Grainy image with the VIEWSONIC VX2025wm 20" LCD

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Grainy image with the VIEWSONIC VX2025wm 20" LCD

I've just got a VX2025wm - the image looks all grainy, it's like it's recognizing 'thousands' of colors instead of millions. The tech support at Viewsonic is lousy. Basically they have no drivers for OS 10.x so they tell you to install color profiles for the monitor that adjust the color a bit but don't solve the problem.

G5, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jul 19, 2006 11:31 AM

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Jul 19, 2006 11:56 AM in response to ladysb

Are you running through the DVI port, and at 1680 X 1050?

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Jul 19, 2006 11:57 AM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

yes i'm. resolution wise is perfect. Just the image is very rough, it reminds me of my first vga monitor 10 years ago! (not as bad) but it has that grany look like it's missing colors.

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Benny Li

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Jul 19, 2006 10:20 PM in response to ladysb

Have you double-checked all connections?
Try resetting the monitor.
How does the monitor look using the VGA connection?

That is very odd as your monitor is designed to produce the full 16.7 million colours unlike less expensive monitors resort to dithering.

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Jul 20, 2006 11:45 AM in response to Benny Li

Thanks for getting back to me! i checked all the connections and i did try both the digital and analog connections. Turned the monitor on and off, is there anyway of really 'resetting' the monitor? any other way other than turning the power on and off?

i also tried downloading the updated drivers for the graphics card. I'm not sure how to look for the drivers though.. this is the info that shows in the "about this mac":
ATY,RV350:

Type: display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4150
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A13601-126

Display:

Type: display
Display Type: LCD
VRAM (In Use): 64 MB
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes

I guess is the ATI drivers? i hope i got the right ones.. nothing changed with the ones i downloaded.. 😟

Thanks!

G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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Benny Li

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Jul 20, 2006 1:03 PM in response to ladysb

Check the menus on the monitor. There should be a monitor reset command.

You have an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. The latest drivers are the ATI Displays 4.5.7.

Try using the monitor on a friend's computer with a different graphics card, be it a PC or a Mac.

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BSteely

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Jul 21, 2006 10:12 PM in response to Benny Li

You might just be reacting to the anti-glare treatment on the screen. If you move your head slightly side-to-side, does the graininess shimmer? If so, I think you are just seeing the texture of the anti-glare coating.

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Jul 22, 2006 1:56 PM in response to ladysb

I just purchased that monitor to replace my very old Apple 17 until I can get a Apple 23".
I know what your seeing. I calibrated mine and it looks pretty good as long as you are directly in front of it.
Try this, open up your 'Displays' control in 'System Preferences', select 'Color' select 'calibrate', select 'Expert Mode' box and try to get a better setting. This should solve your problem.

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ladysb Author

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Jul 27, 2006 4:52 PM in response to Robert Shedd

yes. i realized it was a matter of calibrating it and making it look better. I guess i'm a bit too picky because i work with graphics all the time, i ended up returning it and I leased an apple monitor instead.
thanks for all your help!

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