It is great to hear everything look good on your new monitor. With a
1920x1080 (or larger) display, I won't bother to run a dual monitor setup
(space and extra power consumption is my concern), this size is good enough
to me for all desktop works.
It is interesting to see there is a contrast control. I expect if you set
the monitor to sRGB the only control available will be brightness
(backlight). My monitor doesn't have contrast adjustment for DVI input.
BTW, I'm still using a 17" LCD. I'm not in hurry to do an upgrade, if I do,
most likely it will be a 3D type. I have just seen some 3D photos/movies
with my ex-boss' 3D HDTV projector, I'm sold!
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The monitor has arrived and I'm now typing this message while using it.
> It has a gloriously large amount of real estate compared to what I'm
> used to (17" 4:3). Color looks great out of the box although I had to
> reduce brightness to minimum and contrast near max. I haven't had a
> chance to calibrate it yet so that may change things considerably (or
> not). I tried viewing some of my recent panos from Scotland and Bryce
> Canyon and they look phenomenal. There's detail there I haven't seen
> before without blowing up just parts of them. I haven't quite figured
> out how to get two monitors running properly with different native
> resolutions (gotta read the NVIDIA manual) but that doesn't matter for
> the moment. I'm going to take the old CRT to Florida with me and leave
> it there.
>
> A couple of surprises. It came with VGA and DVI cables which I had not
> expected. But I'll still need the 3 meter cable I ordered from Amazon
> which is yet to arrive. The included DVI cable is only 6 feet and,
> while it reaches between monitor and computer is stretched so tautly
> that I can't move the monitor or use the rotating feature because the
> cord length won't allow it to rise up. But the rotation feature is very
> well designed. I assumed that it would have a height adjustment lock
> knob but it doesn't. The height adjustment is a very well balanced
> spring arrangement. One can simply (and easily) slide the monitor up or
> down and it stays in place. Slide it up to max height and rotate the
> monitor to its 90 degree click stop. Works great... with a longer cord
> :-)
>
> I'm very happy with both performance and price. Thanks, CH, for the
> recommendation. And the luck in hitting a one day sale price was great.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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