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Display Testing Explained: How We Test Monitors and TVs
Sep 4, 2014 - in Articles > Monitors
Equipment, Setup and Methodology and drivers from the signal chain, allowing the display to receive true reference patterns. The i1Pro is very accurate and best-suited for measuring color on all types of displays, regardless of the backlight technology used. Since the C
Brightness, Contrast and Calibration -world than on/off readings because it tests a display’s ability to simultaneously maintain low black and full white levels, factoring in screen uniformity. The average of the eight full-white measurements is divided by the average of the eight full
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Viewing Angles, Uniformity, Pixel Response and Input Lag . If the value is under 10 percent, we consider the monitor essentially perfect with no visible problems. In the white field test, our benchmark is the same 10 percent. Few displays score higher than that. If a display has a uniformity
Grayscale Tracking, Gamma Response and Color Gamut when possible, even if the gains are small, to show you a display’s full potential. When we compare monitors, the lowest average Delta E value comes out on top. Patterns used: Gray Step, Gray Fields 0-100 percent Lower average Delta E
Video Processing and Signal Handling This part of our benchmark suite is unique to HDTV reviews. We use a series of pass/fail tests to determine the ability of a display to process different kinds of video signals. Most of the time, you want your source components
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Dell's 34-Inch Curved 21:9 Cinema Display Coming In December
Sep 2, 2014 - in Articles > Monitors
. Theoretically, the curved nature of the displays brings every vertical line of pixels to the same distance from your eyes, creating a more accurate presented distance on a 2d surface, which should create a more immersive gaming experience. Display
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The 10 Best And 10 Worst Automotive Technologies
Apr 25, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
General Motors' Head-Up Display system. My preference is showing the tach any time I'm driving aggressively. Unfortunately, GM's HUD doesn’t remember your last display choice, so you have to reconfigure your favorite view every time you start the car. Think you could changes
Chrysler Uconnect Access 8.4N I'm not very fond of pure touchscreen-based systems. But Chrysler's Uconnect Access 8.4N is also more compelling than most. Competing platforms typically employ 16:9 displays for infotainment duties, while Chrysler goes the old
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Honda/Acura Dual-Screen Infotainment System , Crosstour, Acura RLX, and MDX employ a high-mounted intelligent Multi-Information Display (i-MID) and a smaller touchscreen below for the models with navigation. When I first came across the system at Mudfest 2013, I wondered why the company
Hyundai Equus Rear Entertainment System of creating an annoying system for its 2014 Equus Ultimate. While it does expose twin 9.2-inch displays to each of the rear passengers, the system also forces everyone in the car to listen to whatever's playing. That seems like an odd oversight
Jaguar And Land Rover Infotainment System $100,000, armed with technology bested by sub-$20,000 Ford Fiestas. The displays look nice, sure. But the graphical elements are dated. I'm not talking as bad as Subaru here, but at the price you pay, the JLR system lags behind what
VW RNS 315 Navigation for a third-party one. Most RNS 315 equipped vehicles come with a 30-pin dock connector support. It's not expensive to change the MDI cable to USB, but it shouldn't be necessary. Manufacturers from Kia to Chrysler offer seven-inch or larger displays
Chrysler SRT Apps . They feature Chrysler's Uconnect Access system and seven-inch gauge cluster display, which we covered in 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Refined Just Right; Raw Where It Counts. But the SRT vehicles get even more functionality, such as data-logging apps
Mazda Connect Infotainment System fantastic, starting with a seven-inch display mounted high and center on the dashboard. The navigation system sports a clean GUI, smooth transitions, and it's very responsive. Mazda supports streaming Internet radio services like Pandora
Lexus F-Sport LCD Gauge Cluster and a bright red needle to indicate engine speed. The speedometer is a simpler digital read-out. Press a button on the steering wheel and the ring changes position, giving you a choice of driver-oriented display or comfort functions with access
Complete LCD Gauge Clusters a 12.3-inch display. They're completely two-dimensional. In comparison, Lexus and Volvo employ ring elements to give the screen some depth. Cadillac gets bonus points for offering different themes, but ultimately gets caught trying
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Samsung’s Gear S Brings Curved Display, 3G Connectivity To Fight Against Round Smartwatches
Aug 28, 2014 - in Articles > Samsung
Today, Samsung announced yet another smartwatch, called the Gear S, that comes with a higher-resolution Super AMOLED display that curves around your wrist, has Wi-Fi, is dust and water resistant, and has up to two days of battery life
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New Leak Shows Nexus 6 Will Have 5.2" Screen, QHD Display, Snapdragon 805 Processor
Aug 13, 2014 - in Articles > Nexus
with a bigger screen, and the company seems to like high-resolution displays (Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 10, Chromebook Pixel). However, considering that it's a Nexus phone, and it probably won't even have a 3,000 mAh battery, I don't think this resolution
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In Pictures: Research Lab Projects And Future Tech
Dec 19, 2013 - in Articles > Science
Modeling-Clay Display Researchers at Bristol University in the U.K. have been granted 2.47 million euros ($3.35 million) in funding from the European Union for their work on malleable displays. Named GHOSTs (Generic and Highly Organic, Shape
Google Glass The concept behind Google Glass isn't new. Augmented-reality systems have existed on paper in laboratories since 1901, and the first head-mounted display dates back to 1966. Google Glass, however, is the first attempt by a high
