what exactly does samsung Magic Angle gimmick do?

[dr.kevin]

I got a new asus TN led lcd monitor recently, and it has a feature that lets you have a better viewing angle, e.g. when you're lying on the floor, or viewing from the side, etc.

i pushed the button, and all it did was jack up the brightness, washing out the colors.

Then I recalled that Samsung has some Magic Angle bullshit on their TN panels......

Is this the same gimmick as the one on my asus ?
what changes exactly when you enable magic angle?

 

[Walker]

From what I've seen, it's pretty much the same thing yes. Completely useless as it doesn't really deal with the vertical gamma shift.

 

[tk-don]

It adjusts the gamma factor, which affects the brightness of the display - you have multiple settings to choose from in the menu. As Walker said, it's a gimmick - the panel is still affected by gamma shifts, this "magic angle" stuff only makes sense if you are forced to look at the monitor at a bad angle, and wouldn't be able to move the monitor.

 

[Bergkamp]

Would be nice if they invent some kind of transparent gradient layer, dark at the bottom and washed out a top, in hardware.