New LCD technology makes CRT obselete

Darksaber · Jun 14, 2006

LCDs were never as good as traditional CRT in certain areas like color response, saturation, accuracy and overall black-level response. This is all about to change with eCinema's new LCD technology, which is being called high dynamic range LCD, and also supports "deep color", which is higher than 24-bit color, starting at 30-bit or 36-bit and can go up to 48-bit. The new panels are able to display 36-bit color (12-bits per color channel), and 1000 to 4000 step gray-scales, producing fantastic gradients. It will also support a contrast ratio of up to 30,000:1, which would give eCinema's new DCM40HDR panel better black levels than a normal CRT.

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demonbrawn · Jun 14, 2006

a ratio of 30,000:1?? Dang, I bet it costs almost as much, too

Homeless · Jun 14, 2006

I hope it isn't too expensive, since I want one ;o

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 14, 2006

Nice, but expensive I bet. Besides, colour isn't too bad for gamers on current LCDs, I'm guessing this is more aimed at (rich) designers.

Darksaber · Jun 14, 2006

Jimmy 2004 said:
Nice, but expensive I bet. Besides, colour isn't too bad for gamers on current LCDs, I'm guessing this is more aimed at (rich) designers.

well when you say (rich)...everyone becomes a designer

even Gamers...who buy $10000 Dell XPS700s *LOL*

demonbrawn · Jun 14, 2006

Geez, haha I have a $1400 rig right now and I thought that was pricy...

tofu · Jun 14, 2006

This is what I've been waiting for...

If not too much... It's MINE

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 14, 2006

tofu said:
This is what I've been waiting for...

If not too much... It's MINE

That's just the problem, it probably is too much!

prophylactic · Jun 15, 2006

Yeah, this technology won't have any massive scale implementation for a while. Too bad, really. I wonder what the latency is?

warup89 · Jun 15, 2006

remember that new technology is always expensive but it will certainly go down, and by that time im getting one

rox1co · Jun 15, 2006

i wouldn't mind having an oldschool Dell 30" for cheaper due to this technology launching hardcore

KoncreteAngel · Jun 15, 2006

CRT's will ALWAYS be better than lcds until lcds can change resolutions without losing image quality.

Getting high resolution lcds are awful because watching low res(or even normal res!) video clips on them is almost impossible. You are always limited to whatever their preset resolution is. Also playing games like starcraft is very blurry.

Another example would be CS1.6 where you play the best at resolutions of 1024x768 or lower.

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 15, 2006

KoncreteAngel said:
CRT's will ALWAYS be better than lcds until lcds can change resolutions without losing image quality.

Getting high resolution lcds are awful because watching low res(or even normal res!) video clips on them is almost impossible. You are always limited to whatever their preset resolution is. Also playing games like starcraft is very blurry.

Another example would be CS1.6 where you play the best at resolutions of 1024x768 or lower.

True, that was the one thing that really disappointed me when I got my LCD disply: you have to run it at it's native resolution otherwise it looks really distorted.

warup89 · Jun 15, 2006

i never knew about the resolution thing, so LCD still kinda primitive?

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 15, 2006

warup89 said:
i never knew about the resolution thing, so LCD still kinda primitive?

Mine is quite a cheap LCD but I think all of them have the same problems. I keep my LCD because I need the space on my desk and they look cool :cool:

But If it's image quality you're after CRT are still way better for different resolutions and better colours. Ah well... always have been more of a sound person myself.

RickyG512 · Jun 21, 2006

when is this comming out

maybe current LCD TV will drop in price

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