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Article #52Re: Need Advice Buying a Large Monitor
From: HEMI-Powered
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:49
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:49
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geoff added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... >> The Dell 2408WFP > > I bought one based on all the reviews I read because I wanted > to go larger. My previous monitor was a samsung which I was > very happy with. > > The main problem out of the box was the brightness and the > reviews say that. At the 'out-of-the-box' brightness level, I > would get a headache quickly. The review sites tell you how to > adjust the monitor's rgb values to turn down the brightness. Yeah, big time! I've noticed that ALL monitors and ALL TVs in stores these days are really bright and really contrasty. I've toned mine WAY down and it is still overly bright/contrasty which makes it that much more difficult to properly post-process my digital pictures. > The second thing I noticed is when looking at the screen out > of the side of my eyes, I notice some vibration which I did > not see with the samsung. Don't see that with my 26" Samsung > The bottom line is, it took a few weeks to get used to the > monitor and at one point, I wondered if I was a victim of the > panel lottery. > -- HP, aka Jerry "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity!" - Hanlon's Razor
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