.

For example, there will be a model office in "Green IT Village" that is meant to show how much energy certain devices use over the course of a normal workday. Even the IT hardware companies have been falling over themselves with announcements of energy efficient PCs and C02-free computing centres these past few months leading up to CeBIT. One of the few companies that have not only talked about Green IT but have let actual products follow its announcements is Fujitsu-Siemens. This company will also dominate the "Green IT Village" in Hall 9. After all, Fujitsu-Siemens is aiming to be "the first IT company to switch to energy efficient products across the board and offer them at prices in line with market requirements", as the company's CEO Bernd Bischoff proudly proclaimed in the run-up to CeBIT.

One of the products the company will be showing is its Zero-Watt monitor. If Fujitsu-Siemens have their way, this as-yet unnamed device will revolutionize the monitor industry. In this case, "Zero Watt" means that the display draws no power at all when in standby. A relay disconnects the monitor from the power circuit when there is no video signal present, with capacitors buffering enough power to enable the display to wake from standby. According to Fujitsu-Siemens VP Rajat Kakar, this technology will also find use in TVs in the near future. The first Zero-Watt monitors are expected to reach stores this summer.

At the "Green IT Village", Fujitsu-Siemens will also be taking the wraps off its new Primergy series of servers of which the company is especially proud where energy efficiency is concerned. The company claims to have created are "the most modern and economical server line in the entire industry". In an effort to reduce power consumption, the Primergy servers will use modern quad-core processors and 2.5" hard drives instead of conventional and more power hungry 3.5" models. In addition to new hardware, server admins will also be given a range of software tools to work with. For example, a fresh server management suite is meant to let system admins monitor power consumption in addition to the conventional remote maintenance tasks. Fujitsu-Siemens is also integrating a new self-diagnostic feature. The refreshed Primergy lineup will include the rack models RX600 S4, RX200 S4, RX300 S4, RX100 S5 as well as the tower versions TX150 S6, TX200 S4 and TX300 S4.

Check out the Zero-Watt Monitor in Hall 9 in the Green IT Village The Primergy servers can be found at Intel's stand in Pavilion 33 as well as in the Public Sector Parc in Hall 9.

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howardcolin 06/29/2008 2:54 PM
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Hi All,I have just taken delivery of my Z500 and first results seem promising, After trying it out in my garden I played the footage back on my 47" HD LCD TV the pictures were stunning every detail including zoom footage was truly amazing, I think the owners manual could have been improved on and a little more detail would have been better, I have mine on 30 day appro, and no way is this going back. Colin from England

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I am a TomsHardware fan since 2003 and I will be forever.
I don't comment a lot but since I am right now, just wanna say that quality of some reviews are poor, reviews should go deep into details. I am not saying all reviews are poor... just some of them.

I got the 2263UW Samsung 22" Monitor for the hot design, sacrificed 10000:1 and 2ms and got 8000:1 and 5ms which is average in my consideration. Other Samsung monitors have better specs than this.

I have used Samsung, BenQ, ACER and ViewSonic LCD monitors and I like Samsung most in terms of visual quality.

The 2263UW didn't have a lot of reviews on the internet but I just went and grabbed it hoping for the best. I got a Samsung A panel which is supposed to be the best, however, I am really disappointed in the depth of color, the colors are not deep enough. I tried correcting it but I am still having problems. The monitor's menu is full of predefined settings which is really confusing.

I didn't test the web cam nor speakers. I didn't test the HDMI.
Touch sensitive buttons are reactive enough and aided with beeping sound but you can't tell which button you are pressing so you have to look at them. When you change a setting, the monitor lags for about 1 second like it's saving so the touch buttons will not react.

Don't expect a lot from the included software.

I am really disappointed in the color depth as in my previous experience, Samsung had rich colors. I will be looking for any new calibrations that give better colors.

My suggestion, don't buy this monitor, get another one.
I had great experience with Samsung, I am planning to get a new Samsung monitor soon if this one didn't meet my expectations.

Regarding the BlackLight Bleeding, most monitors bigger than 20" may have some, I have 1cm of bright black light bleeding at the top of the screen and some faded blacklight bleeding at the bottom of the screen.

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