Last night I brought home a LG 2000c, based mostly on what I read on this forum (thanks xtknight and friends!). I was aware of the banding issue w/DVI but it didn't seem to be bothering people in games or other applications and everything else seemed great, so I figured I would go for it - I could always use analog if the banding was an issue. My old monitor was a 19" Sony 400PS, 1995 model.
I haven't had much time to spend on calibrating - I selected Normal mode (temp at 6500) and did the NVIDIA calibration (I have an FX 5200), resulting in Contrast at 46 (50 is default) and brightness at 65 (or so) to make the top 2 bars on the test pattern both black. I put aspect scaling on graphics card controlled (right?)
No dead pixels. No backlight bleeding. I do see a lighter circle about an inch around up near the left corner at the light blue Windows XP start up screen but not at the desktop (I tried several wallpapers) nor in any application.
I tried Far Cry (800 x 600 - any higher and my feeble system chugs) at the point I'm at (a lit corridor) and got into a fight with about 6 soldiers. No ghosting that I could see. It looked too bright to me and kinda fuzzy. I adjusted the in game gamma down some, which helped but the Sony was better (though it is easier to see the enemy now!).
Next I tried Half Life 2 (1024 x 768), at the Follow Freeman part of City 17 where all the snipers are. I played some outside and some inside a building. Colors were outstanding, as was clarity - it definitely was better than the Sony CRT. No ghosting.
So far, so good. Tell me what you would like me to do and I'll try, but I'm old and not near as smart as you guys, so keep it simple for my sake!!
Thanks for the time you put into this forum. Back to work now!
I haven't had much time to spend on calibrating - I selected Normal mode (temp at 6500) and did the NVIDIA calibration (I have an FX 5200), resulting in Contrast at 46 (50 is default) and brightness at 65 (or so) to make the top 2 bars on the test pattern both black. I put aspect scaling on graphics card controlled (right?)
No dead pixels. No backlight bleeding. I do see a lighter circle about an inch around up near the left corner at the light blue Windows XP start up screen but not at the desktop (I tried several wallpapers) nor in any application.
I tried Far Cry (800 x 600 - any higher and my feeble system chugs) at the point I'm at (a lit corridor) and got into a fight with about 6 soldiers. No ghosting that I could see. It looked too bright to me and kinda fuzzy. I adjusted the in game gamma down some, which helped but the Sony was better (though it is easier to see the enemy now!).
Next I tried Half Life 2 (1024 x 768), at the Follow Freeman part of City 17 where all the snipers are. I played some outside and some inside a building. Colors were outstanding, as was clarity - it definitely was better than the Sony CRT. No ghosting.
So far, so good. Tell me what you would like me to do and I'll try, but I'm old and not near as smart as you guys, so keep it simple for my sake!!
Thanks for the time you put into this forum. Back to work now!
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