30" ACD Ridiculously grainy/sparkly??
I bought a 30" Apple Cinema HD Display 2-3 weeks ago and have been using it. I can't get over how grainy/sparkly this thing is.
It is WAY more grainy than my 9C60 Macbook Pro C2D's display, my iMac G5's display, or my Dell 2405fpw. In fact, on those 3 displays I just listed, I can get over the grain in about 10seconds in that I just stop noticing it).
But on the 30", it's just ALWAYS THERE. It looks like a thin film of dirt covering the screen, like when you get fingerprints on a cellphone screen or something. It is mostly visible with pure white or green screens, and almost invisible with blue or black screens. When I go back to my MBP it kills me how smooth the screen is on the MBP compared to the ACD, and I thought the MBP was grainy before I started using the ACD.
I was hoping that after a couple weeks I would stop noticing it but if anything, it's gotten more annoying.
It's a hinderance to me because it sort of kills the definition between whites and slightly off-whites, (which are used a lot in web-design) because the grain overpowers the difference in between two colours. For example, I can't see the repeating wavy pattern here: http://macheist.com/img/bundle_back.png unless I enlarge it). Also I am completely unable to evaluate JPEG noise unless I zoom up.
I went to the local Apple Store, and there 30" ACD looked just as bad as mine. So I guess, with my sample size of 2 units, every display has this issue. I just was wondering if my display had it to an abnormally high degree.
Does anyone have this problem with their 30" ACD?
It is WAY more grainy than my 9C60 Macbook Pro C2D's display, my iMac G5's display, or my Dell 2405fpw. In fact, on those 3 displays I just listed, I can get over the grain in about 10seconds in that I just stop noticing it).
But on the 30", it's just ALWAYS THERE. It looks like a thin film of dirt covering the screen, like when you get fingerprints on a cellphone screen or something. It is mostly visible with pure white or green screens, and almost invisible with blue or black screens. When I go back to my MBP it kills me how smooth the screen is on the MBP compared to the ACD, and I thought the MBP was grainy before I started using the ACD.
I was hoping that after a couple weeks I would stop noticing it but if anything, it's gotten more annoying.
It's a hinderance to me because it sort of kills the definition between whites and slightly off-whites, (which are used a lot in web-design) because the grain overpowers the difference in between two colours. For example, I can't see the repeating wavy pattern here: http://macheist.com/img/bundle_back.png unless I enlarge it). Also I am completely unable to evaluate JPEG noise unless I zoom up.
I went to the local Apple Store, and there 30" ACD looked just as bad as mine. So I guess, with my sample size of 2 units, every display has this issue. I just was wondering if my display had it to an abnormally high degree.
Does anyone have this problem with their 30" ACD?
15" C2D Macbook Pro
