XEROX, KDS FOCUS ON FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYS

1 XEROX 5 SERIES XL592D

XEROX 7 SERIES XL795D

* Company:

Xerox Garden Grove, Calif. [phone]

www.xerox-displays.com

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* Distributors: Tech Data, Ingram Micro

2 KDS RAD-9B

* Company:

KDS USA Garden Grove, Calif. [phone]

www.kdsusa.com

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* Distributors: Tech Data, Ingram Micro, ICG, D&H

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XEROX, KDS FOCUS ON FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYS

Flat-panel displays are selling well these days, as prices have dropped significantly. And in the same way that 19-inch CRTs took the market by storm several years ago, the 19-inch flat-panel display is today's sweet spot in display sales. Nineteen-inch flat panels are large by any standard and have very fine native resolutions. They also sell for less than $1,000, yet still offer an opportunity for profit. Here the CRN Test Center looks at three strong flat-panel candidates, coincidentally all made by the same manufacturer, Proview Technology, Garden Grove, Calif.

XEROX 5 SERIES XL592D

Xerox has long been such a big player in the photocopy industry that the vendor's name has become synonymous with making copies. And in addition to its line of copiers, fax machines and scanners, Xerox makes some of the best laser printers in the world.

What most people do not yet know is that Xerox has begun selling flat-panel displays, labeled with the Xerox brand yet built by Proview.

Proview OEMs displays for other vendors as well and also sells them under its own brand....