New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 1, 2008 @06:28AM from the dithering-all-the-way-to-the-bank dept.

Trintech points us to an AppleInsider article about another class-action lawsuit directed against Apple Inc. This one claims that the displays on new 20" iMacs are only capable of 6-bit-per-pixel color, 98% fewer colors than Apple advertises. Rather than the 8-bit, in-plane switching (IPS) screens used in 24" iMacs and earlier 20" models, "[t]he new 20-inch iMac features a 6-bit twisted nematic film (TN) LCD screen," according to the article, "which the [law] firm claims is the 'least expensive of its type,' sporting a narrower viewing angle than the display of the 24-inch model, less color depth, less color accuracy, and greater susceptibility to washout." Apple recently settled a very similar class-action suit about the displays on MacBook and MacBook Pro models.

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Re:No April Fools articles this year. by Tyr_7BE · 2008-04-01 08:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Could someone please mod this man up? I actually didn't read the comment, but if it gets modded up that will make it 6 consecutive +5 posts in a row. If you REALLY want to see something amazing, mod this post up to +5...well...anything!