Formac today announced a VGA version of its award-winning Gallery 1740 flat-panel display, which combines the company’s “trendy design language with Fujitsu’s leading Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment technology, setting new industry standards for brightness, viewing angle, contrast ratio and pixel response.” The Gallery 1740 VGA offers a 17.4-inch screen, native 1280×1024 resolution, a 400:1 contrast ratio, a 220 cd/m2 brightness level, a pixel response time of 10-25ms, and a 160 degree viewing angle. It will be available later this month for US$699.