scammers. just found out that my flatscreen panel may be 6bit instead of true color 8. i knew something was amiss when shades of black were not flush from before, and i guess this confirms my suspicions.
6bit panels actually can accomodate only 262k colors, but with help from dithering and stuff like that, it seems like 16.2mil colors.
8bit panels are native at 16.7mil colors.
smart of them for omitting such info from their product pages. my mind starts asking questions, such as are those people online who gave good reviews to the dell monitors really happy? they might be, considering that dell was using higher-end samsung panels at first, then later decided to downgrade to the lower quality ones which i seem to be stuck with. yay to dell for consumer friendly practices. not.
i will never ever buy another dell. ever.
found a good lcd buying guide for all future lcd buyers: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1745344&frmKeyword=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear“
hm.. monitor looks to be 8bit after all. arghhhh i’m so confused 🙁