BenQ Announces A Pair of Vertical Alignment Monitors
 

BenQ announced the 21.5-inch GW2260HM and 27-inch GW2760HM, a pair of LED-backlit LCD monitors with vertical alignment (VA) panels. Both feature 1920 x 1080 pixels native resolution, 178° vertical and 178° horizontal viewing angles, 250 cd/m² brightness, mega-contrast, and 4 ms response time. Both models are no more than 16 mm-thick, and feature DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI display inputs. 2W stereo speakers come standard. The GW2260HM and GW2760HM from BenQ are priced at €189, and €259, respectively.

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Source: Hardware.info

Oh VA. A bit unusual afaik. How is the image compared to IPS and TN?

Never heard of it as well. Read this.

I've heard about it (I even own a defective 1600x1200 VA monitor). I just haven't understood them properly. :)

VA is not the same tech from MVA, PVA or SPVA monitors? How could you not heard of this? Even older Dell 2707 monitors have this type of screen.

Ayep they came along earlier than IPS iirc.