Questions about IPS

Kosmiche

Kosmiche

Kosmiche

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I just got a new Acer S236HLtmjj http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/UM.VS6EE.001

I'm finding the monitor is a bit dark, as in it doesn't seem bright enough. I have run through the inbuilt windows 7 calibrator several times trying to get it to look right but I always end up with the same result at the end.

I was wondering are there other free calibration tools that are good or better than the windows 7 calibrator?

Is it typical for a ips screen to not be as bright as a tn? I had a LG e2442v before and that was very bright.

I'm happy with the overall picture quality which is the best I've had but when I play games some of them look a bit weird. RIFT for example looks really dark, I tried playing with the ingame gamma but then I just ended up with a very washed out looking image.

Any tips on getting the best out of IPS and are there any good free monitor calibration tools that are better than the windows 7 tool?

Thanks :cool:
 
Its a 6870.

I think its just my eyes that need to adjust to using ips, aatu's post explained a lot :)

Thanks for that very helpful and insightful post aatu.
 
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Its a lovely monitor actually, its got one of those no bezel designs that are starting to become popular.

Yes there is no bezel, but the screen stops about 1cm from the edge :(

It was £160 from that high street indian hot food place, good price I thought. I could have spent about £30-40 less and still got a ips monitor but I wanted something a bit premium after owning a line of cheap but cheerful monitors.

This is extremely well built and solid, the screen does not budge when you push down on the top. It has speakers which I've tested, they would be fine for use with a game console if that wasn't the primary use of the monitor.

Sorry I guess I've turned this into a review thread.
 
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