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LCD contrast numbers?
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| Conrad Weiler 2004-10-09, 12:14 pm |
| Hi,
LCD contrast numbers like 1:300, 1:500, etc. What does that mean?
TIA,
Conrad
Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon
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| Tacit 2004-10-09, 12:14 pm |
| >LCD contrast numbers like 1:300, 1:500, etc. What does that mean?
It means that a pure white pixel is 300 times brighter than a pure black pixel.
It's a measure of the maximum contrast the display is capable of achieving.
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| -=Plane Mad=- 2004-10-10, 12:14 pm |
| It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
black ......so the higher the number the better!
300 - 400 is the average. If you can find one that does 700 or greater then
this will be superb for Photoshop, they are out there!
HTH
Andy McQuat
-=Plane Mad=-
"Conrad Weiler" <weil91@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041009082717.04585.00001751@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Hi,
>
> LCD contrast numbers like 1:300, 1:500, etc. What does that mean?
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> TIA,
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> Conrad
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> Conrad Weiler
> Camp Sherman, Oregon
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| Conrad Weiler 2004-10-10, 12:14 pm |
| Hi,
<< It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
black ......so the higher the number the better! >>
Thanks for your answer to my question. I was just reading that expectations are
1:1000 by next year on LCD monitors.
Best,
Conrad
Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon
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| Nicholas Sherlock 2004-10-10, 7:14 pm |
| -=Plane Mad=- wrote:
> It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
> black ......so the higher the number the better!
Absolute rubbish. Tacit has the right answer. Your LCD can display at
most 254 shades between black and white.
Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
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| Eastside 2004-10-10, 7:14 pm |
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"Tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
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> It means that a pure white pixel is 300 times brighter than a pure black
> pixel.
> It's a measure of the maximum contrast the display is capable of
> achieving.
What's typical of a pro quality CRT monitor? I've never seen that ratio
advertised in conjunction with CRT monitors. Is there a reason?
Dane
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| Graeme Cogger 2004-10-10, 7:14 pm |
| In article <20041010082349.07907.00001416@mb-m24.aol.com>,
weil91@aol.com says...
> Hi,
>
> << It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
> black ......so the higher the number the better! >>
>
> Thanks for your answer to my question. I was just reading that expectations are
> 1:1000 by next year on LCD monitors.
>
The Samsung 193P and Eizo L768 (same panel, I believe) already
claim 1:1000.
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| Hecate 2004-10-11, 4:14 am |
| On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:28:48 +0000 (UTC), "-=Plane Mad=-"
<not_today@NoSpam.com> wrote:
>It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
>black ......so the higher the number the better!
>300 - 400 is the average. If you can find one that does 700 or greater then
>this will be superb for Photoshop, they are out there!
>
Latest Eizo does 1:1000 ;-)
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Hecate - The Real One
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| Hecate 2004-10-11, 4:14 am |
| On 10 Oct 2004 12:23:49 GMT, weil91@aol.com (Conrad Weiler) wrote:
>Hi,
>
><< It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
>black ......so the higher the number the better! >>
>
>Thanks for your answer to my question. I was just reading that expectations are
>1:1000 by next year on LCD monitors.
>
Eizo already does.
--
Hecate - The Real One
Hecate@newsguy.com
veni, vidi, reliqui
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| >It is the amount of "shades" the LCD screen can show between pure white and
>black...
No, the number of shades the monitor can display is a function of the video
card, and in any event all consumer RGB monitors display the same number of
shades (256 discrete shades in each of the three color channels, for a total of
just over sixteen million discrete colors).
It is a measure of the difference in brightness between the darkest black and
brightest white the monitor displays--that is, a measure of *contrast*--not a
measure of the number of shades of color the monitor can display.
--
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