Anyone bothered by the grainy/glittery screens of the older style Apple Cinema Displays (not the newest glass ones)? I have a 30" and while I really like the IPS panel and colors, the graininess is almost unbearable. I did some quick searching but most of the threads were for MBP screens. Any notice this ACD issue?
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30" ACD very grainy??
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It's like a grainy/shimmery look. I've used many other displays, most recently a new iMac 24", and on those you could lean in close to the screen and clearly see each individual pixel. On my 30", everything has that "shimmer" and grainy look, it makes things look a little fuzzy or hazy.
I know what you're talking about. No you're not crazy. Pretty much every apple LCD (matte) that i've seen has this effect. Not much you can do about it I think.
Yes.
At risk of me being a soapboxing broken record:
This is why I've had my eyes open for a glossy IPS-based panel, and of course, now that Apple has made one, it won't work with desktops...yet. Believe it or not, to me, glossy would be the lesser of the evils.
(Glossy+AR coated, like a CRT, would be my ideal.)
I'd like to see the NEC 26" screen in person; it has a more coarse pixel pitch, and I wonder if that would reduce the graininess.
I have mixed feelings about the glossy screens. I also recently picked up a new MBP, glossy, and absolutely hate the screen on the laptop. I don't want to stir the bees on this topic but my personal opinion is the glassbook is incredibly hard to use because of the mirror-like reflection. However, my desktop is in a room where the light is more manageable and I could probably live with a glossy display. Problem is, I'm in love with the real estate a 30" gives you and Apple's new displays don't come in that size... yet. I do love my current display, it's a great monitor, but the graininess is very hindering for the design work I do. I'm constantly zooming in and out in Photoshop/Illustrator and it's crazy how hard it is to see some pixel edges because of this lame haze/shimmer/grain/fuzz/whatever.
I guess what I'm saying is that more likely than not your eyes will adjust. My first ACD was after using CRTs for years. The change was abrupt and annoying at first, but like a lot of things after a while you look back at what you were using before and realize it was garbage compared to what you are now used to.
All the 23" and the 30" ACD have the shimmering look as that is the characteristics of an S-IPS panel.
The new 24" LED ACD elminates this as its the newer superior H-IPS panel.
