Hyundai L91D

[dante2010]

Is this monitor any good? I'm a big gamer so I want a monitor that won't ghost on me in games.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1430001&CatId=170

 

[Enygma]

Yes that is a good monitor from all I have read and heard. It is however, just to keep in mind a 6bit panel. I prefer an 8bit panel myself, but as far as gaming goes, you should be happy with its performance in games.

There should be a review on Toms about it I believe.

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[dante2010]

What is the difference between 6bit and 8bit?

 

[fishmahn]

2 bits.




















But seriously, that describes the number of brightness levels for each color 6-bit = 64 levels of color, 8-bit = 256 levels of color. 6-bit does a total of 262,144 distinct colors, 8-bit does ... ... millions... (16.something million IIRC). Usually 6-bit displays use dither patterns to emulate colors that aren't directly addressible.

Basically if you're sensitive to color shadings, a 6-bit display will have colors looking off, 8-bit displays can display more colors than a human eye is supposed to be able to discern.

Mike.

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[Chuck_Hsiao]

The number of bits refers to how many shades each individual sub-pixel can produce (for an LCD). Note that CRTs do a full pixel, so an 8-bit LCD is the same as a 24-bit (and 32-bit) CRT.

8-bit is your "true color" i.e. 32-bit in Windows. It means each pixel can produce 16.7M colors. 6-bit can only produce 262k colors, but due to a technique called frame rate control, it can simulate 16.2M colors. Thus 16.2M color monitors are 6-bit.

People say 8-bit monitors have better color quality; I've never noticed the difference, but I'm not a discriminating consumer. What is true though is that 6-bit monitors are cheaper to produce (and hence cheaper to buy), and the response time for 6-bit monitors is supposed to be somewhat better than that of 8-bit monitors.

 

[dante2010]

Ok.. what about for graphic editing using Photoshop and such? Will I see a big difference in colour tones, etc if I am using a 6 bit display?