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LCD Monitors - How do you get the "REAL" specs?
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:42:04 GMT, "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. Hard to say. You can read the hardware test sites. Of course than you may be swayed by any idiosyncrasies or even influence from advertisers to that magazine or site. I remember reading a thing a long time ago where some writer in the industry was talking about the industry and he claimed that PC mags and other commerical consumer sources were notorious for being influenced by advertisers. I doubt most outright lie about tests etc but they may choose and leave out certain tests or models. One thing I noticed was certain makes would win and in the roundups many models would be excluded thats one way to rig the results. Lets say theres a hot competing model and your biggest advertiser has a dog in the same price range. Yoo could test a special model by your big advertiser that costs much more is of course much better and maybe even in limited production and leave out any cheaper well regarded models etc. I use to think this about CRT monitors and scanners. I would scan all the mags , sites and wonder why there were so few overall roundups a few years ago and why they constantly left out various popular well regarded models. Toms Hardware I recall a little while ago was really hot for the Hydis panels I think they were called which were used in a variety of models. Eventhough they were rated officially specwise kind of mediocre he claimed any maker using the Hydis panels were beating many of the other models which claimed much lower reponse times. I think hes given some other models not using the Hydis panel good reviews since then though which was earlier in the year or the end of last year if I recall correctly. He also mentioned I think it was a Samsung that was supposed to come out with ultra low response times which I think he characterized as a disaster after he tested it. I think they pulled it off the mkt or didnt bring it to mkt. I dont remember the exact details. But he makes the point its all about compromise - some of the panels which sported geniune lower response times I think he pointed out had worse viewing angles and other areas which they were worse in than many other panels. There was yet to be that perfect panel - great in all areas. |
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Unless you have the lab setup, and tech knowledge, you will have to accept the information on the spec sheet. These manufactures, from our experience do not lie. You are always better off if you are planning to buy a very big brand name, and pay the few extra dollars. I have no idea about the low end brands. I have been reading that the faster LCD monitors have a more critical viewing angle. I myself would stick to the regular one, and save the cost difference. -- Jerry G. ===== "Noozer" wrote in message news:0bVzd.596175$nl.301960@pd7tw3no... 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. |
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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/ Q Q |
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