Gus Wirth wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>> On 10/9/07, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I've been using a CRT display since forever and my current display is a
>>> 20 inch 1280x1024 display. It has good brightness, fast response and
>>> great viewing angle.
>>>
>>> I'm now testing a 24 inch widescreen 1920x1200 Samsung 245BW LCD. It has
>>> decent brightness and good response (video plays fine) but the viewing
>>> angle is miserable. Even small changes in my head position cause things
>>> like title bars to blur and color contrasts either disappear or become
>>> extreme at the edges.
>>>
>>> Is something that is normal for an LCD display or is this just a poorly
> ^this
>>> made monitor?
>>>
>>
>> I have had a NEC 1850E flat-panel monitor for two or three years.
>> 1280x1024. No problem with viewing angles +- 45 degrees horizontal or
>> vertical, as I now try moving around while watching it. Does the
>> Samsung monitor have one of the new-fangled shiny high-brightness
>> screens that reflect a lot of their surroundings? Supposed to be
>> better for TV and other video, but not so good for normal computer
>> stuff.
>
> The screen has a matte finish. No reflection problems. But things like
> green bars (the kind you see on Slashdot) turn black. I sit about two
> feet from the monitor and the bottom stripes look like their normal
> color compared to the CRT while the top stripes look black (well, more
> like a really dark brown kind of). I have the monitor rather high up so
> my direct line of sight is into the bottom third of the monitor. Doing
> the math shows that the viewing angle changes about 30 degrees from the
> bottom to the top of the screen when sitting at my normal position.
>
> Looking at a completely uniform blue background (setting the desktop
> background to a single color) actually looks like a gradient that is
> dark at the top and lighter at the bottom.
>
> I really want to go to a widescreen monitor that is at least as big as
> my current CRT, but this LCD display isn't it.
I believe your assessment more than any review I've seen so far. And
certainly more than any of the "technology benefits" marketing-garbage.
I see similar behavior on my laptop, ("TrueLife" screen), although it's
mostly pretty tolerable because of the usage geometry. I got this screen
because it was required to get WXGA+ (1440x900).
I look forward to you're finding a good solution -- which I will then
copy :-)
Regards,
..jim
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