Spotting the enemy?

[vranac]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Model code: .../EDC

Samsung was putting 4 different panels in the same model of the monitor,226BW and newer models.

At first it was at the label after that they put it in the service menu.
In final they encoded panel producer.

The weeks went by and various versions remained. The manufacturer reacted however by removing the name of the panel maker and the reference from the hidden screen in October 2007! In its place: a long complex encoded number... but a few geeks quickly worked out the new code.

There is a secret service menu hidden away from the prying eyes of consumers. This service menu will contain the panel type most of the time. To access said panel, simply lower both the brightness and the contrast to 0 using the regular user control panel. Exit the menu, and then bring it back up again. After you have done this hold the source button down for 5 seconds. This will bring up the service menu.



xAx-xxxx : Samsung panel.
xLx-xxxx : AU Optronics panel.
xDx-xxxx : CMO panel.
xIx-xxxx : CPT panel.

Where Samsng panel is the best and CMO and CPT worst.

http://www.digitalversus.com/samsung...anty-a553.html

So its quite possible that you two have totaly different monitors.

[major_setback]

Enemy is spotted:

[VO101_Tom]

Mine is "D"

[ATAG_Doc]

This photo shows a target rich environment.

[ATAG_Keller]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Hi. This question appears two weeks ago, when we flying on ATAG. My mates saw nothing, meantime I'm telling them the contacts. We take a closer look, and we found, that the problem was their MONITOR settings. Different monitor profiles, light and contrast, etc. I made a screenshot, you should see 5 contact (1 o clock, low):

(1680x1050 pixel, .bmp)
Contact test

Obvious, you have to see this picture in original size, without any zoom. Here is a little help if you don't find them.
If you see nothing, your monitor need adjust.

Excellent test Tom! As others have stated though you are missing 15 aircraft on the "help" image.

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Keller

As others have stated though you are missing 15 aircraft on the "help" image.

Yes, thx, i know.

[ATAG_Colander]

20 to be exact

[Redroach]

I also had severe problems with spotting planes. I'm not talking about the LoD issue, where contacts suddenly disappear at a certain distance, but I didn't see contacts at all. The only times I actually saw something was the Me-109 zipping by after she's hit me...

It turned out that my so-so pc apparently wasn't capable of running CoD properly on my monitor's native resolution (1920*1080), without notifying me in any way - after setting the game to a lower resolution (1600 or 1400), I've seen much success with spotting planes, and keeping them in sight, lately.

[klem]

Originally Posted by vranac

Samsung was putting 4 different panels in the same model of the monitor,226BW and newer models.

At first it was at the label after that they put it in the service menu.
In final they encoded panel producer.



There is a secret service menu hidden away from the prying eyes of consumers. This service menu will contain the panel type most of the time. To access said panel, simply lower both the brightness and the contrast to 0 using the regular user control panel. Exit the menu, and then bring it back up again. After you have done this hold the source button down for 5 seconds. This will bring up the service menu.



xAx-xxxx : Samsung panel.
xLx-xxxx : AU Optronics panel.
xDx-xxxx : CMO panel.
xIx-xxxx : CPT panel.

Where Samsng panel is the best and CMO and CPT worst.

http://www.digitalversus.com/samsung...anty-a553.html

So its quite possible that you two have totaly different monitors.

Yes, my service screen says Flt Panel: CMO220Z1
Code is ...BDA-xxxx



I believe this C panel is the most used.

[Roblex]

Of course one thing nobody is mentioning is that in real life it *was* very hard to spot aircraft and nearly impossible to see anything against the ground. I have read three fighter pilot biogs in the last few months and they all mention how impossible it was to see anyone against the ground. They also mention whole squadrons failing to see enemy squadrons nearby and even cases of 109s accidently joining Spit formations and vice versa.