lcd panels
When I wrote about TN LCD panels 5 years ago, I considered them acceptable, despite their overall mediocrity, mostly due to the massive price difference. Unfortunately, the vast majority of LCDs on the market now are TN. You can opt to pay a little bit more for one of the
monitor calibration
If you've invested in a quality monitor for your computer, you owe it to yourself-- and your eyes-- to spend 15 minutes setting it up properly for your viewing environment. I'm not talking about a high-end color calibration [http://www.dansdata.com/spyder.htm], although you
user experience
As displays increase in size and prices drop, more and more users will end up with relatively large displays by default. Nobody buys 15 or 17 inch displays any more; soon, it won't make financial sense to buy a display smaller than 20 inches. Eventually, if this trend
technology trends
In a recent post, Dave Shea documented his love/hate relationship with the pixel grid [http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/06/12/a_subpixel_s/]: > Here's the caveat though -- high resolution displays. At 100dpi, ClearType wins out, but we're not going to be stuck
lcd
After revisiting my ongoing three monitor obsession recently, I was compelled to upgrade my current mongrel mix of varying LCD monitor brands and sizes. I settled on three 20" Samsung 204B panels. Standardizing on a single type of monitor in a multiple monitor configuration has obvious advantages in color
font rendering
I've been vacillating a bit on ClearType recently. I love ClearType in theory. A threefold improvement in horizontal resolution on LCDs is an incredible step forward for computer displays. Internet Explorer 7 forces the issue a bit by always defaulting to ClearType for web content, even if you
display technology
In a recent blog entry, Don Park waxed poetic about 1600x1480 15″ LCDs. That’s more of a microfiche reader than an actual screen. High DPI displays, though, aren’t the root of the problem. As Scoble points out, the real issue is Windows itself: Turns out his screen was