I was actually wondering about this Neilo - Sony claim to have both a 10-bit panel
and processing in their latest displays. It was my understanding that this meant they had a 10-bit LUT and could display 1024 steps of gradation.
Eizo sells LCD graphic monitors with a 12-bit LUT and 16-bit processing which they claim produces greyscale rendering on par with a CRT.
Take this for example:
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Originally Posted by http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/cg301w/features.asp#16bit DUE utilizes the monitor's 12-bit look-up table (LUT) with an extensive palette of 4,081 grayscale tones for each R, G, and B, and internal calculation accuracy of 16-bits to compensate for brightness and chroma discrepancies. |
It certainly sounds to me like the 12-bit LUT means the display itself can show 4081 tones, rather than being limited to 8-bit as you suggest.