New Display Technology: LaCie 700 series
October 18, 2008
Written by Rob Griffith
One of the nicer things about my job is getting my hands on the latest kit. When the LaCie 730 came into the office I was eager to see it because it uses a new display technology designed to give a broader colour gamut.
Most LCD screens have a backlight that is basically a fluorescent tube, it’s a bit more than that really but it’s a white light source that is then turned into colour pixels by the LCD matrix. The LaCie 700 series doesn’t use a white light it uses red, green and blue LEDs. So you get a red light source for the red pixels, green for green and blue for blue. This makes deeper and richer colours possible, extending the colour gamut of the display. Read more
