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henlin · 07-29-2004, 05:48 PM

For those of you out there with TFT's, what's the colour depth and if it's less than 16.7 million coulours do you notice the difference. It's just that I was lookin at some fairly expensive Sony screens and they are all 16.2 million coulours so I was just wondering what people's experiences are.

xepherys · 07-30-2004, 08:45 AM

16.2 ~= 16.7

In other words, the human eye cannot discern anything past a few thousand colors anyways. Having millions only allows for smoother color transitions. Since all LCDs have a slightly more pixellated view, the transition of colors is far less noticeable.

Dragonlich · 07-30-2004, 10:02 AM

I have no problems whatsoever. The problem isn't the amount of colours a TFT can show in total, but how many it can show at once. That's where the "contrast ratio" comes in. I've seen a 17" LG with 450:1 contrast ratio, and a 17" Samsung with 700:1, and you can really tell that the Samsung is better.

Too bad we've had so many dead pixels in the Samsungs - we won't even sell them anymore because of it.

07-29-2004, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
henlin Tilted Location: Birmingham, England	TFT question For those of you out there with TFT's, what's the colour depth and if it's less than 16.7 million coulours do you notice the difference. It's just that I was lookin at some fairly expensive Sony screens and they are all 16.2 million coulours so I was just wondering what people's experiences are.

07-30-2004, 08:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	16.2 ~= 16.7 In other words, the human eye cannot discern anything past a few thousand colors anyways. Having millions only allows for smoother color transitions. Since all LCDs have a slightly more pixellated view, the transition of colors is far less noticeable. __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage

07-30-2004, 10:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	I have no problems whatsoever. The problem isn't the amount of colours a TFT can show in total, but how many it can show at once. That's where the "contrast ratio" comes in. I've seen a 17" LG with 450:1 contrast ratio, and a 17" Samsung with 700:1, and you can really tell that the Samsung is better. Too bad we've had so many dead pixels in the Samsungs - we won't even sell them anymore because of it.