Can a color display be changed to grayscale?

Hi,

I have a color monitor but I wanted to test a monochrome display on
the same.

Is it possible to convert a color monitor to grayscale?

Thanks,

Regards,
ilano

? That's an odd thing to want...

I'm also not sure what you're trying to do.
Do you want to use a monochromatic display mode (binary pixels but
that's B&W output and completely independant of monitor) or do you want
a colour signal to be outputted in grayscale?

I don't think there's a default way to convert colour output to
grayscale. Perhaps some screen calibration software provides the ability
to tone down colour. Another way is to convert a screenshot to grayscale
or connecting a tv-set to a tvout and tone down the colour gauge.

To answer your exact question:
It entirely depends on your monitor whether or not it can display colour
signals in grayscale. A monochromatic signal (like hercules mode) is
already black and white, so it works by default.

Regards,

-R-

ilano wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a color monitor but I wanted to test a monochrome display on
> the same.
>
> Is it possible to convert a color monitor to grayscale?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Regards,
> ilano
>