Recent content by WATobin

Looks awesome! I'm seriously tempted... So response time is good, viewing angles are good, contrast/brightness/etc is good. Any input lag? Any image persistence (burn-in) issues? Dead pixels? (It would suck to get a stuck pixel with such a large dot pitch) What's it like using such a beast...

I wouldn't let it discourage you from buying an LCD. I post here a lot about my problem with burn-in because I am frustrated. But I am clearly in a very small minority. Perhaps nobody else here suffers from burn-in as bad as I do. I think whatever the problem with my VP191b is, it extends beyond...

My ViewSonic VP191b suffers from image persistence something severe. Originally it was hardcore gaming that caused it, but now that I'm aware of the problem, I have noticed that even normal/light use will cause it. I think it's ludicrous that some of these LCDs are apparently so sensitive that...

I might be the WoW player mentioned. I first posted about my problem here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1026918 I think I was averaging about 10 or 11 hours of WoW per day. Day after day, week after week, month after month, for about half a year. Apparently it really took its...

I'm not that old, but am sensitive to this issue too. I find 1280x1024 on a 19" LCD with standard font sizes to be pretty good. I guess it depends on how close your viewing distance is. I'm about arms-length away from my monitor. As for interpolation, yeah, that is undesirable. You could pick...

Yeah, that's exactly what I've done, except it's been more like 11+ hours per day average for about half a year. I added up the /played time of all my characters and the total was over 1800 hours. Sick? Yes. But my LCD can't handle that level of MMORPG addiction.

LCDs can definitely suffer from a burn-in-like effect, commonly known as image persistence. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1026918 I'm a hardcore user and my ViewSonic VP191b has been absolutely wrecked by this problem. After hours of gaming (World of Warcraft, which has a lot...

Not saying all VP191b's are like this, but mine has serious problems... http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1026918 I recently decided I can't live with it and tried to contact ViewSonic for an RMA/replacement. No reply yet. They don't even have a simple email address for customer...

That's good to know. I noticed the no-RMA-for-monitors thing on their website today myself.

That's the key question... How long does it take to get image persistence, and how long does it take to eliminate it? In my case I can never get rid of it (at least in any reasonable amount of time). Leaving my VP191b unplugged for two weeks was not enough. Leaving it displaying all-white for...

LCDs are definitely subject to burn-in. Some are at least. Temporary image persistence is the correct term, I believe. Although in my case it is more like permanent. :( http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1026918

Another thing I just thought of is I run my VP191b at 72-75Hz refresh rate. I give the range because I can specify 72Hz in some places and it's reported as 75Hz in others, so I'm not sure exactly what it is, heh. Dunno if a higher refresh rate would have any bearing on image persistence, but...

Any links would be appreciated. I have tried running an all-white screen overnight and it doesn't really do anything. What I have not tried yet is running all-white for multiple days non-stop. I guess I could try that, but don't like to be without my LCD (CRTs suck). :( Nor should such...

Heh, that didn't take long. Yep, WoW is the game.

That is a picture of my ViewSonic VP191b LCD monitor taken with a Canon PowerShot G1 digital camera, demonstrating the problem I have. For a higher resolution version click here. The screen is showing a solid gray background, the standard "Silver" WinXP color scheme background. The thin white...