2014-01-03 - New Monitor 2

I went and bought myself an actually new monitor. The colours still look strange but at least they’re consistent. The old new one seemed to change colour depending on how I looked at it and it also had a dark spot right in the middle of the screen. So it's at least an improvement, it’s also wide-screen. Display settings are one of those things where it’s not really a case of right and wrong but more just differences.

If you look at a display long enough you will get used to that specific display’s settings. If you look at a different display it will look wrong because it’s different. If you look at a different display long enough you will get used to it and the other display will start looking wrong. Without a “perfect” display to use as an example it’s very hard to actually tell which is more correct.

It is also nearly impossible to get two displays to match up. With Brightness, Contrast, Red, Blue, and Green you have 5 settings to try and align. There’s also the difference in viewing angle between two monitor setups and differences in monitor technologies. You end up with a lot of variables and only one equation. Linear algebra was a while ago but I can still tell that’s not an easy equation to solve.

I replanted the old monitor’s stand with the old new monitor’s stand. They have the same connecting mechanism and the old mew one is more adjustable. So it’s wasn’t a complete waste.