Posted by Arny Krueger on 11/05/07 19:09

"Bob Myers" <nospamplease@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> "P.C. Ford" <meoh@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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>> LCD technology is actually pretty primitive. I went to an eye-opening
>> demonstation at Dolby/Brightside in Vancouver, BC. Look is up on
>> Google. In short, they extend the luminance of the signal, which is
>> severely restricted in LCDs. The results are absolutely dazzling.
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> More accurately, the Dolby/Brightside technology extends
> the dynamic range (contrast) of the LCD display, through
> a combination of modulating the backlight intensity across the
> area of the backlight (this trick only works with direct-lit
> LED backlighting) along with corresponding modifications to
> the image data. The results are very impressive, but most
> color-critical pros I've talked to aren't all that interested in any
> method that mucks around with their data, unless they're VERY
> clear on exactly how that data is being changed and can turn
> any such feature off and see their image "as is".

The irony is that their old displays are mucking around with their image,
and they probably know very little about how it is being changed, and they
can 't do anything about it.

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