rscott4563
Standard Member
My attention had been caught by the new NEC MX2 range of plasmas due to the large amount of praise they have been getting on the AVSforum and now some mention on this forum. I noticed that there was quite a bit of confussion regarding the information on the displays processing (8,10,12 Bit, greyscale and displayable colours) given by various websites (NEC USA, NEC UK, retailers..) and people on the forums.
I decided to send NEC an email requesting confirmation and told them that their websites were stating contradicting information, anyway this was the reply I got....
Don't know about the rest of you but this seems like quite a big thing, some people are going wild about this plasma stating how it has this huge greyscale (4096 compared to Panasonic, Pioneer and Fujitsu with 1024) and massive amount of colours (68.7 billion compared to Panasonic, Pioneer and Fujitsu with 1 billion) and this is giving a much better picture and no banding or solarisation and yet it turns out that unless they are using a source which already has 12 Bit video (don't know what this would be? Apart from computer produced material) then they are in fact using a display with the same processing capabilities as the other manufactures previous generation models??
This seems very strange, am I getting the wrong end of a stick somewhere along the way or what, is this actually how all the other manufactures displays work?
I was quite interested in the new NEC's as a possible replacement for my Panasonic if I'm unable to get a quiet one but this would put me right off...
Ryan
I decided to send NEC an email requesting confirmation and told them that their websites were stating contradicting information, anyway this was the reply I got....
Technical support NEC Europe
Dear Mr Scot,
The 42XM2 uses new 12 Bit sampling technology which enables the monitor to
process and sample 68.7 billion colours from video sources connected to
the monitor. This produces improved dark scene detail and reproduces subtle
colour shades within the picture which can only resolved using 12 Bit video
sampling.
Here he is reply to my comments questioning whether the UK website needs its specs updating
This specification is in respect of the processing with-in the monitor. The
display specification of 256 grey scale and 16.7 million colours is
correct.
Our us website should have been clear in stating the 68.7 billion colours
was the amount of colours which our screens can sample from Video, PC
graphics, High definition, and other professional broadcast video sources.
Regards,
Simeon
Don't know about the rest of you but this seems like quite a big thing, some people are going wild about this plasma stating how it has this huge greyscale (4096 compared to Panasonic, Pioneer and Fujitsu with 1024) and massive amount of colours (68.7 billion compared to Panasonic, Pioneer and Fujitsu with 1 billion) and this is giving a much better picture and no banding or solarisation and yet it turns out that unless they are using a source which already has 12 Bit video (don't know what this would be? Apart from computer produced material) then they are in fact using a display with the same processing capabilities as the other manufactures previous generation models??
This seems very strange, am I getting the wrong end of a stick somewhere along the way or what, is this actually how all the other manufactures displays work?
I was quite interested in the new NEC's as a possible replacement for my Panasonic if I'm unable to get a quiet one but this would put me right off...
Ryan