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Computer Monitors

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Taosman;2159850; said:
With monitors or TVs, it's best to actually see what they look like in person. The brighter the better.
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Pretty terrible advice.

Store reps change the tv settings, sometimes to sell certain televisions and almost always with the colors blown out.

As far as monitors go, viewing angles are crucial. Fortunately many manufacturers are moving past TN panels, which were cheap and had horrendous color bleeding and inversion at even slight angles.
 
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jwinslow;2159852; said:
Pretty terrible advice.
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Yeah, pretty much. Static contrast is more important (the measure of bright whites and dark blacks on the screen at the same time). Anyone can make a tv bright as hell, especially LCD tv's. Just use a really powerful backlight.

Too bad there is no agreed upon measure for static contrast. The advertised numbers are almost always dynamic contrast (brightest white and darkest black, but not on the screen at the same time). Even then the numbers are pretty much bullshit.
 
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scott91575;2159854; said:
Yeah, pretty much. Static contrast is more important (the measure of bright whites and dark blacks on the screen at the same time). Anyone can make a tv bright as hell, especially LCD tv's. Just use a really powerful backlight.

Too bad there is no agreed upon measure for static contrast. The advertised numbers are almost always dynamic contrast (brightest white and darkest black, but not on the screen at the same time). Even then the numbers are pretty much bullshit.
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OK, I've read through this thread. I'll be in the market for a monitor this summer. How the heck do I pick a decent one? You guys are confusing me more than helping! :biggrin:
 
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knapplc;2161169; said:
OK, I've read through this thread. I'll be in the market for a monitor this summer. How the heck do I pick a decent one? You guys are confusing me more than helping! :biggrin:
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Look for whatever MicroCenter has on sale, then buy it.

If you don't live where there's a MicroCenter, move somewhere that there is one.

You're welcome.

:lol:
 
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knapplc;2161169; said:
OK, I've read through this thread. I'll be in the market for a monitor this summer. How the heck do I pick a decent one? You guys are confusing me more than helping! :biggrin:
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What price range? What do you do with your computer?

To make it easy, stick to Dell, Samsung, LG, Asus, and Acer. Read reviews especially by sites that review monitors like Tom's Hardware. Here are their most recent reviews...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/s22a350h-st2220l-e2241s,2954.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-sr2320l-hp-2311x-samsung-px2370,2894.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/s242hl-bid-u2412m-t24a550,3016.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ultrasharp-u2711-ds-277w-multisync-pa271w,2968.html

These will give you an idea of what to look for and which brands do well
 
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Bucknut24;2161521; said:
ok question...the resolution of my comp screen is 1920x1080....

Most websites are filling the entire screen...is this a problem with the web page or my monitor? (some sites, like BP fill the entire page)
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?

I am lost at what you are asking. Some don't? What are you used to? What do you mean fill most of the screen? Some forums are still based around 16x10 formats and have empty space on the sides (some even are still 4x3), but it still technically fills the screen there is just some empty white space. Is that what you are talking about. For some of them you have to change settings, or you can simply zoom in (your browser will remember the zoom setting for that one sight).

take a screen shot to explain. If you don't know how, just push print screen, paste to a photo program (even MS paint works), and upload to a place like photobucket. Then link here.
 
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