Contrast 700 or 800:1 for reasonably priced LCDs is a number I've only seen in the past 6 months or so. Prior to that 500:1 was excellent and 400-450:1 was typical. The only thing higher contrast gets you is darker black levels.
Likewise, response times < 10 ms have only been common in the last year. Prior to that 16 ms was considered plenty good for gaming and DVDs, cheaper screens were 25ms. Ultra low response times are good for subliminal advertising - otherwise you won't notice a difference. 3 ms is way ahead of the FPS you'll get out of a video card that costs less than the computer. The usual 17" and 19" 4:3 monitors are 1280x1024, 16:9 widescreens are 1366x768. AFAIK you have to go to 20 or 21" screen to get higher resolution than that. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Dodge Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Deal on Monitor The 3ms is good but the 550:1 is not as good as some I have seen like 700 or 800. What does each give me? I'm not a gamer but occasionally I do Doom or CIV and I'll watch a DVD or two. Do I understand correctly that response time is what stops the tearing and jerkiness of video and contrast ratio is just the graininess of the screen? 1280X1024 is not very high either I run my 17" laptop at 1440X900 and I can not remember what my desktops 19" screen is but it is up there. I'm trying to get some real estate back on my desk at home. Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink Revolves Around You. > [Original Message] > From: Gaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/17/2006 5:34:48 PM > Subject: Re: Deal on Monitor > > On Tuesday 17 October 2006 21:53, Mark Dodge Inscribed Thus: > > Might have found it, was this it? > > http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4989891 > > > > Mark Dodge > > That is a good price for a very nice screen. I have just sold some of > the multimedia versions of that one..... They cost me nearly twice > that price. I understand from the distributer that Hanns are going to > do 21" and 22" ones ! > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
