20" LCDs: Broaden Your Horizon
This is not the first time monitor makers have tried to sell us displays in wide format. But until now, nobody's been buying - and for good reason. Though the 16:10 picture format is ideal for movies, few of the panels were capable of screening a film decently. Obviously that was because of the sparkling artifacts that were far too visible when watching movies on them. This form of video noise is also amplified by the Overdrive technology that manufacturers use so liberally in an attempt to shave a half-millisecond off their competitors' latency scores, with no regard for the display's suitability for screening movies. Overshoot was becoming enough of a problem that we decided to add it to our list of tests, as a way of giving credit to manufacturers who make an effort to produce quality electronics.
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