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HP Introduces First-Ever 30-bit, 1 Billion Color Display
justechn writes "I recently had the opportunity to see, first hand, HP's new 30-bit, 1 billion color LCD display. I have to say I am impressed. Not only is the HP Dreamcolor LP2480zx capable of displaying so much more than standard LCDs, but it considered a Color Critical display. This means if you work with videos or photos you can be guaranteed that what you see is what it is supposed to look like. With 6 built-in color spaces (NTSC, SMPTE, sRGB, Rec. 709, Adobe RGB and DCI), you can easily switch to the one that best suits your applications and process. At $3,499, it is too expensive to be a consumer level LCD, but compared to other Color Critical displays (which can cost as much as $15,000 and $25,000) this is a real bargain. This display was a joint venture between HP and DreamWorks animation. When I talked to the executives of DreamWorks, they were very excited about this display because it solved a huge problem for them."
It doesn't look like anything special to me. I guess I don't need to upgrade my current monitor.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Way to be a rebel there dude. Glad we have you leading the revolution. It takes a real man to go out on a limb like that.
And here my world has been limited to Crayola's 64-count box. Wow. Who'd have thunk it?
And I, as a man, fear anything and anyone that can handle more than the 16 colors I can differentiate and all the marital skirmished derived from that fact.
My 0.02 cents
On an unrelated note, I also fear spellcheckers....
My 0.02 cents
.....and the rest on occasional romantic dinners with your GF or wife,.... you spend too much on occasional romantic dinners with your GF or wife.One... BILLion colours...!
If you mod this up, your slashdot background will turn into a beautiful sunset!
My eyes... the monitors... ze do nothing...
If you take a photo of the sun and look at the image on this monitor, you can blind yourself.
Not buying if it doesn't have built-in speakers.
How unfortunate. If only there had been some kind of warning that you were going to be linked from Slashdot, maybe you could have prepared for it.
All this dicussion about LCDs, CRTs and colors, bah! I use LSD and I can see billions of colors nobody else can....
"But this one goes to 11!"
Spellcheckers are for the week.
"I WANT IT. I don't really know why, though..."
I do. My collection of Roseanne Barr b3av3r shots!
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
Couple that with the Roseanne theme on a 7.1 DTS-HD setup and your fist in a bowl of warm custard and it'd be just like you were really there!
huh, the pictures look no better than on my display!???
Invaders must die