Recent content by rsilves

Don't care much about the "best contrast ratios", over 800:1 of contrast ratio is OK. Careful, "Dynamic contrast ratios" are over 3000:1 and more, but I recommend to disable them. Just a marketing thing they added which I find very annoying. I understand that for gaming, lower response times are...

CRTs do really flicker, because there is constantly beam "illuminating" the pixels, which writes each horizontal line from the top to the bottom of the image. And that can flicker at 60Hz. And that can be felt by the eye. LCD displays are made up of many layers of transparent materials, an LCD...

I said "I'd choose the 2693HM, just because it's brighter and also it has no vision-distracting design.", but I actually cared only about the design. Brightness is only useful if you're going to use the monitor in a very lit place. I do color correction (as a student, in Argentina, my conditions...

I think it just depends on where you are and what models are available for you. Brands: Eizo, LaCie. :D Dell, HP, Samsung, ViewSonic, LG. every brand has their good monitor line. Even BenQ has some "better than TN panel" monitors (I think they're called MVA). If I had to choose for you, I would...

I'd choose the Dell or the HP. The Dell has a higher color gamut, while the HP has more spacial resolution (more pixels). Maybe research more? Rodrigo

I'd choose the 2693HM, just because it's brighter and also it has no vision-distracting design. And I would never use dynamic contrast. Both seem to have TN panels... so colours will be the same. Besides that, they look similar. Rodrigo

"Apple Mac"? Maybe too specific... Try finding one similar here: http://tofslie.com/work/apple_evolution.jpg (If there is more than one similar, check the year too). Rodrigo

Yes, forgot about that. Most of the displays have a good brightness level (I think 300cd/m2 is ok). It depends on your environment, if you're going to use your monitor in a very lit place, you might need a brighter monitor. "More is better", but if you're going to use your display in a low lit...

I would never buy any display that "thinks which is the best way to show each picture to the user". I didn't even imagine this exist. This is disrespectful both for the user and for the creator of that image. Dynamic contrast ratio does this: If the image is dark, then it dims the backlight...

TonCharr28: Component video is the same as VGA, 3 analog color channels. If larry50's HDTV has an RGB Component input, then it has its own analog-to-digital converter, and should also have a VGA input. Or it might have a YPbPr component input, which is also analog and would need 2 converters...

Changing the LCD panel is normally the only way. But there are some other methods. Google: fix "dead pixel" and you'll find interesting things.

Contrast ratio is the difference between the darkest black and the whitest white that the monitor can reproduce. I highly recommend googling, since lots of people already investigated on this. The market converted it into a "marketing hook", so people think that "more contrast is better". I...

HDMI is a digital interface which can carry encrypted audio and video. VGA is an Analog connection which can carry RGB channels, vertical an horizontal sync, and some other things. So you are speaking about different languages. And this means you will not just need an "adapter", you need a...

Have you tried 2ms and 5ms displays and seen a difference? (I don't do gaming, so I don't care about the response time when buying my monitors, that's why I'm asking). About the contrast ratio, I've been reading and studying about this. It is just a marketing thing. The human eye has its...