I bought an LCD monitor a couple of months ago, an HP w2207. If I remember right it was around $350. at Frys. I have been very happy with it. But I don't remember the contrast that they claimed. I went back to the spec sheet and I can't even find it mentioned. My memory is fuzzy but i think it was 1000. I believe the contrast for CRT's is normally taken to be around 500 so that might serve as a minimum for pure text work. I also under stand the contrast number tends not to be very precise and subject to a lot of hype. But be sure to check out the sharpness. When I was in the store it seemed like several monitors were showing text rather poorly. The salesman claimed it was because they had several running in parallel on a common feed but salesmen have been known to fudge. I am very happy with the sharpness of this monitor as most of my usage is text.
Richard On Wed July 25 2007 10:23, Ken Bloom wrote: > I'm looking at buying a new LCD monitor for my compuer. Looking at the > various monitors, I noticed a number that they were reporting about > each monitor: the contrast ratio. How does the contrast ratio affect my > life as a programmer? Is this something where higher is better in terms > of eye strain, or is it something that only graphic designers need to > be concerned about? If I need to be concerned about it, is there a > minimum that I should be looking for? > > Thanks > --Ken _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
