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What makes low end screens have bad color? Is it the LCD itself, or is it all just because of the backlight? It would be great if the shitty screens could be fixed just by upgrading the backlight.

@lamp I mean, if I take a high end screen and decrease the brightness, the colors dont get worse, it just gets less bright, so I think its not the backlight.

But wouldnt calibration help? dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/0

www.dell.comHow to Calibrate LCD Panel Color Temperature in Windows 11 and Windows 10 | Dell US
@UkeBLCatboy yes, but maybe the dim backlight also has cheap led with poor phosphor and spectrum.

calibration cant help, colors are bad even when putting 100% single color on the pixel, physically doing all it can
UkeBLCatboy

@lamp ahh its trying so hard 🥺

Before trying to fix it... I wonder if it isnt perfect to use for emulating old handhelds like gba and systems like megadrive and snes and ps1 and such? With a CRT filter? That might make it look more like the originals did back in the day lol

(oh and for reading texts. I wasnt joking, its easier on my eyes to type fanfics or read large texts or even use discord or this site on that HP probook then the TV connected to my pc as main monitor)

@UkeBLCatboy tvs arent designed for reading text...

@lamp fair but this one does work really nice as a general use monitor xD

Finally together with that old dell I have a decent usable amount of monitor space (50 inches xD)

@lamp@kitty.haus @UkeBLCatboy@mastodon.social Why do news programs even bother with the breaking news texts when everyone was using those 4:3 tv screens not designed for text?

@mikunuma @UkeBLCatboy those are big short text not a whole essay

@mikunuma @lamp More importantly, this is a 32 inch full hd philips smart tv (it was free to take downstairs for some reason in perfect condition like brand new so I put it as monitor), modern tv like this IS designed to display text - or anything - its just a fancy monitor with build in apps and android that also happens to have HDMI and other inputs...

@mikunuma @lamp It even has a "monitor" preset though I always just use the default settings as they look great