Most LCD monitors don’t feature a built-in webcam. Acer’s latest, giving their monitor family a boost, the H243HXB does just that, with a CrystalEye webcam.

The new 24-inch widescreen monitor also boasts a TN panel with 1920 x 1080 native resolution, 2ms response, 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, two 1W speakers and some connectivity ports, which include USB, D-Sub, DVI and HDMI.

AOC has dropped another affordable and eco-friendly LCD monitor that meets EPEAT Gold standards. The AOC 2436Vw 24-inch LCD monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and features 30,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5ms response time, and 300 cd/m2 brightness. The 1080p screen consumes less than 49W of power.

It also comes with several simple connectivity ports, which include VGA, DVI and USB. Who says it isn’t easy being green? The AOC 2436Vw is priced at $220 and is already shipping.

Eizo’s latest offering, the 24.1-inch LCD FlexScan S2433W-H monitor targets professional users with features like a rotating panel design for better viewing angles. It’s a widescreen monitor that supports a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and features a 6ms response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 360 cd/m2 brightness.

The EcoView function automatically adjusts brightness depending on the room’s lighting and covers 96% of the Adobe RGB color range. When it comes to ports, you get a D-Sub, DVI and DisplayPort.

EIZO is all set for a European launch with its latest LCD monitor, the Foris FX2431 next month. The Foris FX2431 is available in your choice of black or silver.

The 24-inch widescreen monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and features an S-PVA, 6ms response time, 2000:1 contrast ratio, 360 cd/m2 brightness and covers a healthy 96% of the Adobe RGB color range. Some other features include 2w speakers, a pair of USB ports, one D-Sub, one DVI and two HDMI connectors.

NEC has a pair of spiffy new LCD displays available in the U.S. today to match a recent release of similar models in Japan. The LCD2490WUXi2 and the LCD2490W2 both feature 24-inch screens and IPS panels. These displays offer a much better image quality than TV or PVA screens and allows them to show 96.7% of the sRGB color space.

Professional graphics editors and photographers are going to love these models. Some other features include auto-brightness, 12-bit color lookup tables, ambient light sensors a 320cd/m2 brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, VGA and DVI inputs.

It may still be a while, with the MacWorld just concluding, before Apple comes out with its own version a touch version for their display, but there is a solution. Troll Touch has announced a touch panel integration kit that converts the 24-inch LED display into a touchscreen.

It’s powered internally via USB. And the custom touchscreen overlay design doesn’t alter the panel’s form factor in any way hankfully. But adding touch functionality is going to touch you in the wallet. Starting from scratch, you can order a touch-enabled version now for $2,299, but those looking to simply upgrade their own can ship it to California with $1,399.

Add this one to the ever growing pantheon of Apple rumors. PCPerspective has reason to believe that Apple is preparing a 24″ iMac. They say that we will get a set of four new iMac computers announced this week. Two 20″ iMacs with an NVIDIA integrated-GPU chipset based on the MCP79 design (the same used in the most recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks) and one of those will include the mobility GeForce 9600-series discrete GPU as well. This integrated + discrete graphics solution is basically identical the setup the new 15″ MacBook Pro includes.

If you buy into the hype, the 24″ iMacs will have the same integrated chipset but both of these will include discrete graphics solutions. The lower-end 24″ model will use the same mobility 9600 series that the MacBook Pro uses and the higher-end model will use a slightly faster GeForce 9800M solution. That would make the new 24″ iMac a useful gaming machine.

Apple has now added a 24-inch Cinema Display to accompany their 20, 23 and 30 inch versions. The difference here is that the new version adds an LED backlight and built-in iSight with mic, 1920×1200 resolution, built-in stereo speakers, plus 3 port usb hub. The cable also has a Mag Safe connector, USB, and mini Display Port that will run off the monitor. It will be available in November for the price of $899.