Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.games.action
Subject	Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.?
Date	2014-12-28 18:02 +0000
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On 2014-12-28, Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 28 Dec 2014 16:02:45 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2014-12-28, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>> On 12/28/2014 5:10 AM, Tim O wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a 28" Asus and I'm happy with it. The Asus replaced a 23"
>>>> Samsung and its *bright*. The whites were almost glaring out of the
>>>> box and colors were a bit wacky... Blue's were almost purple.
>>>>
>>>> Basically what I'm saying is that it took more fiddling than normal to
>>>> get the colors right, but once you get the contrast and color tweaked
>>>> the image is very nice.
>>>
>>> Really? How annoying. How long did that take to tweak? :(
>>
>>This is typical for el-cheap-o monitors. If your top goal is spending
>>the least amount, you're going to get shit. ; )
>
> Not sure if my other reply sent... Not a cheap monitor (Asus PB287Q)
> but the brightness and color correction seems to be true of Asus in
> general.
>
> I'd rather have a monitor thats too bright and needs to be tweaked
> instead of one thats not bright enough.

Brightness is one thing. Color accuracy is a whole other thing. I expect
a brand-new monitor to be color accurate (blue should not be purple).

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Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-26 09:46 -0800
  Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@nevrhadgmail.com> - 2014-12-26 13:01 -0500
    Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-26 11:17 -0800
      Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@nevrhadgmail.com> - 2014-12-26 16:41 -0500
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          Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@nevrhadgmail.com> - 2014-12-26 19:24 -0500
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        Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-28 07:55 -0800
          Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-28 16:02 +0000
            Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-28 08:05 -0800
            Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-28 11:56 -0500
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              Re: Good <= 25" wide monitors to buy for action gaming, etc.? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-28 18:02 +0000
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