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| Thread ID: 59359 | 2005-06-29 23:41:00 | PC World Reviews 19" LCDs | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | PC World Chat |
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| 368123 | 2005-07-01 04:30:00 | Well who decides how many pages a "Front Page Story" should get. Not me. They say "how many pages do you need for your feature?", I say "'bout 12" they say, "here's 7" I say "7? I need more than that" they say "you're fired" I say " 7 it is then". :) |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 368124 | 2005-07-01 04:31:00 | In PCWorlds defense I have to say I do read their reviews. If I am looking for something to buy, I will note what was ranked there plus any pros/cons for my favourites and then go read some other reviews on those choices and then make up my mind from there. Its not meant to be comprehensive and cover every brand and model in existence, you could fill the whole mag with it and that would be boring. Its a general PC mag not a product catalogue. If I want a product catalogue I go read Atomic. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 368125 | 2005-07-01 04:38:00 | I did seek feedback from here (pressf1.co.nz) before I bought my 19" LCD | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 368126 | 2005-07-01 05:39:00 | Perhaps the magazine should have one page left blank for the buyer to write in each month. Then each buyer can be quite sure that there is one page which meets their exacting standards. The number of pages in magazines depends directly on the state of the economy (or the part of the economy which the magazine serves). I've still got some Byte magazines with more than 200 pages. By the end, it was very thin. Wireless World used to be half an inch thick; now Electronics World is about 32 pages. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 368127 | 2005-07-04 00:01:00 | From Anandtech (www.anandtech.com) and furtherI want "real" color not "simulated", which is why I chose this (www.benq.com.au) which was not even tested. Sorry to drag this poor flogged thread up again. FYI, BenQ were offered a spot in the round up, they even said yes. For reasons known only to themselves they never got round to sending it in. You can't win if ya ain't in. |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 368128 | 2005-07-04 01:41:00 | I still think it would be worth mentioning "color-depth" . I do not think this is an obscure feature, that should not be mentioned in the Manufacturer Specifications you listed . To use you "Jeremy Clarkson" analogy, it is like like comparing a V6 Turbo (6-bit) , with a V8 (8-bit), both can produce the nearly same results, but the V8 does it with less fuss; i . e the 8-bit version does it better . LCDs are still new to most purchasers, so an opportunity to educate people about what features to look for should be important, as people start replacing their CRTs with LCDs . I selected BENQ because it had the features I wanted and I knew what to look for . |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 368129 | 2005-07-04 02:00:00 | LCDs are still new to most purchasers, so an opportunity to educate people about what features to look for should be important, as people start replacing their CRTs with LCDs . I selected BENQ because it had the features I wanted and I knew what to look for . Well you can start by educating me . I am going to buy an LCD 19" . I am buying it solely to play MS Flight Simulator . I want to improve the scenery . Whick one and why ? I was almost settled on the Viewsonic till I read your post . |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 368130 | 2005-07-04 06:02:00 | Viewsonic does not mention in it's website's VX924 Specifications (www.viewsonic.com) any details about colours. Here's THG Review (graphics.tomshardware.com) and it's conclusion below. Conclusion The VX924 is a good monitor for gaming: it's fast, but not very accurate. With a latency specification of 4 ms, that's what you'd expect. Its static qualities are just as excellent, with a well-controlled level of brightness and very deep blacks. But video noise will be a real problem for anyone who uses their PC for moving images - in other words, the majority of users. The bottom line is that the VP191b/s is a much more multidisciplinary solution, mostly since the gain in latency performance with the VX924 is debatable, as we've seen. The announced 4 ms is more a construct of the measurement method used than it is a true measurement of performance, because it doesn't take accuracy into account. The VX924 seems to trade off its aggressive use of Overdrive against mediocre performance with movies. That's true for this model anyway, though it's too early to generalize. We're waiting for more monitors based on this technology so that we can compare. As to the BENQ FP937S+ THG Review (graphics.tomshardware.com) it has this to say But now there are 8ms panels that are fast AND have good color fidelity. I am also less inclined to believe recommend Viewsonic because of NEC-Mitsubishi suing (www.sid.org) them in 2003, which may have now been resolved already. A simple rule to follow is if they say it can produce 16.2M colours it is 6-bit simulated and if it says 16.7M colours it is true 8-bit |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 368131 | 2005-07-04 06:50:00 | I have tested the Veiwsonic on my machine. Simply astounding. HL2 just blew my socks off. Its the first LCD I have evertried that everything looked better on than my 19" Philips. |
Sam I Am (1679) | ||
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