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Today's Fastest Retail LCD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ghosting-is-for-suckers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ViewSonic has recently released a very exciting product, a nineteen inch LCD display with a 3ms response time. This is the fastest LCD panel currently available to consumers, and it is clearly aimed at gamers and movie watchers. Dubbed the VX924, the display is part of ViewSonic's X series which tries to comnbine performance with style. The word on the street is that Samsung will have a 4ms display available this year, but this may be the only 3ms."

3 of 251 comments (clear)

  1. Is it 6 bit, or full 8 bit color? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Most of the super fast LCD's are 6-bit, which kind of sucks.

  2. Great but.... by graemecoates · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...when will manufacturers manage to produce LCD screens with more accurate colour renditioning?

    If you're into digital photography in any kind of non-serious way and actually want to preview pictures the way they'll look when they print, then I believe that a CRT is still the best method of doing this.

    A shame really, as I'd save a load of deskspace with an LCD screen...

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  3. Re:LCD ms numbers are a lie by pe1chl · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Also, remember that a fast response time does not mean you will see smooth moving images.

    There will still be smearing because the LCD has a sample-and-hold characteristic and shows each image the full time between refreshes.

    To solve this, a strobing backlight that flashes shortly during each frame is required.