DisplayMate

(displaymate.com)

57 points by skibz3 hours ago

8 comments

  • mettamage2 hours ago
    For if it is still hugged to death<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20260622172525&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.displaymate.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20260622172525&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.displ...</a>
  • shortstuffsushi2 hours ago
    I&#x27;m not familiar with DisplayMate, and the site appears to be hugged. Unsure what this is doing on the front page, but for any similarly lost folks:<p>&gt; DisplayMate is the Worldwide Leader in Video Diagnostics and the World&#x27;s most advanced Display Calibration and Optimization Software.
  • RugnirViking2 hours ago
    beautiful web design :) We aren&#x27;t usually supposed to comment on it but im pretty sure thats exactly the reason this has been submitted.
    • elcritch2 hours ago
      It’s like a slice of the earlier web. Realized I haven’t seen a c|net logo around for a long time.
  • cyberjunkie2 hours ago
    A popular tool preceding the days of YouTube reviews, used for testing and reviewing displays.
    • InsideOutSanta2 hours ago
      Am I confused, or are these a bunch of JPGs on a CD? There&#x27;s no hardware, right?
      • lelanthran2 hours ago
        TLDR: Not JPGs, BMPs more likely.<p>I recall when the first LCD TVs came out and I wanted to get a cheap 1080 one. The problem was that almost every TV <i>said</i> 1080 even if it was just 720 upscaled.<p>I put a uniform image in BMP on a memory stick - every column being R, then G, then B repeated. As the image was exactly 1080, viewing it in full-screen on a 1080 screen gave a sort of uniform grey color. On an upscaled monitor you could see <i>very</i> visible banding.<p>This would not have worked had the image been JPG.
        • rahimnathwani46 minutes ago
          This would also help to detect overscan. I remember when I was shopping for my first 1080p TV, many (most?) had overscan and no way to turn it off.
  • AWTom52 minutes ago
    I’ve always used lagom.nl&#x2F;lcd-test&#x2F;
  • hjhart2 hours ago
    Website appears to be down.
  • cpach2 hours ago
    Why is this on the front page? :)
    • nine_k2 hours ago
      Web design style nostalgia, I suppose.
  • yeah8798462 hours ago
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