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HP Introduces World’s First Affordable Color-critical Display

BJNY

Member
Carlos,
Would you find out if a 30" version is expected, and at what price, please?
Thank you,
Billy
 

etrigan63

Active member
I just got confirmation for the review unit to arrive in August along with a x4600 workstation tricked out for digital darkroom duty. I asked about a 30" version and they said it's in the works but they are trying to get better yields to keep the price down.
 
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Oxide Blu

Guest
... blacks are four times darker and whites are adjustable.

Now, correct me if I am wrong here (I never am but there is still hope I may be some day, just to prove I am human :D ) but if "black" can go "darker", it wasn't black to begin with. Maybe better described as a "very dark gray" that gets darker? My understanding of "black" is that nothing gets darker than that.
 

etrigan63

Active member
Well yes, if you are going by absolute values. Blackness is the absolute absence of light. Since video displays do not come equipped with point singularities (microscopic black holes), blacks are always approximated.

Kidding aside, showing black on an LCD monitor involves masking out the common backlight without turning it off. Newer monitor technologies will disperse the light source evenly around the monitor and allow even "blacker blacks" by deactivating light sources where black is needed.
 
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