LCD artifacts

[udigold]

Hello,
I recently bought a Sony LCD monitor (SDM-S53). It has its ups (no geometry problems, vivid, bright, slick) , but I noticed that text doesn't appear as crisp as it was on CRT and somtimes borders of text have this purple tone (it's not significant but it's still visible) instead of a normal tone (for example :blue border for blue text, etc.) is it a common issue for LCD monitors? Is there a way to reduce it?

 

[GlenT]

I think that it is font smoothing. You are probably using Windows XP. Right-click on the desktop, and click Properties > Appearance > Effects and take a look at the settings for font smoothing. Try the different settings, and see what works best.

 

[Guy]

Sounds like the moniter may also have poor color reproduction or the color settings are incorrect. Try exploring the osd.