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Do all monitors render text differently?

SirMaster said:
If you want better text run through the ClearType wizard. There are several options that will fine tune the text rendering for each monitor.
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Nah, ClearType doesn't work for me. Turning ClearType on for me makes the text look worse in my eyes. I'm good, though, as I've finally figured out what my problem is. As stated above, my problem is with Windows 7 and how the OS renders text, specifically how Win 7 makes text look very antialiased, which I can't stand. Antialiased text looks like I'm looking at text without my glasses. Text that's aliased looks like I'm looking at text with my glasses.

I've corrected the problem by changing the theme to Windows Classic and under Performance Options, I've unchecked "Smooth edges of screen fonts." When I do this, all the text now appears aliased, which I like. For me, text looks best this way and now, I'm perfectly happy with how text looks on my monitor now. It's clear and crisp.

So, all this time, I've gone about things the wrong way, always thinking it was the monitor that was causing these problems for me. Plain and simple, it was the OS and how the OS renders text. That's what was causing me the issues. When I change the theme to Windows Classic, the text looks like how Windows XP renders text, which is what I like. Problem solved. :)
 
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i'm going to try some of these things on my dlp. text looks blurry. movies and video look sharp though. oh well :p
 
Mabu said:
This is entirely subjective and there's plenty of other factors involved besides the panel type and AG coating. I have the Dell U2311H at home, which supposedly has some of the heaviest/most aggressive AG coating on it. However, text appears perfectly clear to me, and I have no issues reading documents/forums for hours on end.

This whole AG coating thing is completely blown out of proportion on this forum. Yes, it bothers some as they may be more "sensitive" to its presence, but I honestly never notice it unless I'm looking for it.
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I agree but on some panels the coating is extreme and distracting. U2410 is one of them which I own but in general I think people make a huge deal out of AG coating even in small form on this forum.
 
Godmachine said:
I agree but on some panels the coating is extreme and distracting. U2410 is one of them which I own but in general I think people make a huge deal out of AG coating even in small form on this forum.
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Yup, some panels are beyond bad, notably the Apple 30" display. Holy crap at how bad that is. The AG coating on that is horrendous!
 
the IPS monitor's ag coating on Dell and LG are the worst !
if you want a IPS u must buy Asus or HP ( hersh and dirty but less than dell/LG ).
 
Kueller said:
I have an HP LP2465 (PVA) and a LP2475w (IPS), and have felt for a long time that the 2465 does a better job with text. I generally play games on the ips and read/surf on the PVA.
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i signed up in this forum this being my first post to say that the LP2465 is not a good of a monitor for text as you think. i have one and for text its actually unacceptable. i've tried many of these monitors and they are all fuzzy and blurry. when i migrated from a cheap 1680x1050 monitor to the 2465 the sharpness instantly took a dive. the colors and brightness on the lp2465 are nice but it fails miserably on text quality and for that alone i cannot recommend it.
looking at newegg reviews on the LP2475w i see someone complain just like i complained about the 2465. i think that comfirms both these monitors aren't built well.
 
TN ?
text blurred will resolve whit increasing sharpness value.
 
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musician said:
i signed up in this forum this being my first post to say that the LP2465 is not a good of a monitor for text as you think. i have one and for text its actually unacceptable. i've tried many of these monitors and they are all fuzzy and blurry. when i migrated from a cheap 1680x1050 monitor to the 2465 the sharpness instantly took a dive. the colors and brightness on the lp2465 are nice but it fails miserably on text quality and for that alone i cannot recommend it.
looking at newegg reviews on the LP2475w i see someone complain just like i complained about the 2465. i think that comfirms both these monitors aren't built well.
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Well, between 1 negative comment on newegg (on a monitor with 80% 5-egg reviews), and my own direct, daily, side-by-side comparison...I'm gonna go with my own eyes. Also not sure how text rendering (which is affected by windows settings, graphics card, and the monitor itself) equates to these monitors "not being built well".

What do you have against HP anyways bro? I see you in here bashing every HP display mentioned. I'm not saying they're NEC quality, but they aren't bad.
 
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