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Wide gamut monitors?

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I'm trying to understand what's the deal with wide gamut monitors (like the upcoming Samsung 226CW). Is it the same as 8-bit technology? What are the practical benefits of having wide gamut?

Aside: is there a search function for this forum? Can't see a search button anywhere.
 
Here is a thread on that very subject. Link

Side note, there maybe other benefits to having CCFL backlighting that are independent of an increased gamut. I make no claims to be an expert on LCD technology.:D

P.S. If the Samsung 226CW is a 6 bit TN panel than the wide gamut really is like putting a gold rims on a Hugo. Fortunately its a feature that would see almost no real world use. My bleeds from the horror of that image.:p
 
DV camcorders and some web pages use wide gamut now but that’s it so far. This will blossom in a fairly quick fashion. Most new TV’s that have come out this year and those that are coming out later this year are almost all wide gamut. If you do not intend to use the monitor for TV or movies in the future then consider some of the older models out there that do not have wide gamut.

The movie industry is in a transition at this time with new and different brands of digital cameras to use. Many producers do not want to use them while some are experimenting with it using them in certain scenes but almost never the entire movie. These new digital cameras have the wide gamut built into them. In TV land it is just a matter of less than 2 years before they become wide gamut as the analog signals are turned off. It is just the new minimum standard that the movie and TV industry will use.

When I was growing up, my father bought a color TV before there was any color TV being broadcast in our area because it was a long term investment. When color came out, everyone on the block came over to gawk at Corky the Clown in color and this marvel of invention that they did not have. And now we have the next faze of color (wide gamut and digital) that will become the new industry standard for a decade or more.
 
That is the irony, HDTV content is the real driver of this technology for the consumer level products but its marketed as "magic" fix for all of your colors on your monitor. So in my view I wouldn't buy a monitor because of this feature but its not going to hurt you either.:p Probably by the end of the 2008 I would expect that all of the none TN panels will be wide gamut anyway. I think this trend just reflects of the convergence of media, the migration of viewership from TV to the internet and the rise of HDTV content.

Sounds like a good thing to me. Just don't expect this tech to really hit pay dirt until 10 bit our higher color panels become available.
 
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