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RayB:
Wade...
The average arcade monitor is GREY (light grey in fact). Which means your blacks aren't really black. By putting the tinted glass in front it darkens the darks down closer to the blacks they should be, and if you set your contrast/brightness correctly, you still have whites where they should be.

Does that put a different perspective on it?

~Ray B.

FractalWalk:

--- Quote from: Wade on February 14, 2005, 04:50:18 pm ---I also think that Oscar's pics are not a good representative of the effect of tint.
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How so? Are you saying most games have no noticeble difference?  Or are you saying his pics are bogus?
Kremmit:
For those that are arguing for going without glass, plexi, lexan, or anything else in front of the screen, Gauntlet machines came that way from the factory.  Of course, every Gauntlet I see these days shows awful screen burn, but a home use machine that doesn't have the same attract mode playing all the time probably won't ever get any screen burn, anyway.  Hmm, Gauntlet doesn't have much black on the screen- Galaga or Pac-Man might not look so hot that way..

For those that are arguing that tinting does not improve your picture quality- I notice that all the new laptops at the store have a piece of tinted something in front of the LCD.. and that the new ones look better than the old ones.  I wouldn't be surprised if the picture was actually less accurate than it would be without the tint, but they sure do look pretty..
RayB:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on February 14, 2005, 06:26:31 pm ---Hmm, Gauntlet doesn't have much black on the screen- Galaga or Pac-Man might not look so hot that way..

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All games have some black or dark colors somewhere, and the tint doesn't affect JUST black. That was just my example. Here's a diagram to explain how/why it makes for better contrast:*

*Note that if you're using a PC monitor or other monitor which already has a DARK tube, then your benefit from tinting will be less (or none). We're talking about the very GREY looking arcade monitors and older TVs. Also the benefit is less apparent if the monitor is already in a dark environment.

Wade:

--- Quote from: RayB on February 14, 2005, 06:03:10 pm ---Wade...
The average arcade monitor is GREY (light grey in fact). Which means your blacks aren't really black. By putting the tinted glass in front it darkens the darks down closer to the blacks they should be, and if you set your contrast/brightness correctly, you still have whites where they should be.

Does that put a different perspective on it?

~Ray B.

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I see what you are saying.  I guess the reason this hasn't been noticable to me is because I always dim or disable all my lights when I have the games on.  Tinted or not, I find it easier to see the screen and it also avoids reflections on the glass.  So when I'm playing, the blacks really do look black.

Also, I think the older tubes are this color because they are burned out.  None of my good condition monitors are grey or light grey, they are all dark grey tubes.  My worst monitor is almost white when it is off (it also has bad patterned screen burn).  Or maybe the modern tubes are built differently from the start.  Either way... this does help explain why I have trouble seeing the benefits (aside from hiding burn).

Wade
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