I have heard some people report getting better compression with 16-bit color vs. 256, resulting in lower bandwidth consumption. It seems counter-intuitive to me, however it makes sense when you consider that Windows dithers interface colors the color can't be accurately represented. Trevor. ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:33 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] 256 colors vs. 16-bit color How much more bandwidth is consumed by going to 16-bit color, per session? Chad M. Schneider Technology Analyst Bemis Company, Inc. 920-303-7609 "Just because you can, does not mean that you should."