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Spatial Uniformity

We then measured the uniformity of the panel's lighting.

For those who aren't familiar with Tom's Hardware tests, here's a little reminder of our methodology:

We set the panel at 50% brightness and 50% contrast and measure the consistency of the light level over a square white image divided into 64 zones of equal size. The brightest point is assigned the value of 100%, the black level (measured previously) is set at 0%, and other values measured are shown below.

Surprisingly, the results are not so good here. The uniformity of the 2001FP isn't any better than that of a basic 19" monitor. Nevertheless, we must keep in mind that we're measuring over a big surface, and it's always going to be more difficult to obtain a decent level of consistency over a larger area.