I have been following this topic for some time and decided I needed to throw in my 2 cents for xtknight. THG just posted their review of the latest 19" LCD monitors today. They review the 970P amoungst others and report that it has an 8 bit color panel, not 6 bit. I watched the claims of the middle European guy who claimed the 970P was 6 bit based on his looking at the screen. He has posted his opinion in a number of places. I am messaging THG to verify that the assertion of the 970P being 8 bit is valid. In the meantime since you seem to be the touchstone of LCD facts on this forum you might want to reconsider your assertion of the 970P being 6 bit.