03-01-2008, 06:04 AM
>>Jeff is correct.
I like the 19" 4:3 because the images are larger at 1280x1024.
True, I had seen a couple, but you mostly see widescreens now days. I sort of feel the same way, as I think going 1680? with just one more inch would make things too small. The 1440 seems fine though. The widescreen is nice for music apps and iMovie, although I have no idea what to do with the extra space while browsing, or whatever else.
>>Some monitors have an On Screen Display for the menu, and you cycle through with some of the monitors buttons to get to both brightness and contrast.
Sure, that's what I set at 40 and 40. The first part of the color profile asks you to adjust the screen's brightness and contrast. I can turn both all the way down, and it still is too bright for the test (the oval is showing, a lot). I don't know what values I should use for the native brightness and contrast.
>>>What do you mean by "obvious" pixels? Stuck pixels? Or it's easy to see the pixels rather than the picture? Sometimes monitors in stores aren't displayed at native resolution and give a softer picture.
Not any defect per se, but I've noticed, even with crts that sometimes the pixels seem to stand out more. They almost look like they have relief. Trinitrons don't seem to have it, and neither do mac lcds (like my old powerbook). This LCD seems to have it. I think I have read something that blames 6bit vs 8bit monitors (dithering), but I'm not sure I remember correctly. I'd like to know what it is I'm seeing. It could be the TN vs ips thing too, I guess, although I think that has more to do with color.
At any rate, someone told me Best Buy has a 15% restocking fee, so I'll probably just end up sticking with this monitor. Next time though, I'm going to spend more money, dangit, cuz I think that might be the only way to make sure to get a good monitor. kj.
I like the 19" 4:3 because the images are larger at 1280x1024.
True, I had seen a couple, but you mostly see widescreens now days. I sort of feel the same way, as I think going 1680? with just one more inch would make things too small. The 1440 seems fine though. The widescreen is nice for music apps and iMovie, although I have no idea what to do with the extra space while browsing, or whatever else.
>>Some monitors have an On Screen Display for the menu, and you cycle through with some of the monitors buttons to get to both brightness and contrast.
Sure, that's what I set at 40 and 40. The first part of the color profile asks you to adjust the screen's brightness and contrast. I can turn both all the way down, and it still is too bright for the test (the oval is showing, a lot). I don't know what values I should use for the native brightness and contrast.
>>>What do you mean by "obvious" pixels? Stuck pixels? Or it's easy to see the pixels rather than the picture? Sometimes monitors in stores aren't displayed at native resolution and give a softer picture.
Not any defect per se, but I've noticed, even with crts that sometimes the pixels seem to stand out more. They almost look like they have relief. Trinitrons don't seem to have it, and neither do mac lcds (like my old powerbook). This LCD seems to have it. I think I have read something that blames 6bit vs 8bit monitors (dithering), but I'm not sure I remember correctly. I'd like to know what it is I'm seeing. It could be the TN vs ips thing too, I guess, although I think that has more to do with color.
At any rate, someone told me Best Buy has a 15% restocking fee, so I'll probably just end up sticking with this monitor. Next time though, I'm going to spend more money, dangit, cuz I think that might be the only way to make sure to get a good monitor. kj.