Display myths shattered

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Display myths shattered

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Nice article about some of the misinforming crap that the try to "inform" you about when they want to sell you a screen:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/display_myths_shattered?page=0%2C0
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Interesting... reading.
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very interesting reading :) thanks
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I did enjoy this. It gives me something to think about when i buy my next tv. (I was going to by a Quatron)
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I would like to put in a vote for a sticky.
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It's nice to finally know what they mean about this 'dynamic contrast' thing.
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haha yeah it reminds me of when I connected my current Samsung LCD TV to my gf computer through HDMI (for reference a LE32A558)
I then setup my LCD for color & signal accuracy with sample test images

and with just my own eyes I found out that most settings had to be disabled to get a good looking image where you can read text as well as watch movies & such + get accurate human skin color & grey scales & such ...
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