James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >.. > 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. >
It looks like I made an incorrect assumption above. >From (eg) http://compreviews.about.com/od/multimedia/a/LCDSpecs.htm it seems that response time deals with the physical properties of the LCD crystal elements themselves -- off-to-on and on-to-off times are apparently different, and I'm not sure which they mean when they quote only one. The reference above says that switching-on times are often pretty fast whereas switching-off is slower. """ Rising times tend to be very fast on LCDs, but the falling time tends to be much slower. This tends to cause a slight blurring effect on bright moving images on black backgrounds. The lower the response time, the less of a blurring effect there will be on the screen. """ Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
