eCinema to make LCD surpass CRT ?

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eCinema Systems announces new LCD technology [SyphaOnline via Daily Tech]

http://syphaonline.com/SYPHAnewsitems2006/SYPHAnews20060614-02.html

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New LCD Technology Outperforms CRT
READ MORE: CRT, DMC40HDR, Home Entertainment, LCD, eCinema

This is something we'd thought would happen eventually, but not this soon. eCinema Systems announced that they've developed an LCD that surpasses CRT display quality, and is planning to launch it it by Q4 of this year.

The previous shortcoming of LCD monitors was that they couldn't support deep blacks and real dark colors compared to CRT monitors. To solve this problem, the new technology supports "deep color"—compatible with the HDMI 1.3 spec we talked about yesterday—and can go up to 48-bit colors. That's the point at which humans can't distinguish onscreen color artifacts.

Their DMC40HDR 40-inch LCD boasts these features:

* Darkest black level output of any TFT in the market
* Can be used for professional color grading -- previously done using only CRTs
* Can be used for professional critical picture evaluation -- previously done using only CRTs
* Allows accurate viewing of intra-field motion on interlaced standards
* Video displayed at true frame rates for all standards
* Rugged shock mounted components for field operations

eCinema is also looking to make a 57-inch 1920x1080 LCD and a 82-inch 1920x1080 LCD. – Jason Chen
 
This is the best news I have heard for panels since SED... but this one is actually coming to market at a reasonable pace! I can't believe this forum isnt jumping on this thread! This is the holy grail of LCDs people!

Stunning LCD performance will make CRT monitors obsolete for evaluation

eCinema Systems has successfully demonstrated the technology behind their upcoming High Dynamic Range, High Color Depth display. NAB show-goers lined up in April for packed, back-to- back, private screenings of the jaw dropping system that most recognized will make the CRT obsolete for evaluation. Subsequent screenings have confirmed that response. This LCD-based monitor is the result of six years of research in the field. The HDR technology offers 10 to 12 bits per color channel (for 30 to 36 bit displays) or 1000 to 4000 step gray-scales. Contrast ratio is in the order of 30,000:1 which means black levels displayed are beyond the capability of current CRT monitors.

Martin Euredjian eCinema Founder & CEO is extremely excited about the response to the new technology and made the following comments shortly after NAB, "It is well known that LCD displays did not until now produce the same deep blacks that were achievable when using a CRT. Color depth is, of course, the 8 bit bottleneck issue. Images on the screen -- at the pixel level -- are limited to a best-case of 256 levels between black and white. In other words, if you painted a gray scale you could, at most, see 256 steps. The reality of the matter is that due to calibration and gamma adjustments most displays can't do much better than about 200 steps between black and white".

"It is because of this that the whole idea of viewing and evaluating 4:4:4 10 bit LOG images on an 8 bit device was less than ideal. While the source material is able to represent in the order of 4,000 levels of gray, the monitor could (on a good day) only show about 200 of those levels. Attempting to view 3D LUT's on such a monitor would be pointless. With a 200-level gray scale, LUT-based manipulation would have to be limited to very minor adjustments in order to avoid losing even more of your gray levels. However, the rules are about to change."

eCinema's DCM40HDR, will begin shipping by the fourth quarter of this year. This is a 40 inch, 1920 x 1080 LCD display with full 4:4:4 capabilities suitable for viewing and evaluating 10 bit linear and 10 bit log DI output from the highest quality cameras and systems in use today for digital cinema production as well as high-end DI and Telecine in post-production.

Euredjian continues "The good news is that the technology is scalable. We are looking into implementing it on a 57 inch 1920 x 1080 LCD as well as an 82 inch 1920 x 1080 LCD. We are also looking into implementing the technology on projectors".
 
you did, i said "this one is actually coming to market at a reasonable pace!" not price. Of course it's gonna be godly expensive bey hey thats technology... back in the 90's to get a 15" LCD you had to drop like 5,000 the price will drop over time.
 
This only affects color, backlight issues.

Does nothing for:

Resolution Scaling.
Viewing angles.
Screen door effect.
Ghosting/smear.

This is ultra high end stuff. I haven't seen a price this year, but last year their 23" was a little pricey:

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34502

"the new DCM23 display provides professionals with a much-needed HD monitoring platform at a per-unit cost under $16,500 US."
 
onamae said:
you did, i said "this one is actually coming to market at a reasonable pace!" not price. Of course it's gonna be godly expensive bey hey thats technology... back in the 90's to get a 15" LCD you had to drop like 5,000 the price will drop over time.
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lol, oops.
 
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