eCinema and AUO tout CRT-quality LCDs

LCD manufacturers eCinema and AUO have both been boasting about breakthroughs in LCD technology recently, promising LCD monitors that rival bulky CRTs in picture quality. eCinema's display (seen above), boasts a massive 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,000 to 4,000 steps of grey, as opposed to the 256 currently found on most LCDs. What's more, they say the first display using the technology, the 40-inch DCM40HDR, will be available by the end of the year. They didn't, however, disclose the price (we'll just pretend for a minute that we can afford one). In comparison, AUO's LCDs seem a bit lackluster, with only a 1200:1 contrast ratio, although the company says its HiColor Technology with LED backlight will push the display to over 100% color saturation and the promised 4ms response time ain't too shabby either. No word yet on availability of displays using AUO's tech yet, although they say it's ready to go and can be applied to both WXGA (1366 x 768) and full 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolutions.

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[Kevin Fox @ Jun 16th 2006 2:19AM]

Wow, what a lightly-veiled reference to American Beauty, where the Anti-hero lusts after an underage girl who he fantasizes about nude on a bed of rose petals.

Hopefully these monitors turn out better than the end of the film!

[Casanova @ Jun 16th 2006 2:33AM]

I think you might be correct in your link between this photo and the movie, but its depressing that the first thing you think of when you see a woman surrounded by rose petals is a movie.

Where is the romance these days, thats what I would like to know

[Perrey Z. @ Jun 16th 2006 2:56AM]

Back to the GADGETS Subject: Who is eCinema? i've never heard of them and believe me i do know every single flat panel technology manufacturer.

[GhostDoggy @ Jun 16th 2006 8:30AM]

Um, how is it they like to reference their product against a measure or 'CRT' and not have the balls to state black level or contrast ratio capable of their display? Sounds like someone's marketing department spin doctor is working OT for nothing.

BTW, human eye cannot see 36-bit color so what is the purpose of 'displaying' it? Its one thing to have 36-bits in the processing, but in the display? I guess they are catering to aliens with 'the right stuff'.

[Peebert @ Jun 16th 2006 8:52AM]

Since some mentioned the image- If you're a big fan of that image (the beautiful woman with the blue eyes), you can find it at iStockphoto. It's image #253593, and if you particularly like that model, there are many more shots of her in that photographer's portfolio. Cheers!

[Tim @ Jun 16th 2006 9:42AM]

GhostDoggy, the human eye may not be able to 'see' 36 bit color, but the human brain can. The brain composites the 'video stream' from our eye to enhance our vision. This is why when you stare at one spot for a while, things start to become desaturated and blurry, because our brain is not getting its usual amount of information to composite with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye

Also, though our brains may not be able to detect all color changes in 36bit color, we will certainly notice the increased monochromatic color range. With 36 bit color, we get 4096 levels of gray, or monochromatic color, as opposed to 256 levels with 24 bit color. Try looking at a fullscreen black to white gradient, I'll bet if you look closely you can see some banding.