Solarism Flex-View LM-1730 17in LCD Monitor Review

Dom · Aug 1, 2003, 09:22 PM

The current magic number in LCD land is 16... a 16ms pixel response time is the highest (any higher is too slow) a gamer should consider in order to have virtually all ghosting eliminated. No doubt we will see even faster, such as 12ms, LCDs soon. For comparison, a regular CRT monitor has a response time of less than 1ms, so ghosting is never an issue with CRTs. Another issue gamers should consider is the native resolution of the LCD monitor. The native resolution is the resolution at which the LCD produces images and text most accurately or clearly. Let's take a 17" LCD with a native resolution of 1280x1024 as an example. Any time an application or game needs to run at a resolution different from 1280x1024, you will lose image clarity and may notice a fuzzier picture.

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Aug 1, 2003, 09:22 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,942 Rep Power: 0	Solarism Flex-View LM-1730 17in LCD Monitor Review The current magic number in LCD land is 16... a 16ms pixel response time is the highest (any higher is too slow) a gamer should consider in order to have virtually all ghosting eliminated. No doubt we will see even faster, such as 12ms, LCDs soon. For comparison, a regular CRT monitor has a response time of less than 1ms, so ghosting is never an issue with CRTs. Another issue gamers should consider is the native resolution of the LCD monitor. The native resolution is the resolution at which the LCD produces images and text most accurately or clearly. Let's take a 17" LCD with a native resolution of 1280x1024 as an example. Any time an application or game needs to run at a resolution different from 1280x1024, you will lose image clarity and may notice a fuzzier picture. Head on over to Bjorn3D.com for the full review