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John Wendel john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Wed Oct 31 16:58:15 UTC 2007


Dean S. Messing wrote:
> Tim:
>>> If you do any graphic work, LCDs are crap.  The colours/shading/etc
>>> change radically depending on your angle of view. 
> 
> This is true of older Twisted Nematic LC panels but false for
> many modern panels.
> 
> The viewing angle problem has been dramatically reduced in the past 3
> years, esp. on high-end panels like (for example) Sharp Corp.  makes.
> For example, Multi-domain Vertically Aligned (MVA) technology has very
> nice angle properties---at the expense of LC response time.  (No free
> lunch.)
> 
> The statement that LCDs "are crap" for serious graphics work is simply
> not true any more.  High-end LC panels _far_ exceed CRTs in every
> category (e.g., brightness, colour gamut, tone scale, MTF, dynamic
> range) except response time, and with "overdrive" and the new
> "flashing backlight" techniques on the horizon, even that barrier will
> soon be gone.  CRT technology, like the vacuum tube in general, is
> essentially dead.
> 
> 
> Dean
> 
> ----
> 
> Dean S. Messing
> Sr. Scientist
> Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab
> Sharp Laboratories of America
> 

Dean,

Could you post some info (or just your opinion) about LED backlights? 
  Also, what's up with OLED technology?

Regards,

John




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