How do you properly adjust an LCD monitor?

External Since: May 09, 2004 Posts: 1

I found a great deal at Staples, a 17" PIXO AT700S LCD monitor, by
NESOUSA for $380, minus $80 rebate, minus another $30 coupon (net $270
USD).

Though this monitor has contrast specs below some others (400:1) and
not the fastest response time (Tr/Tf 15/35ms) it is certainly more
vivid than my 17" CRT which I also ran at 1280x1024, and looks fine
playing video. I am not a game player.

I have tried my best to get it setup correctly, but have found that
many of the controls interact, so tweaking one is in essence tweaking
others. Not only that, some have names which don't describe any
function I know.

Basically, there are: Brightness, Contrast and Color Temperature,
plus Pitch, Phase and Sharpness. The other controls are for
positioning and no problem.

So, can anyone recommend a method to my madness to get this setup
right?

Thanks,
Geoff Fox

External Since: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 2

Here are some definitions for some of the settings (from NESO -
Taiwan) for one of their other LCD monitors:

FUNCTION - INSTRUCTION
Brightness - Adjust the white light intensity.
Contrast - Adjust the ratio of white to black.
Phase - Adjust the horizontal flicker.
Pitch - Adjust the vertical noise and correct he horizontal size.
H center - Adjust the horizontal position.
V center - Adjust the vertical position.
Color - Select the screen to show user bluish (9300K), reddish
(6500K),
greenish (5000K) or user.
Menu position - Select the menu position.
Reset - Reset changes and recall factory settings.
Backlight - Adjust the light of the backlighting lamps.
Language - Select the display language (English, German, French,
Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

How's the picture on the monitor right out of the box (using the
factory presets)?
Have you tried to install the monitor driver? The driver can be
downloaded from <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nesousa.com/support.asp" target="_blank">http://www.nesousa.com/support.asp</a>

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> I found a great deal at Staples, a 17" PIXO AT700S LCD monitor, by
> NESOUSA for $380, minus $80 rebate, minus another $30 coupon (net $270
> USD).
>
> Though this monitor has contrast specs below some others (400:1) and
> not the fastest response time (Tr/Tf 15/35ms) it is certainly more
> vivid than my 17" CRT which I also ran at 1280x1024, and looks fine
> playing video. I am not a game player.
>
> I have tried my best to get it setup correctly, but have found that
> many of the controls interact, so tweaking one is in essence tweaking
> others. Not only that, some have names which don't describe any
> function I know.
>
> Basically, there are: Brightness, Contrast and Color Temperature,
> plus Pitch, Phase and Sharpness. The other controls are for
> positioning and no problem.
>
> So, can anyone recommend a method to my madness to get this setup
> right?
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff Fox