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Ghosting problems on a 2ms response time screen.

Nov 14, 2009 6:20PM PST

I am having an unusual problem with my monitor (LG L207WT). Although the response time is only 2ms, i am having ghosting issues while playing video games.In some games more intense than in others...but still...i have it. I have noticed that the ghosting is more intense when the displayed environment is darker and on the other hand, i have no ghosting issues at all when the displayed environment is very bright. I dont know if you agree with me or not, but i dont find ghosting to be normal in a 2ms screen. I mean, i ve heard that there is no ghosting visible to screens with even larger response times, like 5ms. Can anyone please help me on this?
I dont know what other hardware information should i give to help someone understand the problem, since i think its a monitor issue alone. The only directly assosiated hardware is my GPU. Its GeForce 8600GT (yea i know its old, hehe Happy ) with the latest drivers installed of course.

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NOT A FIX.
Nov 17, 2009 12:03AM PST

What that 2ms time is needs defining. That's from "a brightness level" to "half that brigtness level." Many are confused about this and need more explaining what this time is and what it means.

You should see ghosting on such a display if the image was bright and went to near black.

There is another factor in this time and that is the TEMPERATURE of the LCD PANEL. One complainer had their LCD in a cold basement. The ghosting was terrible but as a test I had them turn on the display an hour before they wanted to use it. The ghosting was still there but within reason. Not nearly as bad as it was when it was stone cold.

This does not fix your issue but is to arm you with more about what this is. If you want ghost free displays you might have to go back to CRTs or try a PLASMA display.
Bob

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Not sure
Nov 17, 2009 4:12AM PST

I think i am going to have to disagree.You see..thats not the only 2ms lcd i ve seen..i ve seen at least 4-5 with the same response times (2ms)..and there was no ghosting at all. I have even seen an older lcd with 16ms response time..and i didnt notice any ghosting there either. I think It is impossible for a 2ms screen (that works normally of course) to create ghosting of such intensity as mine creates..(i ve seen up to almost half centimetre trace). And to conclude..my lcd is not placed in any "extreme" position...just a random room place..with room temperature, and i am not living in siberia Happy

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Your disagreement is with the maker.
Nov 17, 2009 5:09AM PST

They take LIBERAL LIBERTIES with measuring that number. I am only sharing that the accepted measure was the time from the brightness to HALF that. This is what it was when we did the testing a few years ago.

If you get a set and you think they lied, call them on it. Have them prove it is 2mS.
Bob