so I bought a westinghouse 1080p 40" 120hz display for gaming and I didn't realize that it had a triangular layout (meaning the RGB of each pixel isn't in stripes like a normal display) at first non gaming it looked terrible. The damn thing couldn't show very sharp lines that are at 90 degree angles. However when gaming it is a master at showing angles at 45 degrees or inbetween. I turned AA on and off in games and it looks the same, nice edges on stuff. Why aren't most displays like this?
Why aren't monitors using triangular pixel layouts?
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Most people don't use PCs for gaming Only. Like moricon said, it's a small market. The big market is the businesses that use computers for every day use, You ever watch the show, "The Office" that right there is an example of the big market lol, every cubicle has a desktop PC. And it's not used for gaming. Usually. Everyone cares about typing and like a quarter of the market is gaming. That's like asking, "Why doesn't everyone use 120Hz monitors as opposed to 60Hz monitors?" Because of the lack of demand. 120Hz monitors are expensive for a reason.
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1zacster :
but damn are they smooth 
Ain't that the truth! Haha! I wish more company's would feature this in all their LCD monitors... that way we can all get the liquid smooth movement.
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I played a console on a TV with triangle lay out. It wasn't that bad for gaming, I could imagine the effect it'd have on a PC gamer who does web browsing.
it'd be bad for that lol :lol:
griptwister :
I played a console on a TV with triangle lay out. It wasn't that bad for gaming, I could imagine the effect it'd have on a PC gamer who does web browsing. it'd be bad for that lol :lol:
it'd be bad for that lol :lol:
Well I mean it looks fine even at web browsing. As long as you have set blacks to low (both in tv and nvidia settings) text is fine. Oh and stuff is only jagged up close. Maybe in the future when ultra high dense displays are the norm this will be used more.
griptwister :
I played a console on a TV with triangle lay out. It wasn't that bad for gaming, I could imagine the effect it'd have on a PC gamer who does web browsing. it'd be bad for that lol :lol:
it'd be bad for that lol :lol:
Console games enlarge text a lot to make up for how poorly they display text. Playing an RPG that was designed for PC is horrible on a TV. Playing a console port on a PC shows differences as well, as all the text is huge and blocky, probably as a result of knowing how poorly normal text shows up on a TV.
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I wouldn't buy anything with a triangular pixel layout if I'm going to be using for reading of any sort. So if a monitor, laptop screen, smartphone or tablet had a LCD panel with triangular pixels they would automatically be on my "BANNED LIST".
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