LaCie 324 24-inch 10 bit LCD for the pros
By Paul Miller 
posted Jan 8th 2008 11:01AM
posted Jan 8th 2008 11:01AM
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How can this be 1080p and 16:10 at the same time?
That would make the resolution 1728x1080. That's very nonstandard.
16:10 = 1920x1200
1080p/16:9 = 1920x1080
you'd see 1920x60px bars above and below a 1080p movie.. unless of course you use a media player that can stretch to full.. vlc, wmpc, etc...
1080p means 1080 horizontal lines progressively scanned. 1920x1200 would technically be a 1200p display. All they're doing here is throwing buzz words around. It's not a big deal other than further confusing already screwy standards (ie: most 720p LCD and plasma TVs are really 768p).
it has HDMI ports, they are just letting people know their 1080P devices will work
"1080p means 1080 horizontal lines progressively scanned. "
Right, and there's nothing about this monitor that contradicts that. It'll display 1080 horizontal lines progressively scanned just fine.
The fact that it will do *more* if you feed the right data to it doesn't mean it won't do *less* too. It is a 1080p display. They're telling you it'll play 1080p content natively, which it will.
There is no such resolution as "1200p". 1080p is a defined standard. Once you go above that, you just start talking in resolutions again. This is a 1920x1200 monitor that's 1080p capable.
Not that hard to understand. Apple, Dell et. al have been making monitors like this for years. (Just not 10 bit, which is awesome.)
And I'm guessing this is not a real 10-bit display, just an 8-bit display with a 10-bit lookup table. 12-bit LUTs are nothing new, and 10-bit LUTs are pretty much "last generation", hence the not-so expensive price. From the price, it should also be an IPS-based display, if it's a VA tech, it is pretty overpriced, even with the 10-bit LUT.
LaCie is overpriced by default. So it's probably *VA
Question from a point of ignorance, could someone explain the advantages of the 10-bit aspect?
I am a pro. $350 buys me a stunning 24" already.
So why is this $1050? Three extra ports cost $700? LOL! And why "$1050" instead of $1000? what's that $50 for? is that the "so it doesn't look like we just arbitrarily picked our price" surcharge?
A pro what? Annoying pointless rant guy? Stunning and accurate are generally two very different things.
Randy - can you suggest a decent 24" lcd for $300 - $350ish? thanks!