Noozer wrote:
LCD manufacturers love to lie about the specs of their monitors. How
does one get the real lowdown on the specifications of an LCD monitor?

Are there any tricks to look for? Any test that can be done?

- Is 16ms really 16ms or is it (out of 1000 monitors, the fastest was
16ms?)
- How many colours can the monitor really produce?
- How can one measure the contrast ratio?

Basically, if I buy an LCD and it doesn't meet spec I want to be able
to toss it back into the resellers/manufacturers face. Better yet
would be class action lawsuit against the lying manufacturer.

Go to www.tomshardware.com and look at the recent review of 17 inch
monitors. This review details everything you need to know, but will
never be able to determine yourself, about the reliability of LCD specs.
The response time is, for example, based only on the time required for a
black/white transition. Grey scale transitions are not typically
anything like this black/white response and are supposedly much closer
to color response times which is what is most important. Look at the
color rendition as a function of screen location - very poor on some
very expensive panels. If you need an LCD for photo purposes, then you
will need to do the testing yourself. http://www.normankoren.com/

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