This is absolutely wrong, with due respect. The amount of colours any monitor displays is not necessarily determined by its brand or size. Monitor colours are determined by the bit depth which ranges from 1 bit depth (Bitmap) to 24-32 (true colour). The 24 bit depth represents about 16.7 million colours and this is the highest you can obtain from the very best of the cinema display ranges.
In theory, all of today's monitors can display 16.7 million colours - YES. BUT: That doesn't mean that they can display them well... my 7-year-old CRT, for example, displays 16.7 Million colours. However, due to its age, the contrast ratio has gone down, and I sometimes find it difficult to distinguish shadow details. If I look at one and the same image on a new CRT screen, things change dramatically.
Genrally speaking, LCD screens have a lower contrast ratio than CRT screens. There are some LCD screens, which get close to CRT quality, whilst other LCD screens are far away from that....
The PowerBook like the Cinema display are both LCD monitors and they function in exactly in the same principle providing exactly the same amount of colours.
Yes, the same AMOUNT of colours, but not the same colours! For example: On a "bad" monitor, you might not be able to distinguish between a bright red (100M, 100Y) and a slightly orangy red (90M, 100Y) - on a "good" monitor, you can.
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