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1ms LCDs coming - 2ms are out ?

The fastest desktop LCD display today (ViewSonic VX924) hits an actually measured maximum of 7 ms. across the scale but as a result the color fidelity also has to be sacrificed. The P22 RGB phosphor used in CRT displays stays lit for just around one millisecond as measured by Tom's Hardware Guide. True there exists even faster than 7 ms for LCDs, but then there can be artifacts as a result of driving the crystals too far. These techs may "fix" response time though:

http://www.behardware.com/html/news/cat22/page1.html
http://www.behardware.com/html/news/cat22/page2.html

To say the consumer couldn't tell a difference between a 16 ms-marketed and an 8 ms-marketed display is absolutely ridiculous though. I bet anybody could tell the difference. In actual measurements? Perhaps not. Equating it with frames per second is completely false, because not all crystals have to twist as much to get to one color as the other.

In fact, contrary to what the Yahoo article suggests, LCD TVs have lower response time than monitors almost all the time because of greater pixel size (same resolution, bigger screen). On the other hand, I'm not sure if overdrive is as abundant in that market as it is in the displays sector.

In my mind, they still need to do a few things, but I have a good feeling they will eventually.
  • Reduce perceived response time to negligible levels (see BFI/MPA)
  • Improve midtone saturation and black level (LED backlight)
  • Fix backlight homogeneity (uniformity) (see LED backlight article: they will use an array of bright white LEDs to remedy this)
  • Adjust gamma with internal electronics to match standard sRGB across the whole brightness/contrast scale. (LED backlight)
  • Add some kind of (optional) blurring scheme so that the image can appear a little softer. Some LCDs have this already, like my old Samsung 710T. My VP930b appears not to in DVI mode however.
Viewing angle, it doesn't bother me, at least the wide angle on VA/IPS screens, but others may feel differently. Same thing for resolutions.
 
2 ms, 1 ms, who cares. All those displays are based on TN panels which means inferior colors, black levels and viewing angles compared to IPS or VA. Where I really want to see a response time race and fierce competition to win the hearts of gamers are 8-bit IPS and VA displays. VA should come soon with 4 ms g2g response time, and IPS is already at 6 ms g2g. Now, these are interesting monitors.

Also, all the new exciting technologies presented at CeBit, like Samsung's MPA, BenQ's BFI or LED backlight appear to be potentially relevant developments, all aimed at enriching color gamut (LED) and reducing ghosting / blurring (MPA, BFI). The race of the 2 or 1 ms TN rats is worth crap IMO 🙂
 
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