Products to try or avoid? PWM Flicker and Temporal Dithering Testing
Hi guys good stuff. i’m planning to purchase the pro 7i.
It comes with win 11 though. i’m no computer expert at this point in my life, is it possible to roll back to win 19 using the same product key? i’d like to use the build suggested here.
i was originally planning to purchase the mac air m3 because of still color but giving up gaming and is a bit much though i do t game a lot at all.
is the pro 7i with the omissions better than the mac in terms of eye strain?
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Do you mean windows 10 1809? With that version, the included product key does not work. It is for windows 11 home only and windows 10 home.
I still use the 7i even with windows 11 home edition but only at 240 fps screen refresh rate. I don't game but it is moderately safe for me subjectively. I don't like the WLED backlight because it still looks "harsh". The backlight flicker is decent but not completely free of micro-fluctuations. Then their is panel lottery to factor into your decision.
You may want to wait a bit for updates on the Mac laptops and Stillcolor results.
To clarify, you can run windows 10 home edition and it should work without having to buy a new activation key but I'm not sure about the dithering and driver issues with just windows 10 home. The windows 10 1809 in question here is windows 10 Enterprise LTSC which not activate without a new key.
Are you able to use linux mint? I've also had moderately good results with mint running on Thinkpad T480s with just the intel UHD 620 (not nvidia gpu version). I had to swap the panel it came with with the one here: https://www.panelook.com/B140QAN02.3_AUO_14.0_LCM_overview_33893.html
The problem with my panel is that I see flickering increase over time under the scope.
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So I agree that displays should not be televisions. My mistake was trying two Eizo monitors designed to help people make and color grade television shows and movies. Doh!
Subpixel layout is another factor to consider for eyestrain particularly with text. Again, their is a lack of consistency or lack of data at all on this matter.
https://www.displayninja.com/rgb-vs-bgr-subpixel-layout/
Read the review titled "Subpixel layout is BGR instead RGB!"
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1425544-REG/eizo_cg319x_4k_bk_31_1_dci_4k_wide_screen.html/reviews
I have bought this monitor from Amazon.de (because I live in EU) with high hopes because I work in 3d Multimedia industry (3d rendering, color critical work etc.) but after 1 month of use I have noticed a strange phenomenon: the monitor started to develop some kind of convergence issue. From my knowledge I know there’s no such thing as old-school convergence on a high-end IPS monitor but after a closer look, looks like this “high-end” monitor have this problem. (See photo attached)
LCD pixels are actually made up of three sub-pixels. From left to right, those sub-pixels are red, green, blue, but in the case of this piece of junk the effect is so visible that nearly kills your eyes after you read and work with documents and even images.
After some serious digging, I have found out that this monitor has BGR subpixel layout. This affects very negatively to text clarity and there are no complete fixes for this “issue” yet…
Or one can flip the monitor so it is used inverted.
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photon78s One way or another, you can select the correct subpixel layout in modern operating system's font settings. If you use Windows, I guess it's still being done via ClearType Text Tuner.
This is only (not particularly) a font issue and only an issue if the fonts by default are both antialiased and the antialiasing is using subpixel rendering, AND for whatever reason the operating system ignored or failed to detect the monitor's subpixel layout in its EDID information.
Granted a badly programmed application could ignore all those settings on purpose, but that's not the monitor's fault.
photon78s Or one can flip the monitor so it is used inverted.
That can actually introduce eye strain, depending on how the graphics driver handles the flipping.
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Wording corrected based on your feedback. Yes, in Windows, ClearType is used to adjust font appearance and their are some github projects to help with this as well for Windows. My issue is with the lack of official documentation on this subpixel layout (unless product is reviewed on sites like rtings.com).
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Off-topic:
https://learnopencv.com/why-does-opencv-use-bgr-color-format/
https://community.khronos.org/t/rgb-or-bgr-for-textures/34863
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/3023/why-bgr-color-order/3025
https://medium.com/@walmaly/the-curse-of-color-order-conflicts-on-deep-learning-1e58b765d40e
One of the elements of good design is the principle of least astonishment ( a.k.a principle of least surprise). A good intuitive design makes the user not think.
Makes you wonder:
https://www.thedisplay.blog/rgb-vs-bgr-subpixel-layout-answered/
Nvidia NVCP desktop color settings:
https://www.nvidia.com/content/Control-Panel-Help/vLatest/en-us/mergedProjects/nvdsp/CS_Adjust_Color_Settings_Advanced.htm
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ordered the new lenovo legion 7 pro. really hope it doesn’t fuck my eyes.
edit: it’s the 2024 model and i read that it supports 100% dci-p3? if that’s true does that mean the screen is different and may prove to be worse for the eyes?