monitor refresh rates

[Calpitor]

Viewsonic monitors have always been my first choice. Never had an issue with any of the models I have owned or sold. As an alternative choice I offer KDS, for the financially challenged, and my clients have been pleased with thier choice. Recently, withing the last 6 mos or so, I have begun offerring some Samsung SynchMasters models as well and although it is a little premature to attest to thier durability I have clients happy with them too more than I can say about the bad run of luck I had with the Samtron line that the Samsung models replaced.

[Platypus]

I assume folk referring to Samtron and Samsung know Samtron is Samsung?

[Calpitor]

Originally posted by Platypus
I assume folk referring to Samtron and Samsung know Samtron is Samsung?

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I believe you have it backwards Platypus Samsung is the parent company. So in actuality Samsung is Samtron for details . I know it sounds like I'm splitting hairs but the difference allows for Samsung to make a reliable product and sell its cast offs.

[MACH2]

chiming in late but couldn't resist.

refresh rates depend a lot on the monitor capability and vid card capability settings. i.e. not just refresh rates put advanced options on vid cards with gl support features.

Somebody said samtron should be watched out for... Untrue. Samtron is one of the leaders in vid card and vid card/ plus memory chips of all sorts! I have a samtron 17inch long before xp came out but still can handle the hot vid cards. I won't trade it in.. no way.

mach

[Platypus]

Originally posted by Calpitor
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it sounds like I'm splitting hairs

Yes, it does...

Maybe a difference in the use of language, but "Samtron is Samsung" to me economically states "Samtron is (made by) Samsung", or "Samtron is (part of) Samsung", perhaps it would have been more specific to say "Samtrons are Samsung" to point to the product rather than the company.

It just struck me as a little curious that folk disenchanted with Samtron would enthusiastically substitute Samsung, if they were aware they were also manufacturing the despised product.

[104456]

Originally posted by SuperSparks
It's worth mentioning that installing the latest monitor drivers can be worthwhile. I got my Iiyama monitors up from 85 to 100Hz (at 1280 x 1024) by installing the latest drivers.

I was under the impression monitor"drivers" were merely inf files which contained relavent information regarding the monitor resolutions etc not a driver per se and were not a requirement to achieve good resolution from any monitor or am I incorrect in my assumption?

[jenae]

Hi I must say when I updated my monitor drivers I was surprised that they where only Inf files, however when I checked further I noticed they have a relationship with my vid card driver. It is this that I suspect optimisers the refresh rate. Either way my default went from max 85 to 100. If you want a technical answer I will be back in civilisation early next week and have the tech's who should know. Thanks 104456 for raising this as it is interesting.

[ProfessorU]

I've been running a 2-monitor desktop for awhile now, and since my 4 monitors don't match each other, I've learned more than I expected to about color and clarity.

17" MAG Innovision is clearest
15" ViewSonic is truest colors and best contrast
17" NEC MultiSync looks terrible next to almost anything
15" cheapie off of an e-machine makes it look like everything is written in warm marshmallow

I've used Sony monitors in the past and they are probably my favorite. Laptop users shouldn't have to worry about refresh rates too much, since their screens are LCD.

[SuperSparks]

I just had a look at the Iiyama driver, which comprises a couple of .inf files and shedloads of .icm files (something to do with colour profiles). The main .inf files contains a load of Registry changes amongst other things, so there's obviously more than just information in them.