> Having trouble choosing a monitor to watch movies and tv on
> because I am fearful of methods that supposedly increase
> the contrast.
> In all my years of watching TV I've never wanted blacks
> to be blacker.
> I don't think the issue is that it is a marketing ploy because
> I don't see the advantage of increasing the contrast the way others do.
> It seems to represent an ideal of what a picture should look
> like with little thought for the source material.
> I saw that a movie in a cinema has a contrast ratio of
> about 500:1.
> I am fearful of dark areas disappearing into black. I've had this
> experience before with a DVD player that I returned.
>
> From a review of the LG 2252TQ on Trusted Reviews:
> "And here it's obvious that in its quest to achieve a headline contrast
> figure, the Flatron
> W2252TQ has simply sacrificed dark detailing. Yes, blacks do look inky,
> but at the cost of so much detail that it's just not wort..". ...

> On Jul 5, 12:38 pm, Toby_Ponsenby privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>

>> TG'sFM wrote:

>>> On Jul 1, 8:50 am, Newcastleboy gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:34:26 +0800, "GerantSmythe" hello.com>
>>>> wrote:

>

>>>>> Why did you say he'd soon be paying $2 a litre when you think it will rise
>>>>> to $4?

>>>> This was in 2006.. To be honest I thought it might rise to $2, but I
>>>> never had the $4 mark in mind.. Watching the cost of fuel rise so fast
>>>> $3-4 is a big possibility in the next couple of years seeing China's
>>>> demand is unrelenting and it is costing a King's ransom to get the oil
>>>> in the first place...

>

>>>> - NewcastleBoy

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