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Comparative test of low priced 8, 12, 16, and 25 ms 19” LCDs
by Vincent Alzieu
Published on December 2, 2004

Belinea 10 19 06
Belinea products are mainly available in Europe. We have however included this screen to this test as it is possible to buy it in European shops.

The body is familiar and gives this screen away. It’s built by Proview and we understand why Belinea chose to work with them once again. The screen is superb, the panel ultra slim, the metal base is very nice…

This is it for the design. Now the components, of which the panel is actually a MVA 25 ms.



Ergonomics

Analogical input, non-vertically adjustable, no headphone jack (despite the presence of speakers in the front), ergonomics are minimal, but enough for most users. As we already said, the screen is nice and slim, and this is already a good start.


Color quality

MVA panels always have nice colors and here there is no exception. White is bright (240 cd:m² on average), and the black deep (0.26 cd:m²). The contrast ratio is 928 : 1.

This isn’t enough today, however, as even TN panels provide nice colors, a step below (black is less deep) but good enough for picture editing.









How to interpret the graph ? The X axis is 0 to 100, where 0 is black and 100 is white.
When Delta E > 3, the desired colors is noticeably different from the one on the screen.
When 1 < Delta E < 2 colors are accurate. When Delta E < 1 the result is perfect.

Games



MVA panels have the reputation of providing nice colors but with low reactivity. Once again, this screen is no different as trails of light behind bright objects are noticeable.

We don’t recommend playing action game with this screen, and you may want to limit your gaming to static and strategic games.

Interpolation

Here the result is terrible, and it looks like a screen from an older generation. Image quality resized in 1024x768 is significantly reduced, and it’s imperative to use this screen with its standard resolution.

Movies



This screen supposedly displays 16.37 million colors. Actually, this figure is probably a little lower, and under standard settings it’s possible to see a “twinkling” effect in large colored areas, similar to that seen on 8 bit screens.

Fortunately, reducing brightness and contrast ratios diminish this effect. From a distance of one meter it disappears completely.

Verdict



Take a look at this manufacture’s dead pixel policy by clicking here!

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