Berek Halfhand
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- Apr 14, 2008
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The general consensus is that yes, this is currently as good as it gets for a sub $1k IPS panel. I've seen the 23" ACD and the antiglare coating was annoyingly aggressive and sparkly. It wasn't quite as bad on the NEC 2690, but not great either. Seems to be common in IPS models. I'd be interested in how the coating on the DS is.
For me, it sounds like the DoubleSight is too bright and doesn't have the functionality to dim enough. On the NEC, I had set it to 0% Brightness, then there was an "advanced brightness reduction" mode with two levels (low and lower). Had to set that to "low" which finally looked great - in a normal sunlit room. The thing was that freaking bright. But it doesn't sound like the DS has an option like that.
Wish Apple would refresh their damn displays and put me out of my misery. Last spec update on the 23" ACD was in March 2006. I'd be able to control the backlight from my keyboard too.
If you want to lower the brightness further, you should easily be able to do this via the graphics card settings. Gamma and contrast can both be fine-tuned to give you a lower brightness level without affecting image quality (and more likely due to the lower "normal" brightness, increase image quality).