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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.Read - eCinemaRead - AUO
eCinema's new LCD tech outperforms CRTs
The major downfall to LCDs is not the cost but rather the picture quality. They just don't give you the same quality of a CRT. Part of that comes from the different resolutions a CRT can do natively and the other is a byproduct of the backlight. You see, LCDs have a backlight that is always providing the whole screen with a bright light. Because of this LCDs just can't produce a good black - till now.eCinema has hopefully worked past that and has an LCD technology with a 30,000:1 contrast ratio matched with 32-bit color. This system can produce 1000 to 4000 steps of gray rather then the current max of 256 shades. The CEO is even claiming that it can produce deeper blacks then CRTs and therefore can take over jobs that are usually reserved for just them - like studio monitors or post-production work. No word on price yet but don't expect it to be any cheaper then that 100-inch in-wall HDTV we showed you earlier.
