After using this monitor for about half a week, I have to say this is much better then my Dell U2414H.
It's semi-old tech (DVI and VGA only!) and has some ghosting, but I'm becoming nearly symptom free which is phenomenal.
We'll see how it progresses.
ViewSonic VA2455sm 24-Inch
Slacor Thanks for the update. I can't find any for sale on eBay or elsewhere. Mind if I ask where you purchased it and if there are any more available? Considering trying it.
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I got it here
There was a refurbished one I got very cheaply (making it easier to trial).
There's a "newer model" that is flicker free but doesn't specify whether 8 bit or 6 bit.
If you want to try the new one, I would suggest contacting them and asking them.
I'm using this monitor along with a nvidia card on linux, all of which has allowed me eliminated the usage of dithering. So it was not this monitor alone that "made everything better" is regards to dithering.
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Slacor Appreciate it. I just ordered a BenQ 8 bit / Flicker free panel suggested by JTL. If I don't have any luck I'm bookmarking this ViewSonic and will give it a run. When using a monitor such as this in combination with an Nvidia GPU, is there any setting that needs to be changed in the Nvidia control panel, or should as-is be fine?
ThackeryBinks There's some discussion of that here
Slacor Thanks again. Just read that whole page. If I'm not mistaken, Windows + Nvidia + PWM free 8 Bit monitor shouldn't require any setting changes in the registry or Nvidia control panel, right? Unless we're to use the dithering.exe file in conjunction with the above formula?
ThackeryBinks The dithering exe for for Intel cards. And regardless I have ideas of something "more permanent" than an EXE for Intel Cards to control dithering/PWM
ThackeryBinks we have a first report that a new NVIDIA card seems to be worse than an older one: https://ledstrain.org/d/124-gtx-1070/9
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So the new model Slacor was talking about uses 6bit+FRC. Will attach email and datasheet later.
Hi JTL,
I grab this from the data sheet - Colors 16.7M (6bit + Hi-FRC)
I have attached it
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Jimmy Yao
Inside Sales/Sales Support
ViewSonic Corp.
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Hello
I'm just wondering if the ViewSonic VA2465smh uses a 6-bit or 8-bit color depth, and if it uses dithering/FRC technology for 8-bit.
Thanks
Datasheet: https://cdn.jtl.pw/DS_M_VA2465Smh_2015-02_EN.PDF (my site)
JTL Datasheet: https://cdn.jtl.pw/DS_M_VA2465Smh_2015-02_EN.PDF (my site)
This url no longer works?
Here we go: ds-m-va2465smh-2015-02-en-pdf
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Slacor "After using this monitor for about half a week, I have to say this is much better then my Dell U2414H. It's semi-old tech (DVI and VGA only!) and has some ghosting, but I'm becoming nearly symptom free which is phenomenal."
Any update?
Also, is the coating less aggressive than a typical IPS monitor of the 2016 era? I'm wondering what about this model was benefiting you so much versus the Dell. Some are skeptical VA makes a difference and instead say IPS screens historically had fuzzy, overly aggressive anti-glare coatings. Therefore they lend the impression a low haze IPS should be every bit as comfortable as a decent VA.
Here's a VA comment for this thread:
"VA has the strongest horizontal contrast shift of any LCD panel type. People say viewing angles don't matter if you sit straight behind the monitor, but that isn't true.
If you sit typically close to a VA monitor, the horizontal viewing angle weakness is strong enough, that each eye will be a different angle to the screen, that different angle means each eye sees a different brightness. This can create weird edge artifacts and false 3D effect that shifts with small changes in head position. Most people aren't sensitive to this, but I am, so VA will give me headaches because of this, and I can't use them for very long. Again this doesn't seem to bother most poeple."
Personally, I suspect most people sit too close to their monitors. The screen should be a decent distance away from the eyes and brain. I used to run my 19" CRT at 100 Hz and only 800 x 600. That's because I had the good sense not to sit too close to the screen, same as how everyone used to know to stay away from their TV sets.
In any case, I'd be interested in an informative update from Slacor about his ViewSonic MVA experiences. I've yet to read a negative review about these screens regarding eye comfort and eye strain.