Originally posted by: alins
Dell oomphs the color with 24-inch 2407WFP-HC LCD
Dell just upped the specs of their 24-inch 2407WFP LCD panel to now cover some 92% of the NTSC color space ...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/0...4-inch-2407wfp-hc-lcd/
On the sour side of it, they are discontinuing the 2407WFP. I think they also discontinued the regular gamut 3007WFP in favor of the 3007WFP-HC (92% CCFL).
On the bright side, no pun intended, you will experience a more vibrant picture. I think the most prominent improvement will be in the green color (see sRGB, ~72% CCFL, vs. 92% CCFL):
Chromacity diagram, 3007WFP-HC:
http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/...88/1765/88_178_107.jpg
Keep in mind that with a higher gamut and the same bit depth (8-bit), you will have fewer intermediate tones without the use of frame rate control or dithering. I believe only high-end, so-called "10-bit" displays like expensive NECs and Eizos have these capabilities in conjunction with wide gamut, to provide a legacy fallback for those who work with 72% material. It still doesn't work as well as a true 72% monitor, obviously, because of FRC. Kind of back to square one there..but implemented properly (e.g. Hi-FRC), it can work pretty well.
Of course, without FRC, the only option may be to snap to the nearest tone available (and that's an overcomplicated explanation of what's going on). True, RGB(128,128,128) on a 72% gamut monitor is going to look a little different than on a 92% gamut one (the 92% gamut one may appear more greenish but I'm not sure about this).
You may think, well couldn't you just turn up the green in your gamma adjustments? No, that's not the same thing at all, actually. The wide gamut CCFLs use special phosphors that are able to create a more natural white. With this more natural white, the LCD's color filter can separate the white into a wider range of what it wants. After all, white is the combination of every color. But, with this wider range comes the same bit depth. Thus you have more range and a little less granularity. That also means banding (striping) can be more prominent on a wide gamut display showing low gamut material.