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THE 24-INCH LACIE 324 isn't for the everyday consumer. Costing almost $1,000, it has a native 1,920x1,200 resolution, can handle Blu-ray playback with full 1080p and High-Bandwidth Content Protection (HDCP) compatibility, and has a reasonably fast 6-millisecond pixel response time.
But the 324's video-friendly features give it the edge over other, similar-size monitors. The 324 has a built-in Faroudja DCDi processor for enhanced video playback, and it also has 10-bit gamma correction that calculates color transitions with twice the accuracy of a standard 8-bit monitor. The results were impressive: Color gradients of a Blu-ray movie were extremely smooth, and color accuracy was first-rate. Screen movement was jitter-free, and animation looked almost three-dimensional. We watched a standard DVD, too, and the picture quality looked good. In fact, because the 324 covers 92 percent of the NTSC color gamut, it is better than many LCD TVs.
The 324 also fared well with our DisplayMate (www.displaymate.com) tests. Text was ...