Cornerstone c1035 Monitor Review
by Kristopher Kubicki on July 2, 2002 1:34 AM EST- Posted in
- Displays
Image Quality
As with our earlier review of the Samsung 955DF, we used DisplayMate to benchmark the c1035. Since the Cornerstone boasts being optimized for 1600 x 1200 at 85Hz (even though it really wasn’t), that’s what we ran the benchmark at. The color depth was set to 32-bit on a GeForce4 MX 420. For input we are using the OEM Cornerstone 3’ 15 Pin D-sub. Below is a table with the tests performed and notes we made during testing. The Samsung 955DF we reviewed 2 months ago has been inserted as a point of reference.
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DisplayMate |
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Test |
Monitor |
Observations |
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Intensity range check |
955DF |
Colors appear true, a bit warm |
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C1035 |
Colors appear to have a cyanish tint |
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Black level adjustment |
955DF |
Gray colors look good |
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C1035 |
Full range of grey detected perfectly |
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Defocusing, blooming and halos check |
955DF |
Sharper in high intensities but lines at the bottom of the screen wave |
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C1035 |
Very little blooming, fine lines wave slightly |
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Screen uniformity and color purity |
955DF |
Uniform, pure color |
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C1035 |
Uniform, pure |
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Dark screen |
955DF |
Anti-reflective coating really helped cut down on glare |
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C1035 |
Glare was incredibly noticeable |
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Primary colors |
955DF |
Grays are slightly more pink |
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C1035 |
Cyan
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Color Scales |
955DF |
Looks good |
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C1035 |
Red seems to scale to black too soon |
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16 intensity levels |
955DF |
Looks good |
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C1035 |
Looks good |
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Pincushion/barrel distortion |
955DF |
Lines are much straighter as a result of the flat screen |
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C1035 |
Slight curvature along left side |
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Geometric Linearity |
955DF |
Lines appear straighter as a result of the flat screen |
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C1035 |
Only slight distortion in the left corners |
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Focus check |
955DF |
No focus control, Image looks sharp but could be a bit sharper in the lower right corner |
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C1035 |
Only loses sharpness at extreme corners, fairly uniform sharpness |
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Horizontal color registration |
955DF |
Color misregistration on bottom right |
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C1035 |
Blue misregisters on the bottom very slightly |
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Vertical color registration |
955DF |
Looks good |
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C1035 |
Red off very slightly, better in the center |
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Fine line morie pattern |
955DF |
Corrected via the user controls |
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C1035 |
Corrected via the user controls |
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Screen regulation |
955DF |
Flashing black/color pattern causes image to shrink and expand slightly |
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C1035 |
Looks fine |
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Streaking and ghosting |
955DF |
Slight ghosting behind bars of pure black/white |
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C1035 |
Very little ghosting, but much streaking for white on black |
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