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LCD monitor is not dark enough

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CoffeeMan   12-03-2005 at 03:13:33 PM

I just got a Samsung SyncMaster 913N and I'm quite please with it except for
the lack of black when playing Thief. I thought this might be a problem and this monitor is claimed to have quite good black levels. There doesn't seem to
be a complete black, the backlight shows through always to some extent.
Am I asking too much of an LCD monitor or can I do better? Apart from this one thing I don't regret changing from CRT to LCD.

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RichPLS   12-03-2005 at 06:50:25 PM
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Some LCD's have that problem, heard more about it in the 19" range tho.
Generally, Dells 2005 and 2405 models have significant improvements.

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fishmahn   12-03-2005 at 09:18:43 PM
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Lower your brightness some to see if that helps.

Mike.

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CoffeeMan   12-03-2005 at 11:47:49 PM
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Oops, sorry about the mis-post. Been tinkering with it
and decided I'll have to return to a CRT , shame cos it looks
nice on my desktop there. I chose it for its good response time but you can't get away from that backlit effect even on pure black.
Thanks for replies though.

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godlyatheist   12-04-2005 at 09:29:31 PM
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get an lcd with higher contrast ratio and should do it (at least 700:1)

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Ned_Flanders   12-06-2005 at 05:01:04 PM
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As Rich said:

The 2005's and 2405's have a good contrast ratio, and so can produce good blacks.

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