19 inch vs 17 inch LCD

I saw a 17 inch CMV side by side with a 19 inch CMV LCD monitor
connected to the same PC/signal. "Text" on the 19 inch looked ragged
compared with the 17 inch. Both are 1280 by 1024. Is this a
characteristic of 19 inch LCD? Could the greater dot pitch - .29
versus .26 cause this?

The "text" was actually a super large font because they had a "promo"
running but it was noticeably ragged on the 19 inch.

akiwi

 

CMV is a Budget brand

Have a look at the Philips 19" looks great..

 

I know that. Actaully it's the philips 19 inch I'm interested in but
there aren't any Philips 19 inch monitors around to look at. Which
model are you referring to - 190P5 or 190B5 ?

 

the 19" ones may have a different native resolution

 

Don't know it was in PB Tech in Wellington, Black model..

 

But check the LCD response time if you are Into games or Movies..

 

Best way to really check is have them each connected to the same card
and compare (if you have two identical PC's then that makes it easier).

LCD image quality is also dependent on the VGA output signal from the
PC/laptop (assuming both are connected via standard VGA connectors).

Integrated chipsets seem to produce appalling image quality, if the
signal is bad then it doesn't really matter what LCD monitor you buy.

AFAIK most recent ATI cards have 400MHz DACs (on both DACs if it's dual
head), so signal quality is generally quite good.

Also, check:
* Is 19" running @ 60Hz? (should be)
* Has it been calibrated properly (phase & colour)?

 

That would be my guess.

 

Get the new 24 inch one from dell. Meant to be very nice.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4221&link_number=

Only $1600 NZD.

 

Check what the native resolution of the 19" LCD is.
The 17" LCD is 1280 x 1024 pixels.
The 19" LCD is 1600 x 1200 pixels (I think).
So, to run the 19" at 1280 x 1024 resolution, it has to interpolate which
leads to a poorer quality image.

You really need to run LCD monitors at their native resolution. CRT
monitors can better change to different resolutions.

HTH

Peter

 

Sure.... Really nice like Apple's big ones - you know the ones with pixels
the size of football fields and that actually look like shyte.

I'll believe it when I see it. for 23" it would need over 1600 x 1200
resolution to be worth buying.

The specs say "Max Resolution: 1920x1200 (WUXGA) " but what is the native
resolution? IE what resolution is it designed for?

Call me an unbeliever...... I would like to be proven wrong.

- Tim

 

Looks like you're wrong
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1774271,00.asp

You'd need a desktop manager that remembered all your window sizes and
positions.

 

That is part of Nvidia Drivers also a MS tool.

 

the native res of [all] 16:10 LCD widescreens at 23 or 24" is 1920x1200.
that's insanely high resolution, even close up its difficult to spot a
single pixel unless its an opposite color (hehe, like a stuck pixel
which is a bummer on such a nice screen). when i first saw them i was
surprised that at 16:10 ratio a 23" LCD isn't actually that huge...
apple's 30" is massive though.

the only downside with 23" or above is that highend gaming will probably
suffer performance problems on anything less than an SLI configuration,
more $$$. instead of pushing 1.3 million pixels at 1280 x 1024, you're
pushing 2.3 mil at 1920. 6800Ultra in some situations might be ok.





it will probably be NZ$1,999 inc if it ever arrives in NZ.... went on
sale in Oz a few days ago for A$1,790.

 

heh, after reading my post, my bro in law wants one, any idea on the
kiwi url, I've had a play arounf trying to find it, but it's not listed
under home, or business.

 

I don't think you can control the vertical refresh rate of an LCD.
"60Hz" is simply a meaningless dummy value.

 

Yes as they are not scanned like a CRT and do not suffer from Flicker..

 

it was only released in the US 12 days ago. u'll have to ring dell's
0800 number and ask when/if they plan to sell it here. i wouldn't be
surprised if the gimp you talk to has no idea the monitor even exists yet.

 

any idea where the 0800 goes from here for sales?
I know support seems to go to India, or Australia.

 

sorry no idea. heh i feel ur pain tho - nothing worse than a major IT
brand that has a crap website and online sales support only if you place
an order.