Re: New LCD Monitor Not That Crisp?

Even LCD monitors have specifications similar to CRT monitors other than
resolution and refresh rate.
As I look at a page of listings for LCD monitors I see .250 to .298 DPI..and
under contrast I see 300:1 all the way up to 1000:1
The way I understand it the more DPI ...the finer the picture.So check your
monitor for its DPI...and compare that to your old CRT

In an LCD the thing to look at is Dot pitch which is the granularity of LCD
Pixels....the smaller the better...the higher the number.
CRT have a theoratical infinite contrast ration....LCD do not and as such
the higher the contrast ration the better the image.Poor contrast ration
manifests itself in the lack of true black...making type look less
sharp...soft.

peter


"(PeteCresswell)" <x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Fried my trusty 20" CRT sometime last week. Suspect bad AC at the client
site
since the group I'm working for has toasted three laptops in the past
month.

Swapped in my monitor from home to the client site, and then went out and
bought
a GateWay 24" (1920x1200) LCD monitor for home use.

Seems to work ok, but it lacks the crispness of the Sony 19" (1600x1200)
that
I'd been using at home.

They're both running digitally and I set Windows' smoothing to
"ClearType".
I also stepped through GateWay's (quite user-friendly) setup/tuning
utility a
couple of times. Only anomaly is that the instruction manual refers to a
"Geometry" setting which is present on the monitor's menu, but not
enabled.

Am I missing something?

The GateWay product seems well thought out and well executed - it's just
that
fonts are noticeably soft on it. It's about 25% of the softness you seen
when
running an LCD monitor at some other rez than it's native rez.

I'm thinking I'm missing something.

But what?
--
PeteCresswell


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