02.04.2008 11:05 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

A new class action on dithering

Despite the class action suit on the dithered MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, Apple is facing a new suit, about dithered iMac screens. This time, there's little chance that the suit will be settled as easily as the other suit, since there's a whole lot of lawyers behind it. The facts are simple: Apple announces that all of their displays are capable of showing millions of colors. But in fact, they show only 262000 colors, and simulate more colors via the dithering technique. A human eye will see more colors this way, even though they're not really there. And that's exactly the point of dispute. Is simulating those colors that aren't really there sufficient, or not? For some people it'll be only detail, others will say it's swindling. But, no matter what the outcome of this suit will be, it remains a fact t

Weiterlesen bei Hardmac.com