gossamer axe wrote:
Yes, it is always clearer and more evenly back-lit when you look at an LCD head on. At least currently, an LCD will not out perform a CRT in these two aspects. The greater the angle, the less you will appreciate the LCD. When I first got the screens I noticed it more. I was coming from dual 19" Trinitrons. It helps to find the right brightness for you. I do catch myself moving around to view my work more dead-on. I never thought about it until just now when I caught myself leaning over to my left as I write this email which is at the left edge of the left screen. Overall, I'll take the massive increase in desktop area over the limitations any day. In no case do I consider the limitations as extreme or miserable. Perhaps check the professional reviews of the two to determine if there is a difference between our models.Is this a shortcoming of the technology or something that will be improved on in the future?
This is currently a limitation in the technology. The problem arises because of the layered structure of a cell in an LCD display. The cells rely on a tiny blob of liquid crystal and transparent conductors with a polarizing film either behind or in front of the cell. The whole thing is covered with a protective plastic film. There is a nice diagram in the Samsung manual that shows how they build the cells. The cells tend to act more like little flashlights with a directional beam because the light source has to go through an aperture controlled by the liquid crystal. Changing your viewing angle means you you look more into the side of the cell where the black guard coloring resides and not directly into the light source. Also, if you look at an angle you are looking at light that had to go through more of the liquid crystal and polarizing film and is thus reduced.
There are probably ways to fix this. For example, an optical plate that directly couples the cell to a diffuser element. But something like that would probably add massively to the cost at least for now.
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