Is the black level acceptable for viewing black and white movies?
247147
absolutely, but the color of your screen will determine the contrast also. If you have a white screen, the contrast will not be as high as what a grey screen will give you.
316841
I'm not sure what you mean about "black and white" negative, but assuming this is a regular film or slide negative, then yes. You can adjust the settings to 'negative' or 'slide'; if you do you can view either the negative or the slide as a negative or a positive. If you mean the negative is of a black and white picture then I don't know. I've only used color photographs. Hope this helps.
446396
Contrast Ratio is a bit of a marketing ploy and the numbers are hard to follow since there is no official scale. Basicly, LCDs have fantastic whites but weaker blacks, while Plasma has superb blacks versus muted whites. The Sony's contrast ratio is good.
1971276
I have Sabrent HDMI connected up too S-Video in from a Laser Disc player too HDMI out too LED flat screen TV and the color is just fine . If this individual says they only get black and white it's possible they have a bad unit and should return it . If it were me I would try connecting a different input device first .
693231
This is a display module, so it doesn't really detect anything. But if you want to display black and white, you can certainly do so. The display is accessed using SPI, so you can't just connect a TV or other video source, you have to actually program a microcontroller (like an Arduino) to do the display.
1101099
You can adjust the shelves for dvds/blu rays, as to the color I can't help as I purchased the black one.
2219712
As long as what you're viewing was saved with the 7.1 surround sound, yes. DVD movies for example should be fine, but some video streamed from the net will likely not be.
895602
the brightness and contrast is a bit too high for me, but the video driver have so much setting you can play with it and be easily fix. The viewing angle is OK , not great, but pretty normal for most laptop. I think is somewhere close to 100-120 angle before to start notice the color/black wash out.
1923524
Yes, I do believe it is difficult. Not impossible, but definitely more difficult than normal black-on-white screens. There isn't a lot of contrast, which means if light is low, it can be hard to read. And even more so if you're just trying to take a quick glance in the middle of a run or bike. I would definitely prefer white-on-black. Note that I don't think the red-on-black backlight is very good either. Same problem: very little contrast which makes it harder to read at a quick glance.
339416
The picture quality depends on your file. If you have a video file or a photo of low quality/resolution, do not expect too see it as HD.If you have high quality files, then it will play them great.
385205
I use VLC (icon looks like a traffic cone). It's pretty good, don't forget to get the one for bluray.
137527
Assuming you are using a VGA port (you didn't specify how you plan to connect), just use a VGA cable as other reviewers suggest. VGA is an analog standard but can still support high resolution -- you might just see some minor signal degradation.HDCP as mentioned below could be an issue depending on the movie type -- if it's not DRM (rights management) you should be fine.
1310726
Try these. Very good for blurays. Picture Mode: Movie 1 Backlight: 33 Contrast: 50 Brightness: 6 Color: 0 Tint: 11 Sharpness: 0 Advanced Picture Settings: *ColorMaster: Off *Color Temperature: 0 *Smart Sensor: Off *DynaLight: On *Dynamic Contrast: 5 *Static Gamma: 0 *MPEG NR: Off *DNR: Off *Resolution+: Off (HD sources) On (+3 to +4, SD sources) *ClearFrame 240: Off *Film Stabilization: Standard Expert Picture Settings *Test Pattern: As needed *RGB Filter: As needed *White Balance (2P) &#9702;Offset: Red 0, Green 0, Blue +9 &#9702;Gain: Red 0, Green +6, Blue -15
562495
During the day everything is in full sharp color, at night the images are black and white. And you have an easy selector on your screen to opt for viewing either 1,4,5,7,9,12 or all 16 channels on your monitor at once. You can even select a channel and bring it up full screen. I use only a 26" monitor and it does really well, can only imagine how it will look on a 42" screen. Best of luck
1247071
Yes, I think that I indicated this in my review. The photos from the 50s and 60s are black and white and they look fine. I guess if you truly appreciate B&W; you may have a different opinion but I am not scrutinizing them for how accurately they reproduce the original, just saying they look plenty good to me.
1974704
Most certainly! You should have absolutely NO issues in viewing objects in that range.
1690034
Addendum to my previous answer........... it is indeed on the low side but if you are not playing serious serious games it will be fine. I am running full Blue Ray with no issues