Did you tried calibrating it?

As to DCR, well of course you can't compare it like that.
Try playing movie in full screen, when the scene moves from a bright scene to a dark scene, the DCR will do its 'magic'

Wouldn't this make the rmvb stuff worse that it already is, Your high resolution?

Well, thing is, between 20 FPS and 23 FPS, the difference is day and night. Between 40 and 43 FPS, it's just nothing.

I believe all this is just relative.

Problem arises when the dumbass at the pc shops set one same resolution for a whole rack of lcd screens. Pretty pointless, at that point, to compare them IMHO.

The only difference you'll see is the rubber/insulator on the logitech cable is better, or maybe the connector on the monster cable has better plating. On the inside, they are just the same. If you don't believe me, go buy the cheap and the expensive one and try, do a blind test, ask someone to pasang for you. If you see the difference, then you're the only one in the world that can see the difference.

Converter no difference, no performance difference, no lag, no PQ diff. Nothing difference. The converter has no funny circuits inside, hdmi and dvi is pin for pin compatible, i.e. pin A to pin A, pin B to pin B, etc. Instead of pin A ->circuit -> pin A1. I hope you get my point.

If you buy dvi-hdmi, hdmi-hdmi, hdmi converter-hdmi cable, all same, no difference whatsoever. If you want logitech, buy logitech, you want Monster, then buy monster, if it makes you happy. I'll just buy the cheapest I can find. But if you want to make your desk look nice, color match everything the Belkin HDMI cable is white, so if you want those, be my guest. If you are just concerned about the technical aspects of this hdmi/dvi thing, then the cheaper the better.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Oct 14 2009, 12:44 PM

IIRC, the alienware is the same as the ST2210, just that it has a different packaging, i read it in HardForum once. The dynamic contrast shouldn't matter. Only the people who wants to sell you monitors says that it matters.

You are paying 1k for the alienware name on your monitor, not for the quality.

Opps my bad.

It's the SX2210, not the ST2210 which is not available at the Dell Malaysia website
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=...light=alienware

Why make conclusions with 1 case. It's only one bad apple you know.