Display: Brighter, Better Contrast, And More Torsion-resistant Than What Acer Offers. widescreen notebooks. Notebooks with 15.4" widescreen displays aren't exclusively designed for watching DVDs. As the latest crop we tested from Acer, Dell and Gateway shows,...

Networld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas Show Report - Opening Day. networld. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part, but it seems that prospects are a little brighter for this year's networking confab in the hot and windy Nevada desert. It's not that the show...

significantly from the display's average brightness. However, things don't work exactly that way. Brighter displays tend to have higher standard deviations of brightness than less bright displays simply because they are brighter. We know this because plots...

a brightness setting that suits your needs. Nevertheless, if you set your screen to 80% brightness, then you will still have optimal contrast. Finally, we will measure the spatial uniformity of the panel's brightness. In practice, some screens are brighter...

from the display's average brightness. However, things don't work exactly that way. Brighter displays tend to have higher standard deviations of brightness than less bright displays simply because they are brighter. We know this because plots of a bright display's...

but the physical differences are minimal. The screen is the same size (1.5") but considerably brighter (possibly because it's not under a layer of polycarbonate); Apple claims 40% brighter and we wouldn't argue by more than a percent point or two. There's no...

brighter and more responsive than traditional TFT displays. Olympus DSLRs feature a TFT LCD display technology the company calls "HyperCrystal TFT". No technical details are offered, but claims are made that images on these LCDs are brighter and viewable from...

light levels. Dell has the lead in brightness. The brighter monitor thus helps to make it possible to see what is on the display in high-light conditions. But does the extra light wash out the darks? The XPS M1730 not only has brighter brights, but it has...

further apart, or are just slightly smaller to allow backlighting to seep between the keys. It looks cool, but makes non-touch typing a little harder. The Saitek Eclipse II in original blue, but brighter In the Eclipse II, there are three backlit colors from...