My old CRT died and now I'm using a NEC 1940CX - my first LCD. I have a few questions, as I've never owned an LCD before. Plus, I always used a 1024x768, and now that I'm using a 1280, it's like it's staring down at me like some Technological Messiah - a bit tricky to get everything to feel right.
1) I calibrated my monitor but the gamma still seems far too bright...are LCDs always this abnormally bright, or should I just keep tinkering? I used a Gretag Macbeth calibrator, by the way.
2) If I look carefully (this is most notably seen on my wallpaper), I can see a ton of faint static - like lines of it forming \s. Do all LCDs have this? Is something wrong?
3) I'm used to a CRT with an 85 hertz refresh rate. I notice this thing goes from 60 to 75 hertz, but 75 looks WORSE than 60. Again, is something wrong or are LCDs supposed to be this different from CRTs?
4) I think the gamma is screwy. I've gotten the color adjustment on the desktop and Warcraft 3 perfect, yet some aspects of WC3 (such as the menu buttons) are darker. What could be wrong?
6) When browsing the internet, if I scroll up/down the page, the text flashes dark red (formerly green before calibration). The flatscreens in my school do this, too. Is there a way to fix it? It's quite irritating.
Many thanks.
1) I calibrated my monitor but the gamma still seems far too bright...are LCDs always this abnormally bright, or should I just keep tinkering? I used a Gretag Macbeth calibrator, by the way.
2) If I look carefully (this is most notably seen on my wallpaper), I can see a ton of faint static - like lines of it forming \s. Do all LCDs have this? Is something wrong?
3) I'm used to a CRT with an 85 hertz refresh rate. I notice this thing goes from 60 to 75 hertz, but 75 looks WORSE than 60. Again, is something wrong or are LCDs supposed to be this different from CRTs?
4) I think the gamma is screwy. I've gotten the color adjustment on the desktop and Warcraft 3 perfect, yet some aspects of WC3 (such as the menu buttons) are darker. What could be wrong?
6) When browsing the internet, if I scroll up/down the page, the text flashes dark red (formerly green before calibration). The flatscreens in my school do this, too. Is there a way to fix it? It's quite irritating.
Many thanks.
