Pictures Of Monitor:

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Colour Reproduction:

The following tests have been conducted after the monitor has been calibrated to the reviewer’s satisfaction.

Image 1: Colour Palette Picture – The colours are better than my CRT. The colour reproduction is the best I've seen on any monitor.

Image 2: Colour Sands – Same as above, colours are very vivid and clear.

Image 3: Doom 3 Screen Shot – The black levels are actually black.
When I first powered the monitor on, the monitor looked like it had a case of backlight leakage but once I setup the options manually it seemed to be ok, the main thing which changed the black reproduction was the gamma mode which I set to mode3.

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Gaming:

Pixel Response Program: Results = 9ms (manufacturer's spec 8ms)

Gaming Observations: - After playing quake3 on the monitor on both 250fps and 125fps I saw no ghosting at all and the colour reproduction was excellent. I was seeing colours on maps I'd played for years which I had never been able to see properly.

Unreal Tournament Test Video (17MB) - I ran the UT2003 trailer and didn't notice any ghosting or blurring, the colour reproduction was as in quake3 and the first images.

Q. Would you consider yourself an avid gamer and would you recommend this monitor to a gamer? - I play games most nights and have been online gaming on First Person Shooters since 1996 (Duke Nukem 3D on Wireplay) I would deffinately recommend this monitor to others as the response time is so low you see no ghosting and the colour reproduction is excellent.

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Panel Uniformity:

Black Screen - On first powering the monitor on default settings there seemed to be backlight leakage but on setting the monitor settings it seemed ok. There is now a noticeable difference in blacks.

White Screen - White seems to be pretty good. Using the monitor in normal use where viewing angles aren't effected the whites are not effected. On changing viewing angles the white does start to appear yellow.

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Image Clarity:

The image seems to be very sharp. The only thing I needed to change was gamma and brightness as stated above. On changing the refresh rate I don't notice any difference but cleartype does make a noticeable difference.

Q. Does DVI make any difference to the image? - N/A, don’t have DVI

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Viewing Angles:

Vertical: - If you are looking at a black screen and move your head up you can notice a slight change in brightness at the bottom of the screen.

Horizontal: - The screen is really suitable for single user and not people sat side by side. 30 degrees to either side and the image noticeably changes colour. Whites become tinged with yellow and the image darkens. You can still see the screen at extreme angles (+/- 80 degrees), just it’s much darker.

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Movie Playback:

Matrix Reloaded Trailer (58MB, 640 x 346 resolution) -

General Movie Playback: - I've watched Rammstein Live Aus Berlin on the monitor and haven't noticed any ghosting, noise, etc. The picture seems to be very sharp, clear and colourfull.