Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-29 Thread Curt Raymond
Oh? I thought Samsung made their own and for Sony. Ahh a Google search yields that Samsung sometimes uses their own panels but not always -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:04:15 -0600 From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-29 Thread Rich Thomas
I was over at Sams earlier this morning, took a look at various panels. Contrast ratio ran all the way from 1000:1 on an Olevia 50some to 25000:1 (or something like that) on a Sony that was a bit smaller, with prices to match. The Olevia looked like a washed-out watercolor, while the Sony

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-29 Thread Luther
I just snagged a 19 widescreen Samsung 906BW on ebay for $170 shipped. It's crystal clear at 2000:1 with a 2ms latency. LCD monitors can digitally enhance the contrast ratio much farther than the physical LCD is capable. Where you really see quality in LCD is the latency (how quick the

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Rich Thomas
Samsung 1920x1200 resolution, they come in various sizes, and make sure your video card can drive it to that resolution. Also look at contrast ratio -- the cheap ones are like 1000:1, the Samsungs are 3000:1. That makes a big difference. A good TV LCD is now up over 10k:1, maybe higher. --R

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread John Robbins
Frederick W Moir wrote: My last CRT display died and me and the boss went looking for a new display. Tried Staples, as we were going there for something else, and Joanne's comment was that the LCDs on display seemed to be out of focus. They are not as sharp as my old Dell C610, looked

Re: [MBZ] OT: LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Curt Raymond
Pretty common when an LCD is run at a non-native resolution. For instance my 17 Samsung is rated for max 1280x1024, crank it down to 1024x768 and it gets blurry. Crank it down again (I can't remember, not to 800x600 but something just above) and its a native resolution and its sharp again...

Re: [MBZ] OT: LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Allan Streib
Are there any adapters that let you put a TV signal (e.g. from a portable DVD player, etc) into a computer monitor? On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:44:26 -0800 (PST), Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Pretty common when an LCD is run at a non-native resolution. For instance my 17 Samsung is rated

Re: [MBZ] OT: LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread John Robbins
Allan Streib wrote: Are there any adapters that let you put a TV signal (e.g. from a portable DVD player, etc) into a computer monitor? I'm sure there are, but they're probably around $100. You can also get a TV tuner for about $50, and then you can record TV shows to the computer. Also,

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Redghost
I got a samsung for x-mas. It is a really nice wide 22 that gave me issue on the mac because I was trying to drive it too far out of native resolution. PC Computing gives the samsungs really high reviews and they are inexpensive at the costco. Comes with both the DVI and VGA cable as

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread R A Bennell
] OT LCD Displays I got a samsung for x-mas. It is a really nice wide 22 that gave me issue on the mac because I was trying to drive it too far out of native resolution. PC Computing gives the samsungs really high reviews and they are inexpensive at the costco. Comes with both the DVI

Re: [MBZ] OT LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Rich Thomas
They get their panels from the same Sharp factory, and just yesterday was an announcement that all 3 are investing a $bil or 2 to build another panel factory for 40 screens. The quality difference among them is most likely due to video signal processing differences among the various

Re: [MBZ] OT: LCD Displays

2008-02-28 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:45:28 -0500, Allan wrote: Are there any adapters that let you put a TV signal (e.g. from a portable DVD player, etc) into a computer monitor? Your asking two different things. A TV signal, (antenna, CATV) is a modulated signal with video and audio on the