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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: 28 Dec 2014 18:02:57 GMT
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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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