I had that link bookmarked already but didn't think to use it on my
recently acquired $229 22" Dynax (Best Buy) LCD TV set. The TV provides
VGA and HDMI/DVI inputs but the owner's manual says nothing about
resolution tech specs. A call to Dynax discovered that it's a 720p TV
device and when configured as a monitor provides 1680x1050 resolution.
I did try it out as a monitor using an analog VGA cable (I don't have
any DVI cables) and it works great. Maybe it would look even better with
a digital input? Not calibrated (yet) but the color and contrast look
great. It does change brightness and contrast slightly if you move up
or down about 15-20 degrees but not nearly as much as I feared. Anyhow
I think I'd be quite happy with this as a monitor... but the wife told
me to stick it back in the bedroom as the TV set which is why it was
bought. The Yellowstone and other trip images put on a good slide show
on that screen. Most of the images are still in raw form so most of
what I was seeing was just the 2496x1664 (4MP) embedded JPEGs in the
Canyon raw files. However, that's already larger than the screen
resolution.
Chuck Norcutt
Richard Lovison wrote:
> Moose wrote:
>
>> I have no particular need to convince you. I do note, however that my
>> Syncmaster 226BW has experienced no fading in six months and calibrates
>> fine. The only limitation I find is that, typical of inexpensive
>> monitors, I need to be looking straight at it for correct color,
>> contrast, etc.
>
> I can further support that position as my 226BW hasn't experienced any
> fading in about a year of use.
>
> As Moose expressed, with a TN type panel one has to look straight on for
> correct color and contrast. And I'll add that the area of correct
> color and contrast on the 226BW is a narrow band about 1/3 the total
> height of the screen. Anyone looking to test the quality of their LCD
> model can find some very useful test images here:
>
> http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
>
> Richard
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