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Finally, someone else here told me about ClearTweak and that was a lifesaver for my eyes. The fonts were fuzzy and I was so disappointed in the monitor until someone here told me to turn on ClearType which helped some but not much. When I got my LCD monitor, I had never heard of Clear Type and it was not turned on by default on my then new computer that came with XP SP1a. If I had the money, I would have dual monitors and I would buy this one:ĮDIT: My LCD from Dell is made by Samsung and I think the LCD l linked to is made by Samsung.īeginning with XP SP2 ClearType has been turned on by default in the OS. #SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 226BW UK HOW TO#Even though I had to learn how to read on this one once I got adjusted to it, I would not buy another CRT even though they are easier to read but they are too bulky and heavy at 22" or more and that is what I would want. I don't like a lot about Dell these days but I think they make the best LCDs. I wouldn't buy a Samsung or any brand except a Dell. But this LCD monitor is four years old and it has a slow response time and other things that would not be on a new LCD. I can read much better, after four years of using this LCD, on the now 8.5 years old Trinitron even with a pitiful video card from ATI.nothing like the vivid colors I get with my nVidia card on the LCD.but the colors are not what make text is how black the letters are against white background and there is no comparison between my LCD and a Trinitron CRT monitor for rich black. ![]() But when I go use my old 98SE computer with the 17" Trinitron CRT monitor the first thing I notice is how black the black is on that monitor. Black not being really black is what makes an LCD hard to read at first. only the Plasmas can do that and the old tube TVs.especially the tube Trinitrons. #SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 226BW UK TV#The reason I want a Plasma TV instead of an LCD is because the LCDs cannot make black black. So, besides the fuzzy letters which now is fixed by Microsoft stealing ClearTweak and making it theirs maybe black is now really black on that Samsung. I have what was rated in 2003 by PCWorld tests and Consumer Reports tests as the best 19" LCD available but back then, at least, LCDs could not make black really black.and nothing like the black black on a Trinitron. ![]() But I had to learn how to read from an LCD screen. After I got ClearTweak, things were better. I loved the LCD from the moment I got it for graphics and hated it for text. Microsoft about a year or so later stole the application and put up a website page where the user could smooth the font and set contrast so the LCD had readable text. #SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 226BW UK INSTALL#I had to install a third party application that allowed me to smooth the edges of the letters and allowed me to use a slider to get contrast. The HP w2207, Viewsonic VX2255wmb, and LG L226WTQ/L226WTY are all good too.It is true, I found, that going from a Trinitron CRT to a flat panel digital LCD four years ago was very difficult for my eyes. But I would recommend using both before you make a final judgement, if the price difference is that critical. Specs aside, the 223BW is probably noticeably inferior to the 226BW if response time is critical for you. (gooo marketing! at least they're being honest.) Likewise, they could list a panel with RTC by its black-to-white response time, but it wouldn't look as fast either. They could list a TN-matrix panel without RTC by grey to grey response time too, but it wouldn't be as fast a number. They do this because many panels without RTC are TN-matrix panels, which have very fast native black-to-white transitions. Generally for panels with RTC, they list "grey to grey" response times rather than the "black to white" response times they list on panels without RTC. Other panels are fast, and get even faster with RTC added.Īn additional issue, as Xbitlabs points out in detail, is that not all RTC implementations are equal in performance or quality. Some LCD panels are slow, and benefit significntly from RTC being added to the circuitry driving the panel. Some LCD panels now are very fast, fast enough that most users can't distinguish ghosting on it- some people are very sensitive to this, some aren't. It's hard to say if you want a monitor with RTC or not. The problem results when the image your computer is outputting to your LCD is changing more rapidly than the matrix on the LCD can keep up, hence "ghosting" as the old image remains on the monitor too long. LCD crystals can't change instantaneously they take a few milliseconds to change up to a few tens of milliseconds. Response time is the time it takes for a pixel on an LCD to change from the previous color to the next color. What is response time compensation (RTC), or RTA, or MagicSpeed, or whatever an LCD maker calls it: ![]()
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