Finally the right LCD arrive?

[LeStoffer]

I think Sony finally have made the LCD monitor I have been waiting on! The Sony SDM-HS94P.

19" TFT Active Matrix, 12 ms response time and 16.2 million colors. 8)

Have anybody seen them in action yet? I only saw this guys thoughts so far: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=805781

 

[Accord1999]

19" TFT Active Matrix, 12 ms response time and 16.2 million colors. 8)

16.2 million colors is bad as it would mean it was an 18-bit monitor. But that would make this monitor the only >17" desktop LCD to be 18-bit, so it's probably a misprint.

 

[arjan de lumens]

Huh? 18-bit implies 262 thousand colors; 16 million colors is true 24-bit.

 

[Thowllly]

16.7 million colors is true 24bit. 16.2 million suggest that there is only 64 colors per channel and that it's dithered up to 253 colors per channel. 253^3=16.2 million.

Edit: Anyway, you left out the most important bit; the resolution is only 1280x1024. That sucks...

 

[Leto]

He mentions nice blackness, but what is it?

The new Apple 20" has pretty impressive 400:1 contrast and 250 cd/m2 brightness.

 

[Sxotty]

The contrast is not necessarily always an accurate measure of blackness. I know shoot me or something, but due to how different companies do their "testing" I think you pretty much need to go see them to see if they are to your liking.

 

[Leto]

The brightness and contrast values are ISO "something" numbers so they should be somehow truthful. I have a IBM L170 with 250 cd/m2 350:1 and the black leves are pretty crappy IMO. Guess we'll have to wait for OLED's :/