Recent content by Chippy

I figure it can't be that bad if Eizo, NEC and Quato - the three top, "high end" monitor manufacturers, all use the same panel with the same coating. Given their very critical and quality-conscious target market, if the coating was that bad they wouldn't be using this panel.

Unless you were running on a 30" monitor, text would be just too small with a 3840x2160 desktop. Even then, it might be too small.

Have you seen this thread? http://www.overclock.net/t/1230911/removing-the-anti-glare-coating-on-u2711 Make sure you read all the warnings!

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Can anyone comment on the anti-glare coating on this screen? Is it the same as the Dell U2711? Or is it less intrusive than that? I don't think I could live with the Dell's "sparkly" colours and blurry text. What about the NEC PA271W if not the Eizo? Or are all the LG panel monitors just...

There's not many places solding it ;-)

They look for dead pixels sure. But when they see 3 or 4 (dead pixels) they pass them as within spec and OK to go out.

I share that positive experience. When I got my SX2411W (or whatever the number is), the screen would lean to the left slightly - which was a bit irritating and distracting. I contacted my supplier, who in turn contacted AVNet, and they sent out a replacement stand immediately. I received it...

I don't know where you are, but here in the UK refurbs are often perfectly fine products that were simply returned by the 1st purchaser as unwanted (under the distance selling regs). But you do have to ask your question *why* were they returned unwanted. One of the reasons could be because of...

I did complain to be fair, but it took them 30 minutes to fix it by which time the film was completely ruined.

You'd think the above would all be true wouldn't you? I find it hard to argue with any of that. But then you watch a movie like "Unbreakable" and see the abysmal grey "black" levels throughout the movie and wonder what on earth the Director and production people were playing at.

I don't have any specific data to hand, although I could probably find some with a bit of googling. My comment was certainly based on personal experience though. I know that black levels through film (i.e. celluloid) are not spectacular - unsurprising really bearing in mind the technology...

Just as a quick aside to all this banter, it is interesting to bear in mind that what lots of people are aiming for is a movie to be rendered "as the director intended". This normally means as per the cinema, since that's what the director usually had in mind. It's pretty ironic therefore to...

Where are you based? I can't find s27a850t anywhere. Samsung tell me the D is discontinued, but everywhere in the UK is still selling it as if it's a current model. And no-one has heard of the T. It's very frustrating. I have been trying to buy a new monitor for ages and no-one seems to...

I ran a Panasonic TH-42PW3 plasma as my only TV (and being a couch potato, I watched maybe 5 hours per day minimum) from 2000 to 2009. 10 years x 365 days x 5 hours and there is not one hint of screen burn. I was precious about it for the first year or so, and after that just didn't care and...