Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: Aggressor22
Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: Aggressor22
Another question XTknight, when looking at this page:
http://xtknight.50webs.com/lcd26/page9.htm
I see that the text has a greenish feel to it, some letters have green through them. Ive tried different settings with the preset modes, i also tried that with DigitalVersus's color profilem none did help.
Also, its somewhat better with sRGB color mode preset.
Btw, what is your personal advice of what preset mode to use on the Dell 3008WFP without any calibrated profiles for games/movies/desktop use?
Using Mircrosoft's ClearType tune didnt help.
Aggressor, I've never used this LCD so you'll have to bear with me. Many of the problems you experienced I never have with my wide gamut LCDs.
However, I do think the white looks a little greenish on my LCD2690 as well (more so than my L227). I think it's worse the wider the gamut is, because wide gamut LCDs particularly excel in the green area. So you're going to have to use the sRGB mode or get used to the greenish white, which is probably the best idea, because sRGB presets on WG LCDs significantly hamper color quality.
My personal advice is to stick with native, non-sRGB modes and then adjust red/green/blue to fit your needs. You can somewhat counter the green tint by lowering the G (Green) level of intensity in the R/G/B controls. I hope that helps.
The text's green feel can be due to improper subpixel hinting (ClearType). You can disable that and see if it is remedied. Other than that, it might be a sort of text shadow artifact the LCD has, as many Dells are known to have (don't jump to that conclusion immediately). If it has a sharpness control, adjust that and try to adjust it to the point of "pass through" (no modification-blurring/sharpening done to the text).
Changing to sRGB mode indeed reduces the green halo effect around letters, but as you noted, sRGB is lifeless on this screen (due to wide gamut yes).
To re-ask, is this something to worry about or return the screen?
Btw, it also does when i click on "turn off pc'' or shut dow or restart with the 9800 pc.
Video 1 with 9800GTX DVI:
http://www.youtube.com/v/jJG5WHGGBQQ
Video 2 with 6800 DVI:
http://www.youtube.com/v/8wGnozuPWcE
PIC from the video 2:
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...ellRipper/3008wfp2.jpg
You should check the manufacturer's warranty to see what constitutes an imperfection or defect to your LCD. Usually this includes severe backlight bleeding, lack of functionality, or a line of dead pixels. What you're talking about is not a defect of it, it's only a unfortunate side effect of the technology or a poor implementation (much like any problems with overdrive). Poorly setup pixel lining, subpixel arrangement, resolution scaling, or sharpness controls on a line of monitors don't indicate that there's a defect with your unit.
You can exchange for a refurb within a certain time period for any reason with Dell, but I would not expect your refurb to be any different, because there is probably nothing wrong with how your unit was manufactured.
From the videos I don't see anything immediately wrong with your screen but the last pic link didn't work.
Edit: the link in your previous post worked but all I see is a BIOS screen with what I really assume to be green text and motion blur from the exposure.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...ellRipper/3008wfp2.jpg
Is the "Press DEL to run setup" being green the problem you're talking about? It's white on other monitors? In the photo it looks COMPLETELY green, so I don't know why that is (maybe camera is overexposing it). I just thought you flashed your BIOS startup image or something. I also do not know what the corruption is in the left bottom although I'd be far more worried about that. There is a lack of bandwidth in your cable, video card, or a bad input on the Dell monitor (defect) if what I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing.