Ralph Shumaker wrote: > I was just looking at monitors (among other things) and discovered that > I am unaware of some of the specs for LCD monitors.
>.. (I already responded to the part about 'nit') >.. > Another said "17 inch Viewsonic VA1703WB Widescreen BLK 8ms 500:1". > I'm assuming that 8ms is some sort of response time? Another said 2ms. > What is 500:1? Another said 700:1 5ms 1440x900 widescreen. 8ms is pixel refresh rate, I believe. I'm not sure of this but I suspect there is this tradeoff: faster refresh is good for gaming (etc) but probably consumes more power in the video hardware. I'm thinking that 2ms is overkill for non-gamers, and >~60ms would be perceptibly quite bad (my wild guess). 700:1 is contrast ratio -- (brightness of) full-white to full-black. AFAIK, the higher the better, without question. I believe under 300:1 would be on the low side and anything more than 1000:1 is in the range of diminishing perceived benefit (for common usage). Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
