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LFA-Marseille   05-07-2006 at 02:12:13 AM

Hi Guys I am planning to buy a LCD and i Will like to know something aobut the responce timing

Is the same 8 MS of responce than 3ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 5ms white-black-white (typ) ????

thank for the help

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guyinyourattic37   05-07-2006 at 03:02:54 AM
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Hi Guys I am planning to buy a LCD and i Will like to know something aobut the responce timing

Is the same 8 MS of responce than 3ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 5ms white-black-white (typ) ????

thank for the help



Umm that was hard to understand. OK no 8ms isn't the same as 3ms gray to gray and 5 ms white black white. 3ms gtg means it takes 3ms to go from gray to gray. 5ms wbw means it takes 5ms to go from white to black and back.

8ms *most likely means gtg* no to sure

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BGP_Spook   05-07-2006 at 03:16:23 AM
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http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/0 [...] ollection/

Just about everything you would want to know about LCD's is on the other side of that link.

THG has a number of very good articles about LCD's, I like to recommend you read a couple of the articles. :)

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4ryan6   05-08-2006 at 02:01:39 AM
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It depends on what you're going to do with the machine 25ms is OK if gaming is not in the picture, if you're gaming the less of a response the better.

25ms produces smears when gaming in say first person shooters when you turn a corner fast, its not really noticable when the response is down to 12ms, and 8ms is even better, on a 25ms monitor I even noticed some slight smearing in DVD playback, but not on a 12ms.

Gaming and computer DVD playback are the 2 critical reasons for needing a fast response time, and the less the #s the faster the response.

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LFA-Marseille   05-08-2006 at 02:20:25 AM
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thanks , I want the LCD for gaming , so Im gonna need a fast responce LCD

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RichPLS   05-08-2006 at 03:27:42 AM
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I have a Dell 2405FPW with around a 20ms response, both gaming and videos are a great experience. Tho occasionally I see a suspect trail but minor, and at others I do, but mostly does not occur and definately does not interfere with gameplay.

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PICLARK   05-08-2006 at 04:28:09 AM
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I am also a proud owner of the Dell 2405, I play first person shooters (HL2, Doom3 etc) and it's fine. I also tend to play deathmatch so that really requires no blurring etc...and the screen does fine. Widescreen also gives you a slight advantage (if the game is widescreen enabled....and by this I do not mean stretched) as you can see 'more' to your left and right.

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RichPLS   05-08-2006 at 06:28:49 AM
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That is so true. The benefits far outweigh any rare ghosting effects occaisionaly.

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4ryan6   05-08-2006 at 06:53:16 AM
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The first LCD I bought was a 19" Viewsonic with a 25ms response time, got it home set her up and started playing games and noticed the smearing effect, boxed that sucker right up and took it back to the store, got myself a 19" Samsung Syncmaster 930B with an 8ms response and the difference was unbelievable, crisp, clear, sharp no smearing whatsoever.

I'm now running a 27" Westinghouse LCD Monitor/TV with a 12ms response time and its about the same as the 8ms Samsung, I haven't noticed any smearing at all, with yours being a 20ms you probably are just inside the door of not having a noticeable problem, and thats great for you, theres nothing worse than getting something like that and ending up being dissatisfied with it.

LCDs have definitely improved in their response time to even get to the point of being able to be used for gaming period, cause when they first came out they weren't worth a crap for gaming and couldn't even touch the response of a CRT monitor.

But the colors are so crisp and clear with an LCD I'm really glad they can perform like they can today, cause it delivers some awesome gaming.

How've you been Rich?

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LFA-Marseille   05-08-2006 at 05:15:31 PM
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thank you ryan for your reply that helps me much to decide which lcd to buy , thanks a lot to everyone

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MrsD   05-08-2006 at 06:05:01 PM
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Cool I just bought the BenQ 19" 6ms. Cant wait to try her out.

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FITCamaro   05-08-2006 at 06:24:32 PM
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Make sure you read reviews on whatever monitor you plan to get. The specs might say 8ms response time but often sites like THG find that the average response time isn't even close to the manufacturers stated spec.

Also theres more than just response time. Color reproduction and spatial uniformity are important too.

I have a 19" Samsung 915N 8ms though and love it. Then theres also the 3 year warranty too.

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Da_Banig   05-08-2006 at 06:34:16 PM
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I prefer Samsung monitor too. 8ms is pretty much standard

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