LCD : 16.7 and 16.2 million color??

[alexthg]

while looking for LCD displays, I found that some features 16.7 million colors, while others only 16.2 million colors.

 

There's a 500,000 color difference.... ? Why?

 

thg

[alexthg]

ok.. just found out that 16.7 uses 8-bit color system, and 16.2 uses only 6-bit color system + dithering to achieve higher range of color.

So, while the 16.7 is 'true color', and 16.2 a 'not so true' color.... can we really tell the difference?

 

Harry

[Hazdaz]

Where you are getting this info.

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6-bit color (6 x 3 colors = 18-bit color) is only 262144 colors. That would have to be a heck of a lot of differing to get you 16.2 million colors.

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Either way, sounds like a moot point, since the human eye can't even see that many colors, and in reality I don't think any LCDs (or CRTs for that matter) can actually display 16.8 million colors - I think it's simply out of the technologie's gamut of displayable colors.

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If the brand is reputable, I probably wouldn't be too concerned, but if the price difference isn't that much, then I would definitly go the "true" 24-bit route and get the one that says 16.8 million colors.

[alexthg]

http://compreviews.about.com/od/multimedia/a/LCDColor.htm

and quite a lot from quick searches from googles

[opus13]

yeah, the 6 bit is way-heavy dithered, and the results are 'craptastic'. the gamut of LCD monitors of the 8 bit breed is laughable at best, adn teh 6bit ones are simple horrid. if you deal with things like... colors, then stay away from the 6 bit displays.