New LCD Monitor for my Birthday

Dyre Straits · December 17th, 2008, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Regeneration

720p monitors aren't really supporting 1080p, don't be fooled by that smart scaling or 1080i. To see 1080p, you need atleast 37" monitor, otherwise its useless and probably smart scaling. I recommend that you use standard DVI or VGA (1680x1050) for games and browsing and HDMI (720p) only for watching HD movies.

I'm so new to the LCD scene I'm sure I could be fooled by a lot of things right now. LOL!

Anyway, explain how the screenshots I took and posted of The Witcher are showing a resolution of 1920x1080. Those are actual screenshots taken with FRAPS. I assume that by "scaling' you may be indicating that the actual 1920x1080 resolution is getting 'squeezed' into 1680x1050. Is that right?

And, if there's no real performance hit, and the image quality is better, why not run the game at the higher resolution?

I'm full of questions and really eager to learn.

**Regeneration** · December 17th, 2008, 05:08 PM

The game is indeed running at 1920x1080 and the screenshots are real. However, on the monitor, you don't really see 1920x1080. The monitor is doing the pixel-scaling and we cannot see it in screenshots. What you really see are scaled-pixels (1280x720), created by pixel fitting/scaling technique.

For watching HD videos, you won’t notice any difference. But you will notice it by playing games since the pixel-scaling feature is not perfect on 99% of the monitors. I suggest you run some first person shooter and look in its background texture on the monitor.

You don’t need to take screenshots by fraps. You need take a photo of the monitor with your camera for comparison. What you really see by using 1080I/P on 720P monitor is some kind of emulation and the real resolution is 1280x720. The monitor itself has 1680x1050 pixels as material.

Native 1680x1050 without monitor scaling or emulation should produce the best image quality using the computer. You have to understand we are talking in HD terms, and there are two options here: 720P (P for progressive) and 1080I (I for interlaced). It’s either 1280x720 or emulated 1920x1080 and they are both bad for you.

Now on huge monitors (37” and above) there is support for 1080P (P for progressive). The 1080P is indeed real 1920x1080. Therefore, I would like to suggest that you use all pixels natively (1680x1050) and avoid 720P or 1080I unless you want to watch HD movies (I suggest 720P for that).

Dyre Straits · December 19th, 2008, 10:02 AM

Here's a photo of my current computer place.

Unixlord · December 19th, 2008, 11:47 AM

Darn! Couldn't you at least warn there was going to be a console controller in the shot? My eyes just self-castrated.

**Regeneration** · December 20th, 2008, 05:32 AM

That's really cool, but there is always room for improvement.

* The gamepad is not even connected, I just placed it there to annoy Unixlord, I only use it in local PES/FIFA matches.

blindartist · December 20th, 2008, 06:01 AM

damn my rig looks so ghetto in comparison, i got it all mcguivered up, a big reg glowing fan shoved in 3 5 1/2" bays, held in with electrical tape lol

you should have your sub under the desk for optimum sound quality rege :P

Dyre Straits · December 20th, 2008, 02:30 PM

Here's one little quirk I wasn't aware of and I'm not sure it's characteristic of all LCD Monitors.

Using the HDMI connection, the monitor isn't designed to enter Standby mode AND turn off the Backlight. It does enter standby. But, the backlight stays on.

It does work 'properly' with VGA, though.

Is this typical of LCD monitors? I don't know.

**Regeneration** · December 20th, 2008, 09:58 PM

This is typical of HDMI connections.

Dyre Straits · December 21st, 2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Regeneration

This is typical of HDMI connections.

OK. Thanks. It's easy enough to turn it off when I'm going to be away. And, it's also very quick to come on when it's needed.

Dyre Straits · January 5th, 2009, 03:06 AM

A Ghosting Experiment.

I've been reading a bit about the persistence of 'ghosting' on LCD monitors. So, I wanted to see just how bad it is on my own. One suggestion was to create a gray background image and then place a red circle within it and move the red circle around. It was also suggested to do it with a blue circle.

So, with my digital camera setup in front of my LCD monitor, I captured this activity and uploaded the video. I'd like your opinions on just how prevalent the 'ghosting' is on my new monitor. Since I've never had an LCD before, I have nothing to compare it with.

Check out the video here:

http://img531.imageshack.us/img531/2...ngornotik0.flv

EDIT: Seems you have to download the video to view it. Trying to find another way.