Problems with Wide Screen Monitor and XP

"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:g1hda2$3rn$1@aioe.org...
> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
>> news:ObAqxW6vIHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> "NoName" <null@null.com> wrote in message
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>>>> I have an E-machine with an NVidia graphics chip set (6100, I think,
>>>> but I'm not sure of that -- not sitting in front of that machine right
>>>> now). I also just purchased the Dell E228WFP 22-inch Widescreen Flat
>>>> Panel Monitor, my first wide screen monitor, which has a maximum
>>>> resolution of 1680 x 1050 at 60 Hz.
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to use the maximum resolution mode because (1) the fonts
>>>> are too small, and (2) I think there is some flicker, even though I
>>>> thought the flat panel monitors are not supposed to have the flicker
>>>> issues associated with the older CRTs.
>>> They don't. This is sometimes related to the brightness setting, not
>>> the refresh rate.
>>>
>>
>> Not strictly correct. Although LCD panels don't flicker in normal use,
>> there are certain patterns that if displayed on an LCD display cause a
>> really bad flickering problem. I have one such pattern here on a Unix
>> machine. It can best be described as a small dog tooth type pattern, but
>> the display really flickers when it is displayed.
>>
>>
>
> I recommend this article. Some modern LCDs employ techniques which
> can add flicker, compared to older LCD monitors. They do this,
> to change the apparent response time.
>
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/oth...arameters.html
>
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/oth...ameters_5.html
>
> "We haven’t yet tested the FP241WZ in our labs, so I can only quote
> a review published by the respectable BeHardware (“BenQ FP241WZ:
> 1st LCD with screening”). Vincent Alzieu writes there that the new
> technology indeed improves the subjective perception of the monitor’s
> response time, but although only one out of the 16 backlight lamps
> is off at any given moment, a flickering of the screen can be noticed
> in some cases, particularly on large solid-color fields."
>
> Another possibility, is a mechanism like this. 6 bit panels and dithering.
> http://www.geocities.com/icecow88/97...hering-en.html
>
>

This is actually a black and white pattern. It has no grey shades in it at
all. This monitor is a fairly standard LCD monitor.