Acer LCD Contrast ratio 370:1 any good?

[Toro 45]

I've had my eye on this lcd for a while but heard someone mention 500:1 being a good contrast ratio. Today I was going to order the Acer and noticed the 370:1 c/r, the 14ms looks good and the price obviously but compared to some of the other monitors on newegg the contrast ratio is lower than most.

 

[Toro 45]

I'm ready to order one but not if that contrast ratio sucks butt.

Anyone?

 

[sunase]

Don't worry about contrast ratio too much as it's a scam. The manufacturers just pump up the maximum brightness which lets them have a high contrast ratio despite having a terrible black level. I just got a Dell LCD the other day and the thing is a joke vs. my CRT whenever lots of blacks are showing, the LCD just can't do black blacks. I have the brightness all the way down at like 10/100 and lower just to get a usable black level, so all that brightness capacity they put in to cheat the contrast ratio can't even be utilized.

 

[Toro 45]

Thats what I keep hearing is the manufacturer is usually stretching those specs for all their worth. I went ahead and bought the Samsung on Buy.com for $281.99 shipped.