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On a white screen if you stand up and look down you can see the sparkle and ag-coating more clearly. All the 144hz IPS screens use the same panel so they will all have identical coating. I may have got this monitor cheap but not sure I'm willing to be the first to rip the coating off - just...

Has anyone done it? My unit is perfect in every way, except the sparkle which is causing eyestrain. How anyone can think this coating is acceptable is beyond me. At certain angles the coating is clearly visible. It's a refurbished unit I got cheap so warranty not a concern.

Pixel doubling can be done without adding any lag - assuming the firmware coders are willing (and allowed) to add such a specific routine. In reality, time constraints and lazyness results in every non-native resolution being sent through the same laggy resizing functions. It's not uncommon to...

PWM is bad regardless of the frequency. Even if you hit 1,000,000hz you're still subjecting the nervous system to a barrage of instant on/off pulses of light. Sure you will no longer get eyestrain or headaches, but the underlying effects will be there building up over time.

Everyone can see low rate PWM using the pencil trick and via their peripheral vision. It's not a test of whether you are seriously affected. PWM has an impact on everyone to some degree, even those with excellent eyesight. It affects your brain and nervous system, not just your eyes. How much...

Set Full RGB over HDMI - http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=373241

It's being compared to DLP, so expect rainbows if you are susceptible.

On a reasonably calibrated FW900 the original rose picture is somewhere between the Benq and Eizo. That's the red. The whites in that picture look spot on.

I was going to grab a 290 but this very reason stopped me. The trend is looking dire. Nvidia GTX6xx and prior all had 2 DVI-I ports. The latest GTX7xx series have dropped to just 1 DVI-I port.

Only question mark for me is the extra frame (8.3ms) of input lag over other 120hz gaming displays. As with lightboost this may be offset by the lack of sample/hold effect. Other than that this looks like a viable option for us die hard CRT users. 1ms pixel response time for VA must mean they...

Input lag on displays without lightboost is more than just the technical figure gained by testing equipment. The sample/hold effect and motion blur add significantly to the lag your brain perceives. I suspect this is why despite having more actual input lag, so many lightboost users claim to...

IME higher dpi with lower sensitivity hinders performance in fast paced games like Quake. The choppy nature of 400-1600dpi (depending on resolution) allows far more accurate aim than 4000dpi+, with in game sensitivity adjusted. Too much precision tends to increase the time spent before hitting...

Correct me if I'm wrong here. Vsync off will send the output buffer as it's being updated, hence tearing. Gsync will only send the last completed frame, even if a new one has almost finished. This can be seen in the following slide: While the 3rd frame is being sent, a 4th frame is...

I fully expect g-sync to require a single frame buffer to work effectively. Input lag would be greater than running with vsync disabled.

I'm still kicking myself for not bidding higher on a new boxed FW900 a cpl years ago. It went for £500 / $800 which was my limit. Bargain of the year for whoever won.

I'm one of those that has no issue with a CRT above 75hz but get eyestrain from all PWM LED displays. Flicker is not the issue - lack of light persistence is.

I just got a response back from Benq regarding the XL2411t.

The XL2411t was not originally flicker free. It appears the new flicker free version is being sold under the same model number. Good luck finding one.

I'm still waiting for a group of Americans to bring a class action lawsuit against one of the major LCD companies. Such action even if it doesn't succeed would hasten to death of PWM LEDs.

Mine has just developed the ghosting issue - where lit phosphors are repeated very dimly to the right with a gap between each repetition, visibly stopping after 2 inches or when another lit phosphor appears. This is not ghosting caused by a cable or interference. If I keep the temperature below...

What you're seeing is normal when aggressive overdrive is used. Many displays suffer from this to get the response time down to a marketable figure. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/advancedcontent.htm#problems%20with%20overdrive

OLED without strobing/black frame insertion etc is no better than a fast TN LCD. Our eyes need a blanking period at low fps, or super high 1000fps+ to remove visible motion blur. The camera may see no blur at 1/250th exposure, but our eyes don't work in individual frames.

Well the 2213 is a 5ms TN panel. In all areas it is a downgrade from a 5ms IPS.

If you want really low brightness and are going to be reading text for such a long period, PWM free would be vital imo. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/flicker_free_database.htm

If you go LCD (without lightboost), go all the way and put that CRT in storage. Having the motion clarity of a CRT sitting next to your nice new LCD will drive you mad. If you have a low sensitivity, drive a lot and shoot stuff mostly from a stationary position (iron sights oew) then motion...

Mark - check the actual text on the OP link: The key word being "upgraded", since there was no prior version of it. If that's not a typo there could be a cheap PWM free gaming monitor coming. The XL2420te is $100 more than the XL2411t.

The Benq XL2420TE is flicker free and being sold as a revision 2 XL2420T in Europe. The actual text on Benq website suggests a revision 2 of the XL2411t is also coming. There must be a shed load of unsold stock of that too for them not to use a new model number.

I think you're referring to the feature called C.A.T.S. (Contrast Automatic Tracking System). It adjusts the brightness and contrast based on room lighting. During the day and in a well lit room it will increase contrast substantially beyond what you have manually set, making it look "vivid". At...

Viewsonic VP2770 is highly rated and PWM free.

A 2010 display will be CCFL, which loses brightness over time. If used regularly it could easily be at 30% of original brightness by now. You're now forced to run it at 100% brightness on the display, which results in washed out colours and a lack of contrast. As someone with poor eyesight I can...

You don't need to physically see PWM flicker to be adversely affected by it.

That's just the way CRTs are.

Turn monitor off. Hold brightness and menu button, then press power button. Press brightness button when on to access service menu.

MrGuvernment is right - AMD cards share the HDMI and DVI port. Not all 6670s are the same. The Eyefinity link is for a card with DisplayPort. The OP doesn't have this.

Yup.

In simple terms it's a final value of resolution * refresh rate. Lower one to lower the khz. You don't need high clarity in games tho.

Among the high-end displays it would be fair to call the FW900 sharpness average. It's a downside one has to accept for the widescreen goodness. Using a lower refresh rate/resolution will of course give better text. Depending on age you will want to keep the khz figure below a certain value...

Are you sure? Nvidia cards by default have 2 dual-link DVI outputs. One also provides analog and so will be marked as DVI-I. DVI-I = DVI-D + Analog (VGA)

If the box contains packaging you could probably get $50 for that alone. List it with a free non working monitor on eBay :)

My ST30 doesn't, however Panasonic finally got their act together last year and the latest models do support 4:4:4 (1080p pixel direct mode).