In the decoder, RGB signals are derived by matrixing the luminance[]
signal with the colour difference signals, which have also been
derived from the gamma corrected RGB signals in the encoder. The
"un-gamma" process is done to individual colours by the CRT itself.
On Sat, 14 May 2022 at 15:48:39, Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote (my responses usually FOLLOW):
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In the decoder, RGB signals are derived by matrixing the luminance[]
signal with the colour difference signals, which have also been
derived from the gamma corrected RGB signals in the encoder. The
"un-gamma" process is done to individual colours by the CRT itself.
I. e. the phosphor.
Do modern LC displays, and other technologies - Plasma? OLED? - have a similar gamma curve to CRT phosphors? If not, presumably modern sets have
an un-phosphor-gamma followed by gamma correction for whatever they _are_ using (assuming it's needed). Do you think we'll ever see a different (or
no) curve start to used, with archive material doomed to be viewed
slightly wrongly, apart from by true enthusiasts? Or has this already happened? (I imagine it could be quite subtle so not thought worth
bothering with by many.)
was it because CRTs had an inbuilt gamma because of the phosphor and
transfer characteristics of a CRT, and it was easier/cheaper to correct
for this at the broadcast end rather than requiring the correction
circuitry in every TV?
What was the purpose of gamma? Was it to make the signal more immune to
noise (a bit like LPs apply HF emphasis on the record and the record player has inverse de-emphasis)? Or was it because CRTs had an inbuilt gamma
because of the phosphor and transfer characteristics of a CRT, and it was easier/cheaper to correct for this at the broadcast end rather than
requiring the correction circuitry in every TV?
On Sat, 14 May 2022 18:12:22 +0100, NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
What was the purpose of gamma? Was it to make the signal more immune to
noise (a bit like LPs apply HF emphasis on the record and the record
player
has inverse de-emphasis)? Or was it because CRTs had an inbuilt gamma
because of the phosphor and transfer characteristics of a CRT, and it was
easier/cheaper to correct for this at the broadcast end rather than
requiring the correction circuitry in every TV?
The latter.
As a matter of interest, is digital TV linear (ie do pixels with values 10, >50 and 100 have brightnesses in the ratio 1:5:10) and is the
gamma-correction for the SCART-output of a set-top-box done locally, or is >gamma at the prescribed value still applied between the camera and the >encoded pixel values in the video stream? Is what JP Gilliver said true - >that an LCD TV applies inverse gamma conversion, followed by any non-linear >parameter that might apply to an LCD screen?
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