That means incredibly sharp images and vibrant frames -- the display is capable of 10-bit 1.07 billion-color presentation.

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Based on technology from Silicon Valley start-up Generic Media, the software can display images at between four and 10 frames per second.

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The empty frames that formerly housed the paintings are still on display at the Gardner, a museum devoted to the offbeat collection of its late, eccentric founder.

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Dr McCreary says he has monochrome displays in the laboratory that can show video at 20 frames per second, and later this year the firm plans to demonstrate a colour display for the first time.

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