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You could calibrate your forehead with it if you installed a backlight on your face and figured out how to change it colors.
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Click the images for full size.MasterTactician said:
I forgot to mention this. When hooked up to a Mac, the Planar defaults to 1080i for some reason. I've never seen this happen with any other monitor. I checked the DDC information and it seems the Planar is reporting two native resolutions, 1080i and 1920x1200, in that order. The Mac chose the first one reported.amikoenig said:
The lines are very faint and are stronger on the left side of the screen. I wouldn't go looking for them if you don't see them.amikoenig said:
Motion blur is normal for LCD monitors. The Planar isn't really much different from most other LCD monitors, although some can do a little better.amikoenig said:
In a lit room, LCD monitors will look better than CRT monitors because they don't wash out in ambient light like CRT monitors do. Black will look good in a lit room. In the dark, the situation reverses.amikoenig said:
The saturation is due to the wide gamut.amikoenig said:
That's with the PS3. The banding only happens with 1080p and 1080i for some reason. It's the same kind of banding I see with the other DV modes.kleox64 said:
If you're not too picky, then I don't think it'd be much of a problem. It's visible if you know what to look for, but for the most part, it's not noticeable, especially when you're concentrating on the game.MasterTactician said:
I just tried testing 1080p over VGA by adding a custom resolution, but the monitor reports it's 1280x1024 and scales it down. The same custom resolution works over DVI.MasterTactician said:
It's very possible I got one that's worse than average, but I've only seen this kind of bleeding with IPS panels, never with PVA panels. The NEC I have now is actually a replacement. The original had more backlight bleeding, but not as bad as the Planar.UrielDagda said:Maybe you got a bum monitor Toasty? I would be interested in seeing if all of the Planar monitors are that way or that you just got a bad one.. Could be due to the backlight bleeding. Just fuels my paranoia of LCD tech.
Every new monitor I look into has its own set of flaws that renders in unpurchasable. I'm beginning to think I should just get that Sony 24" CRT everyone says is the "Holy Grail of 24" Monitors" and wait for HDR-LCD tech to come down in price (lol, it will be a while...it's ~$50,000 right now, but at least you can't complain about grey blacks) Does the VGA 1080p input work in any of the scaling modes at all (full, aspect or 1:1)? Could I possibly get you to post some pics of the VGA scaling? You are awesome ToastyX, I would never be able to justify sinking a Cleveland ($1000) into this monitor without your excellent review. Even so...I still don't know what to do...This seems to be the best, but it's beginning to seem that the best just isn't good enough . What should I do???