New LG LCD panels... works with Vista...oooh

[Nick]

LG Electronics have revealed a new line-up of LCD monitors, interestingly “Certified for Windows Vista”… so that means widescreen LCDs then?

FInd out more in this CES 2007 Headline.

[Silent Shark]

Well, in that case, my monitor is 'Certified for Vista'... in the sense that it connects to my computer and works...

I get the point of this certification for Vista with new technologies like the hybrid hard-drives, Sideshow devices etc. but other than to confuse non-technical people into buying new stuff, does it actually make a difference?

I've been using my monitor with Vista for over a month now, and even longer with Betas and Release Candidates, and it's never for one second failed to do anything required of it. My friend has been using a CRT with the Betas and RCs and not had any issues. Why should a monitor need Vista certification? 'Vista compatible' or 'Works with Vista' perhaps, but a 'Vista Certified' tells me that there must be some monitors that don't work at all.

[kempez]

Does it mean it has HDCP?

[MiLaMber]

IM still using a Iiyama Vison Master Pro454 CRT, and when I was running vista beta, it certainly had no problems with vista...

This "vista certified" thing sounds like marketing waffle.