Ditherig Straw Poll
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Today I tried Ditherig 1.1 with Intel i3-3220, HD 2500 graphics, and it seemed to work.
3 days ago, I decided it was enough and switched from the straining iMac to my old PC desktop from 2013. However, after a couple of hours I felt some tiredness in the eyes, which I didn’t have 3 years ago. It’s Windows 2004, DVI, Samsung 971p S-PVA monitor. Way way better than on Mac, though. I think either my eyes got more sensitive, or the tech has changed (or both).
So I installed Ditherig and set it to disable all types of dithering. I did not see any difference, but after a few hours, I was still sitting at the computer, I could concentrate, and my eyes weren’t tired. So I think it works, unless it’s a placebo.
Has anyone see it work on such an old tech?
Initially, I couldn’t install it, but then chose another exe - amd64, and this one installed fine. A bit counterintuitive.
For me the main problem with ditherig is that it's unoficcial software (we have even warnings about it on the main site), so in some companies there can be problems with installing it because of security reasons.
Has anyone tried dithering on Intel Iris series?
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Does this app work with Windows 11?
Edit: seems like: https://github.com/skawamoto0/ditherig/issues/4
Can someone confirm? My banding test image does not look all that different with it turned on.
I tried the most recent version in Windows 11 and it seemed to work. Not sure it completely solved my eye strain on windows but it did seem to change some effects of the GUI.
I installed this on windows 11, and it has destroyed my frame rate & my computer no longer detects my Dell S3422DWG monitor (says in Advanced display “Connected to Microsoft Basic Display Driver)
I just reinstalled the Dell Driver and still doesn’t work & I see no “uninstall” file in the Ditherig folder.
Please Help!
Ditherig does not install, you can simply delete de folder and reboot. Most likely in your case it is a coincidence.
even v2.2 does no work on win10 laptop with intel integrated graphics Acer V3-571G with 8bit IPS screen FHD 15.6" AUO B156HAN09.0
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For the record, ditherig works on Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13" (2012 model, i7, HD 4000, Windows 8.1). After disabling dithering, color depth is surprisingly reduced effectively all the way to 6-bit and extremely heavy banding appears.
This computer was already very usable by default with only some slight eye strain, but after disabling dithering, there is near ZERO eye strain. It is now one of the most comfortable screens I've ever used.
DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs how about connected to a external monitor?
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jordan It didn't seem to use dithering anyway when connected to an external monitor, regardless of the ditherig setting. Changing the setting wouldn't changing anything about my external monitor output, it always remained an 8-bit RGB signal.
All of the monitors I own have FRC so it's hard to tell, but I could only notice the monitor's own FRC pattern when moving my head. Usually when a HDMI signal uses temporal dithering (like on M1 Macs by default), I can see the two dither patterns clashing with each other on certain shades of color. However, the Lenovo's output looks just as clean (as an FRC monitor will allow you to get) as the clean signal you would get from a modified "Stillcolor-dither-disabled" M1 Mac.
I can confirm Ditherig works for me on a 13th gen Intel HP laptop. Effect is direct perceivable for me.
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Windows 11 22H2 build number 1702 (Laptop = HP Elitebook 860 G10 16inch)
Without Ditherig.exe the first image on this page flickers like crazy: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gradient.php
With Ditherig.exe installed flicker goes away. (difference is very visible with naked eye)
The Ditherig program didn't automatically detect my 13th gen intel iGPU, I had to choose "Identify GPU by questions.." to make it work.