LCD monitors, RGB and ClearType...

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If I understand LCD monitors correctly, they don't have seperate RGB cells
grouped together to make a single pixel. Instead they have the single cell
able to produce the full colour spectrum.

If this is so, why does ClearType in Windows XP apply blue aliasing on the
left side of white text and red alias to the right??? Wouldn't it make sense
to use grey levels?

You can really see this when Cleartype is on and you run at a VERY low
resolution.
 
If I understand LCD monitors correctly, they don't have seperate RGB cells
grouped together to make a single pixel. Instead they have the single cell
able to produce the full colour spectrum.

If this is so, why does ClearType in Windows XP apply blue aliasing on the
left side of white text and red alias to the right??? Wouldn't it make sense
to use grey levels?

You can really see this when Cleartype is on and you run at a VERY low
resolution.
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Theres info at Wikipedia thats pretty good and stuff on subpixel
rendering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType

http://grc.com/cleartype.htm
 
Hrm... I didn't know that LCD's still had seperate RGB subpixels. I can't
tell from looking at my monitor.

There IS a big difference if you use the Cleartype tuner and switch the RGB
order around.
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Yes, the order is optimal when the pixel color nearest the
pixels for the character are used. Otherwise the blurring
is even worse. Funny thing is, I like LCDs BECAUSE I don't
use Cleartype. To me, deliberately blurring the text with
cleartype, back to how cheap CRTs look is worse.
 
Ya making this up as ya go?


Yes, the order is optimal when the pixel color nearest the
pixels for the character are used. Otherwise the blurring
is even worse. Funny thing is, I like LCDs BECAUSE I don't
use Cleartype. To me, deliberately blurring the text with
cleartype, back to how cheap CRTs look is worse.
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If I understand LCD monitors correctly, they don't have seperate RGB
Yes, the order is optimal when the pixel color nearest the
pixels for the character are used. Otherwise the blurring
is even worse. Funny thing is, I like LCDs BECAUSE I don't
use Cleartype. To me, deliberately blurring the text with
cleartype, back to how cheap CRTs look is worse.
Click to expand...

I'm split about 50/50... In the long run, I prefer the extra "roundness" I
get on letters such as O, C, etc... I've got a 24" LCD running at 1920x1200
and I still use some pretty small fonts.
 
LCD monitors have RGB cells, very much like on a CRT. One big difference,
other than the type of technology used, the LCD display is directly
addressed.

Visit the MS site about the Clear Type utility for LCD monitors.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx

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If I understand LCD monitors correctly, they don't have seperate RGB cells
grouped together to make a single pixel. Instead they have the single cell
able to produce the full colour spectrum.

If this is so, why does ClearType in Windows XP apply blue aliasing on the
left side of white text and red alias to the right??? Wouldn't it make sense
to use grey levels?

You can really see this when Cleartype is on and you run at a VERY low
resolution.
 
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