beautiful web design :) We aren't usually supposed to comment on it but im pretty sure thats exactly the reason this has been submitted.
elcritch 1 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.
shortstuffsushi 2 hours ago [-]
I'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:
> DisplayMate is the Worldwide Leader in Video Diagnostics and the World's most advanced Display Calibration and Optimization Software.
cpach 2 hours ago [-]
Why is this on the front page? :)
nine_k 1 hours ago [-]
Web design style nostalgia, I suppose.
cyberjunkie 2 hours ago [-]
A popular tool preceding the days of YouTube reviews, used for testing and reviewing displays.
InsideOutSanta 2 hours ago [-]
Am I confused, or are these a bunch of JPGs on a CD? There's no hardware, right?
lelanthran 2 hours ago [-]
TLDR: Not JPGs, BMPs more likely.
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 said 1080 even if it was just 720 upscaled.
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 very visible banding.
This would not have worked had the image been JPG.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260622172525/https://www.displ...
> DisplayMate is the Worldwide Leader in Video Diagnostics and the World's most advanced Display Calibration and Optimization Software.
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 said 1080 even if it was just 720 upscaled.
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 very visible banding.
This would not have worked had the image been JPG.