Odd dithering effect with my 193P

[Mr P]

I installed my video card a few days ago and plugged in the DVI cable and the first thing I noticed when I booted up my comp was that the background color (I'm using solid color/windows xp default theme with no picture)I had been using for my desktop seemed a bit pixeled. Now I know all about pixel pitch and I'm using an LCD (193P) but this isn't pixel pitch. I had used this with my onboard graphics (analog) and the colors seemed fine... but after observing closely they looked a bit dithered too, but it was hardly noticeable this time. I tested the Analog connection on different computers and the solid colors (usually blues/ dark grays) look a little bit dithered also again not as bad as on the DVI. I have no other DVI connections to test on. Also during the half-life 2 load screen the monitors picture began to wiggle and shake like it was under water. I immeadiatly turned off the monitor and then turned it back on and everything seemed to be back to normal.

I have posted some examples of the dithering I have taken with my digital camera:
A comparison of normal and odd solid colors....

http://community.webshots.com/album/240107337UeuQCb



also, yes, I'm using 32bit color, the native resolution and the correct refresh rate (60 hertz) / I have tried updating graphics, chipset and monitor drivers

Did I get a bad card?
bad Monitor?
any tips?
anyways so far I've e-mailed Samsung and they have yet to reply

Sorry about the long post,

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Mr P]

bump

 

[Dug]

Technically you should run at 60hz, but I would try 70, 72, 75 if possible just to test. I've seen it work on some monitors.

 

[Mr P]

Oh I tried that too and no luck

 

[Mr P]

...

 

[Mr P]

pretty please?

 

[sharkeeper]

Oh yes you are the victim of Samsung's poor digital chroma dynamic range. It's really noticeable on the 243T. Totally unacceptable. There is not a damn thing you can do about it besides change monitors. The video card is *NOT* at fault here.

Cheers!

 

[Mr P]

damn, are there any websites about this? I'm going to complain to Samsung. Again. Now when you mean change monitors do you mean, get a replacement or get a different model/brand?

 

[sharkeeper]

Get a different brand.

Cheers!

 

[Mr P]

have there been any other posts/complaints about this you can link me to, I can't find anything about it