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Transparent Smartphone Polytron Technologies unveiled its transparent smartphone prototype at the beginning of 2013. The display and touch-sensitive slate employ Switchable Glass technology. There are very few visible components, and when it was shown off
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LG Display Reveals an 18-inch Flexiblem OLED Panel
Jul 11, 2014 - in Articles > Display
R, thereby leading the future display market," said In-Byung Kang, Senior Vice President and Head of the R&D Center at LG Display. This isn't the first time we've seen flexible displays, although this is likely the first of its kind to be larger
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Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 27-inch G-Sync Monitor Review
Aug 11, 2014 - in Articles > Monitors
ROG Swift PG278Q, A Display Technology Revolution From the tone of this review, you can probably tell we’re excited about G-Sync. It’s the first revolutionary display technology we've seen in a very long time. Advances in host and graphics processing performance are so frequent
Measurement And Calibration Methodology: How We Test moving out from white in a straight line. The further a point is from center, the greater the saturation until you hit 100 percent at the edge of the gamut triangle. This shows us the display’s response at a cross-section of color points. Many
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Results: Brightness and Contrast is measured, yielding a somewhat more real-world metric than on/off readings because we see a display’s ability to simultaneously maintain both low black and full white levels, factoring in screen uniformity, too. The average of the eight full
Results: Color Gamut and Performance improvement that means Asus' Swift is pretty close in its stock form. Gamut Volume: Adobe RGB 1998 And sRGB There are basically two categories of displays in use today: those that conform to the sRGB/Rec. 709 standard like HDTVs, and wide
Results: Viewing Angles and Uniformity , demonstrating a single hotspot in the center. It’s pretty subtle and we could only see it with our i1Pro, not our eyes. Screen Uniformity: Color To measure color uniformity, we display an 80-percent white field and measure the Delta E error
Asus ROG Swift PG278Q G-Sync Monitor Review months back that allowed adventurous owners of Asus' VG248QE to modify the display themselves, enabling G-Sync functionality with an appropriate GeForce GTX graphics board. Today we have the first G-Sync-enabled screen in our labs, Asus’ ROG
Results: Grayscale Tracking and Gamma Response The majority of monitors, especially newer models, display excellent grayscale tracking (even at stock settings). It’s important that the color of white be consistently neutral at all light levels from darkest to brightest. Grayscale
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Sharp Develops Curvy Free-Form Display
Jun 19, 2014 - in Articles > Display
with the gas gauge, temperature gauge and so on. There are only two square angles located at the base where it's connected to the display stand; the rest is all curves (shown above). "There are other possibilities for displays with sophisticated
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BenQ PG2401PT, 24-inch Color Accurate Monitor Review
Aug 6, 2014 - in Articles > Monitors
BenQ PG2401PT 24-inch IPS Color-Accurate Display Review $600. A real professional-grade display doesn’t necessarily need a high pixel count or a large panel. What it should offer is an Adobe RGB color gamut and perfect color accuracy. BenQ carries 23 different monitors in its portfolio
Packaging, Physical Layout, And Accessories display. Any monitor worthy of professional billing must have full ergonomic adjustment, and BenQ's PG2401PT satisfies that criteria. You can rotate the panel to portrait mode with an automatic image and OSD flip. You get six inches
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OSD Setup And Calibration Of The BenQ PG2401PT Touch the fifth button twice to bring up BenQ's OSD. No matter where you leave off, the PG2401PT always starts at the top of its menu system. The Display menu contains the necessary adjustments for analog signals coming through
Results: Brightness And Contrast measurements because we're testing the display’s ability to simultaneously maintain both low black and full white levels, plus factoring in screen uniformity. The average of the eight full-white measurements is divided by the average of the eight full
Measurement And Calibration Methodology: How We Test , the greater the saturation until you hit 100 percent at the edge of the gamut triangle. This shows us the display’s response at a cross-section of color points. Many monitors score well when only the 100-percent saturations are measured. Hitting
Results: Grayscale Tracking And Gamma Response The majority of monitors, especially newer models, display excellent grayscale tracking (even at stock settings). It’s important that the color of white be consistently neutral at all light levels from darkest to brightest. Grayscale
Results: Color Gamut And Performance -lust, calibration is probably unnecessary. Now we return to the comparison group: A result of .6 Delta E is the lowest color error we’ve ever recorded from any display in our lab. All of the monitors in the group offer superb accuracy, but the PG
Calibration With Palette Master , and screen uniformity. We installed it on our test system to give it a try. If you want to use the utility, you need an i1Pro, i1Pro 2, or an i1Display color meter. After selecting Profile from the Home screen, the first set of options lets
Results: Viewing Angles And Uniformity to 1.98 percent. Either way, the screen looks great to our eyes. Screen Uniformity: Color To measure color uniformity, we display an 80-percent white field and measure the Delta E error of the same nine points on the screen. Then we
Results: Pixel Response, Input Lag, And Blur Reduction long it takes to fully display a pattern after pressing the button on the generator’s remote. This testing methodology allows for accurate and repeatable results when comparing panels. Here’s a shot of our test setup. Click on the photo
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