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LUMA Series vs. home LCD TVs - faithful reproduction
The signal processing used in LUMA Series
monitors has been developed to reproduce input
signals as naturally as possible. Simply put, a
clean and high-quality signal will look clean, while
a signal with noise will look noisy. This is
extremely important in professional applications
since picture monitors are used to check signal
content as well as quality. In contrast, home LCD
TVs are designed to make pictures look as clean
LUMA Series vs. PC LCD displays -picture quality
Compared to PC LCD displays, LUMA Series
monitors offer an incredible reduction in response
time to keep motion blur of fast-moving objects to
a minimum. This alone is a huge benefit of using
the LUMA Series monitors over PC LCD displays,
especially for monitoring video images. As with a
CRT, the screen refresh rate of a LUMA Series
LUMA Series vs. PC LCD displays - viewing angle
As earlier mentioned, the LCD panel used in the
LUMA Series monitors has been designed for use
in almost any professional picture-monitoring
application. A criterion that cannot be overlooked
in such applications is that pictures must be
viewed by many individuals, from different angles
and from different distances. With this in mind,
the LUMA Series monitors have been designed to
provide a wide viewing angle of 170 degrees* with
A look into LUMA Series vs. consumer LCD displays
as possible, regardless of the input signal quality.
This is usually achieved by the use of noise-
reduction processes. Color and contrast are also
emphasized in home LCD TVs to make pictures
appear as eye-catching as possible.
Manipulating the input signal for such reasons
makes it difficult to judge the true signal quality on
a home LCD TV.
LCD panel is synchronized to the frame rate of the
input signal's vertical frequency. PC LCD
displays typically refresh their screens at a fixed
rate regardless of the input signal. Simply put,
LUMA Series monitors will display video images
with more faithfulness to the input signal.
minimum drop in picture contrast and brightness,
and color shift.
PC LCD displays are not designed with such
considerations and do not need to be. They are
designed for operators sitting directly in front of a
PC at the best viewing angle.
* The multi-display type LUMA monitors do not provide
this feature.
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