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| Thread ID: 100859 | 2009-06-23 09:21:00 | LCD question for you graphic designers on F1 | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 784985 | 2009-06-24 04:37:00 | Will do. You've been an awesome help mate. Thank you so much!! Ps: Meant to add...I found some info on the net regarding a brightness fix for most of the big clunker trinitron CRT monitors. There's a specific resistor that gradually gives up the ghost and causes deterioration of the blacks. Some have reported after replacing said resistor the blacks were resurrected and brightness control displayed a much wider range. As yet I've been too lazy to do this mod :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 784986 | 2009-06-24 05:54:00 | I thought it was due to the front of the tube fading? I actually got the HP so I could save what life my trinitron crt has left for important stuff (games :P). Don't want to add any hours to the CRT on normal web browsing, watching movies etc. If you are totally extreme, you could scour ebay for a used Sony FW900. It is a 24" Widescreen trinitron CRT, weighs about the same as an overweight child (~42kg). THAT would be the ultimate monitor. :D~~ |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 784987 | 2009-06-24 06:18:00 | Just found the link for the Trinitron brightness fix, in case anyone's inspired: Sony CRT Brightness Fix (eric.hutzelman.com) Any DIYers - Make sure you discharge the HV supply and unplug from wall!! |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 784988 | 2009-06-24 06:33:00 | Let me know which monitor you end up getting. When I was looking for screens, I scoured the internet for reviews to find one with the best bang for buck. Apparently the HP does have some QC issues, but I was lucky enough to get a defect free one. I think robbyP got one too, but his one had dead pixels. Heres a recent overview about monitors technology: www.anandtech.com it basically says you get what you pay for and there can be massive differences between a $400 and $1000 24" screen. Yes my HP one had quite a few dead pixels on it. I returned it and got a Dell 2408WFP with a 5 year warrenty. The dell was defect free and is a nice monitor, and colourwise it is very similar to the HP. It was around $800 when I got mine, but the exchange rate has meant that the price of it has risen by quite a bit. You may want to hold off until they release their LED backlit Ultrasharp models, as LED backlighting is really the future of LCDs with more accurate colour reproduction. 24 inch is also a nice size, you very quickly get used to the size. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 784989 | 2009-06-24 06:51:00 | robbyp: hold off until they release their LED backlit Ultrasharp models Good point - was thinking that too. ...you very quickly get used to the size. Yeah - isn't that so true! :) A bit like getting used to the new megazilliongig CPU speeds. Our wetware brains adjust very quickly :) |
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