I have to buy monitor today, is this a good one?

[Kevin Connery]

Originally Posted by Enkay

doesnt the samsung i quoted have better stats for a lower price? Screens are confusing the shit out of me... I was going to get a viewsonic and the guy at the store told me I was better off with the samsung.

The Samsung 206BW is based around a TN panel which only supports 6-bits of color depth/channel. It fakes 8-bits with hardware dithering. This speeds up the panel's response, but does so at the cost of color accuracy. Great for games; NOT recommended for photographic work.

[Enkay]

Originally Posted by Kevin Connery

The Samsung 206BW is based around a TN panel which only supports 6-bits of color depth/channel. It fakes 8-bits with hardware dithering. This speeds up the panel's response, but does so at the cost of color accuracy. Great for games; NOT recommended for photographic work.

Haha well that's good to know!

Which one would you recommand then?

Is there also any way to find out about those "hidden" things because on the specs sheet it just says 8 bit depth...

[Kevin Connery]

I'm out of date in the LCD market (which changes almost hourly!), but there's a nice technical thread about the underpinnings in this hardforum thread.

Essentially, you do NOT want TN technology. IPS or S-IPS technology are theoretically best, but the PVA and S-PVA are likely as good in real life. (Samsung's T-series of displays use PVA or S-PVA, for example, and are quite good.)

You can get a fairly current listing of what technology is used for a given display using the tftcentral panelsearch--or just enter IPS and see which models use that IPS or S-IPS technology in their panels.

[chillin]

I just calibrated for the first time the Samsung 216BW. It looks the same as my old Envision (color wise).
"Beware...no tilt with the stand" for the Samsung.