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1. lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:14 JST lamp
   What makes low end screens have bad color? Is it the LCD itself, or is it all just because of the backlight? It would be great if the shitty screens could be fixed just by upgrading the backlight.
   • ミク沼 (mikunuma@miku.xn--q9jyb4c)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:11 JST ミク沼

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     • UkeBLCatboy

     @lamp@kitty.haus @UkeBLCatboy@mastodon.social Why do news programs even bother with the breaking news texts when everyone was using those 4:3 tv screens not designed for text?

   • lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:12 JST lamp

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     • UkeBLCatboy
     @UkeBLCatboy tvs arent designed for reading text...
   • lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:13 JST lamp

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     • UkeBLCatboy
     @UkeBLCatboy yes, but maybe the dim backlight also has cheap led with poor phosphor and spectrum.
     
     calibration cant help, colors are bad even when putting 100% single color on the pixel, physically doing all it can
   • UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:13 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     @lamp ahh its trying so hard 🥺

     Before trying to fix it... I wonder if it isnt perfect to use for emulating old handhelds like gba and systems like megadrive and snes and ps1 and such? With a CRT filter? That might make it look more like the originals did back in the day lol

     (oh and for reading texts. I wasnt joking, its easier on my eyes to type fanfics or read large texts or even use discord or this site on that HP probook then the TV connected to my pc as main monitor)

   • UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 01:56:14 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     @lamp I mean, if I take a high end screen and decrease the brightness, the colors dont get worse, it just gets less bright, so I think its not the backlight.

     But wouldnt calibration help? https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000194424/how-to-calibrate-lcd-panel-color-temperature-in-windows-10

   • lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 04:10:27 JST lamp

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     • ミク沼
     @mikunuma @UkeBLCatboy those are big short text not a whole essay
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   • ミク沼 (mikunuma@miku.xn--q9jyb4c)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 04:15:36 JST ミク沼

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     • UkeBLCatboy

     @lamp@kitty.haus @UkeBLCatboy@mastodon.social Now that you mentioned it, I remember I was pretty fine with watching YouTube videos on 240p for the longest time because video creators made most of the text readable at that resolution with exception of computers tutorial videos which just required 360p, nowadays those guide videos require 480p now that the next is like 10pt on a 4k monitor recording and most entertainment videos have small text that requires 360p at least to read smaller text they put on the screen.

   • UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 04:16:18 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     • ミク沼

     @mikunuma @lamp More importantly, this is a 32 inch full hd philips smart tv (it was free to take downstairs for some reason in perfect condition like brand new so I put it as monitor), modern tv like this IS designed to display text - or anything - its just a fancy monitor with build in apps and android that also happens to have HDMI and other inputs...

   • UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 04:16:18 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     • ミク沼

     @mikunuma @lamp It even has a "monitor" preset though I always just use the default settings as they look great

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