The poor old moniTor. In development terms, the CPU and GPU leave
it choking in their digital dust. 4K screen res may be the next big thing, but
try extending the pixel density of an HTC One’s screen to cover a 27-inch
monitor and you’d get the equivalent of 11K. To put it another way, that’s
68.4 megapixels and a gaming experience measured in frames per week,
but we’ll gloss over that.
Seeing as you’re likely to be stuck with your dear old display for some
time yet, it makes sense to get the best out of it. Correct positioning is a good
start, and you’ll probably want to fiddle with the brightness and contrast
controls to strike a balance between good visibility and a headache, but the
fun really begins when you want to ensure colors are accurately displayed.
How are you supposed to tell how closely your monitor’s idea of red or green
matches a predefined benchmark such as the sRGB color space?
Now, hold up. Before you skip straight to the back of the magazine to read
the reviews, assuming this kind of nitpicky pixel play is the preserve of Photoshop junkies, consider this: A monitor is your primary means of interacting with your PC. Okay, a mouse and keyboard help, but they’re not much
help if you can’t see anything. A well calibrated monitor is certainly good
news for photo editing, but optimizing your screen is also going to give you
the best possible gaming and movie experience. Fed up with being at the
mercy of shadow-bound enemies everyone else seems to see? Calibrate.
Confused why every other scene in your Blu-ray of The Matrix looks like it’s
been filmed through the camera man’s Ray-Bans, or why Shrek’s skin tone
is making him look like the illegitimate love child of Cookie Monster and
Smurfette? Yup, you know what to do. Book an eye exam.
So, don’t get too hung up on trying to clock that extra 100MHz out of your
CPU because, let’s face it, you’ll never notice the difference. Try showing
your monitor some love for a change.
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