sketchdude wrote:It is my belief that Benq are not going to fix the firmware on this monitor. The only official statement from Benq seems to confirm this and unless Benq officially state that there is an issue and BTW they are saying there is not there will be no firmware fix. All these rumours about a bug in these monitors started here and should end here.
The bug is not a rumour.
- Customers have noticed. Look at the customer complaints, including negative amazon reviews on XL2420Z as well as dissapointed posts.
- It is annoyingly distracting in games.
- pcmonitors.info and TFTcentral (my friends) have seen the bug, and are also going to cover the Blur Busters Strobe Utility when they publish their reviews. Adam Simmons sees the issue during gameplay too. He has a beta copy and sees the improvement.
- Keep tuned for a forthcoming announcement.
Some people are sensitive to VSYNC OFF tearing. Others are not.
Some people are sensitive to stutters. Others are not.
Some people have never tried LightBoost and don't notice the problem.
Some people are sensitive to strobe crosstalk, while others are not. This is likely the case for you.
Remember, thousands have bought LightBoost, thanks to Blur Busters publicity on that.
I have designed strobe backlights, see my
Electronics Hacking: Creating a Strobe Backlight and the
Blur Busters Area 51 Discussions, you will see I know the strobe backlight science well.
You need to read the
user complaints more closely. Your eyes are probably not as sensitive as some of ours, or you may not be eliminating enough other motion imperfections (e.g. Microstutters) in order to clearly see the issue, which has been bothering hundreds, including me. Some people who aren't as bothered, call it a quirk or design, rather than a bug. They calibrated to reduce 1-2ms of input lag, while severely degrading motion clarity. To me, it looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, and thus is a duck, so I call it "bug", especially if it is not adjustable to user preference.
As I have designed blur reduction technologies, you should know BlurBusters started because of my
home brew strobe backlight project, buddy! Currently, Z series Blur Reduction is worse than ULMB, LightBoost, and Turbo240 because of a very simple strobe timing adjustment. Many of these strobe backlights exist because Blur Busters helped make LightBoost popular, and manufacturers noticed.
The Blur Busters Strobe Utility fixes the issue, and makes Z series Blur Reduction better looking than LightBoost (no lightboost color tint, full contrast range, and motion clearer than a 27 inch LightBoost monitor, thanks to proper strobe timing and wider persistence adjustment range than LightBoost). Obviously, it requires a compatible Z-series monitor that works with the utility (correct firmware).
I was hoping they'd step forward and take care of this situation. Especially for us early buyers.
