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Lightboost made me satisfied with LCDs.
Acceptable compromise :/
Acceptable compromise :/
VERY acceptable compromise. And with how LIGHT LCD's are (thus making swapping around easy), there's really no reason why someone can't have two, in case they want to switch from gaming to normal photography or image editing or general usage....
Oh and using a LB monitor instead of a FW900 saves a lot of money on that electric blil, too...
It bear worth noting that 120Hz LB versus non-LB are two different animals:I don't regret the move from a fast 120hz TN to IPS.
I don't play many online games and do more digital painting though.
Such dramatic testimonials is the reason why manufacturers needs to focus on backlight-based motion blur elimination technologies more often in LCD computer monitors. Not everyone likes it, but some of us really do. For motion-blur sensitive people and hard-core FPS players, the CRT motion effect in a flat panel is still quite too rare.At this point I felt like I may have wasted $300 bucks on a monitor that is full of compromises. The next thing I tried of course was using the Lightboost hack. This was the main reason why I bought the monitor in the first place since there are plenty of other 120 Hz monitors that I could have gotten that I'm sure had better color reproduction.
[...enables LightBoost...]
SWEET MOTHER OF GOD!
Am I seeing this correctly? The last time I gamed on a CRT monitor was back in 2006 before I got my first LCD and this ASUS monitor is EXACTLY like how I remembered gaming on a CRT monitor. I was absolutely shocked and amazed at how clear everything was when moving around. After seeing Lightboost in action, I would have gladly paid twice the amount for something that can reproduce the feeling I got when playing on a CRT. Now I really can't see myself going back to my 30" 2560x1600 IPS monitor when gaming. Everything looks so much clearer on the ASUS with Lightboost turned on.
Such dramatic testimonials is the reason why manufacturers needs to focus on backlight-based motion blur elimination technologies more often in LCD computer monitors. Not everyone likes it, but some of us really do. For motion-blur sensitive people and hard-core FPS players, the CRT motion effect in a flat panel is still quite too rare.
That said, I know not everyone is more sensitive to motion blur, than to color...
Or other brand names that exercise the principle of using precise synchronized backlight scanning/flashing to eliminate motion blur. (tantamount to introducing CRT flicker, so this feature should be able to be turned on/off easily in one step). Doesn't necessarily have to be nVidia's trademark (LightBoost). Certain Samsung monitors also have a strobe backlight.Yeah, atm the colour shift makes me sicker than motion blur.
I agree though and I hope lightboost becomes a new standard in high end gaming monitors.
...as for the fw900, i could have bought a barely used one at 85 $, but sadly it´s a bit bulky and power hungry for my taste.
Yeah, atm the colour shift makes me sicker than motion blur.
I agree though and I hope lightboost becomes a new standard in high end gaming monitors.
Oh here we go again with the electricity bullshit counter argument. Just to piss you off....
http://i.imgur.com/iMxwz8E.jpg
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nice to see you posting here Torr - I saw over at esreality that you modded a wingman. I've used a wingman since 1997 (well first I used logitech mouseman 96 which was virtually identical), and a few weeks ago installed a deathadder 3.5g sensor into the shell, with the help of a friend. Anyway, not to get off topic but props to you for being one of the pioneers
I must say that the newer LED light bulbs are getting better and cheaper. For example, the newer CREE brand 40-watt and 60-watt replacements are quite warm-looking for LED, look far more like actual incandescent bulbs (glass; not plastic!), with a nice incandescent style glow (CRI>90), consume less than 1/6th as much as incandescent for the same light, and they cost only $10 during some sales. In fact, I just replaced a 60-watt outdoor incandescent General Electric bulb, with a CREE 40-watt LED replacement (6-watt actual), and it actually emitted MORE light! (I think the 60 watter was just getting smoked up a little, but I was surprised that I cut electricity by 90% *and* GAINED LIGHT!!!)Seems I'm not the only European stocking up. Although I'm getting the Halogen bulbs. They are going to be banned in 2016.
Fair enough.I don't, because they come by decree from the EU. Meaning there's someone with a badge and gun forcing people away from incan bulbs.