New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors

jmke · 3rd April 2008, 17:44

Trintech writes 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.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...10221&from=rss

Rutar · 3rd April 2008, 20:58

that is even worse than the Samsung Panel Swap in the 226BW, the sky is falling for Apple fans

jmke · 3rd April 2008, 21:40

a bit more info

Quote:

No, the article just wasn't clear. It actually means 6-bits per color channel per pixel. In other words, 18-bits per pixel instead of full 24-bits per pixel. And the reduction from 2^24 to 2^18 does indeed reduce the number of colors from about 16 million to 262,144 - a reduction of about 98% of the entire color space.

and a whole webpage: http://compreviews.about.com/od/mult...a/LCDColor.htm

3rd April 2008, 17:44	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors Trintech writes 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. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...10221&from=rss __________________

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Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	that is even worse than the Samsung Panel Swap in the 226BW, the sky is falling for Apple fans