Video artifacts and panel type

[Skipper007]

http://www.behardware.com/articles/638-1/22-the-new-size-that-will-take-over.html

I'm interested in people's thoughts on this section:

Films : TN monitors with ISPs are the worst for movies in that they have a strong twinkling effect. It means that they considerably accentuate the compression defaults of SD and HD sequences. They sometimes even add some giving the impression of not being capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. We have tested so many monitors that we strongly react to this type of defect. However, if you step back 2 meters (except for a couple of monitors), the twinkling effect will no longer be perceptible. Especially if you have an NVIDIA or ATI graphic card with the noise reduction function activated. We saw recently that this correction is very efficient.

I've noticed more artifacts on my Dell Inspiron 1501's LCD than on my desktop's CRT, but I always thought it was just a case of higher contrast. Is it the TN panel, and how bad is the problem on their desktop counterparts?

The reason I ask about this is because my desktop's CRT is going and I need a replacement. I use this machine for a lot of video playback and it doesn't have the noise reduction features mentioned. While I technically could afford something like a PVA/MVA 24 inch (the LG L245P is the cheapest locally at about $600 Canadian), this costs basically twice as much as a 22 inch TN model, so I want to know if this is a big deal beforehand. Especially since VA panels don't have perfect image quality either from what I've heard.

Also, while this box is primarily a video and general computing machine due to age, it does occassionally see a bit of use for slightly older games. As such, will I have the option of running these games in 16:10 resolutions below native? Video card is a Radeon 9700 Pro.

 

[Nielo TM]

Nowdays, this is a problem with all LCDs. That's why I'm going back to CRT lol.

Edit: The best display technology in the near future will be SOLED. It's driven by PWM (so expect very minimal ghosting).

Click on the link below for more info

http://www.universaldisplay.com/oldsite/soled.htm

 

[joemama]

Did you also read this Behardware article? http://www.behardware.com/articles/...s-the-twinkling-effect-of-lcds-in-movies.html using that as a rough guide I all but eleimated twinkling on my lcd's..

 

[Nielo TM]

Applying noise reduction degrades the image.

Unless the card has ultra-high end noise reduction algorithm (which in unlikely), image degradation is highly probable.

 

[Skipper007]

Did you also read this Behardware article? http://www.behardware.com/articles/...s-the-twinkling-effect-of-lcds-in-movies.html using that as a rough guide I all but eleimated twinkling on my lcd's..

I'm not sure the hardware/software configuration I use (Radeon 9700 Pro powered PC with Media Player Classic and a ton of DirectShow codecs generally) supports this.

As for using non-LCD tech... that's also problematic. While my desktop's CRT isn't completely gone, an hour's use on a hot day will make the image start doing very weird things (like someone was fiddling with the monitor's adjustment controls), so I kind of don't want to wait for a replacement. And my monitor shelf isn't big enough to handle a CRT above 17 inches.