Re: [pygame] 10 bits per color

["PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Sounds lik yet another gimmick to get uneducated folk to buy another TV
LOL, I like this one.
But I'm not sure I understand your statement on NTSC.

This is what my research subject is all about.  My boss asked me to
optimize my hardware design (0.35u CMOS image sensor) to fit eyes and
equipement limitations.  But I need first to create RGB101010 software
to see if DeepColor makes sense or not, before optimizing CMOS chips.
Since I like Python and I have Pygame experiences, I wanted to do that
software with Pygames.

Thanks

Pierre

Luke Paireepinart wrote:
> Just because tvs support it doesn't mean they can render it. Tvs
> support the ntsc standard even if they can't display 100% of it. I
> doubt if they have the CRI high enough to resolve 10 bit color on LCDs
> even with LED backlighting. Sounds lik yet another gimmick to get
> uneducated folk to buy another TV (like dynamic contrast, tru motion,
> 120 hz, 240 hz lcds, 800 hz plasmas, etc.)
> 
> On 10/1/09, PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx <PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> René Dudfield wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> not yet...  highest is rgb 888, and yuv 422
>>>
>>> As James mentions SDL 1.3 is getting more pixel formats - I can't
>>> remember which ones they decided to support.  However a bunch of the
>>> other non-SDL code in pygame can only use 888.  So maybe in the
>>> future.
>>>
>>> Note, that it'd be very rare if a screen can show that many colors -
>>> most computer LCD screens are terrible these days (6bit rgb).  Often
>>> in video screens for home when they talk about the new 10bit color, it
>>> means 442 yuv, and most tv is broadcast with only 422.
>>>
>>> pygame also doesn't support color profiles, which can be important for
>>> color on your screen... and most importantly pygame doesn't know how
>>> to change the color of your light bulp(yet!!!!) shining down on your
>>> screen which changes the colors quite a lot.
>>>
>>> You can mess with the gama settings if you want... but that can make
>>> peoples monitors stick with that if you don't set it back!
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:46 AM, PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> Is Pygame supports 10 bits per color (ex RGB101010) ?
>>>> Windows 7 is going to support it
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Pierre
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> Hi all
>> Thanks for all these details.
>>
>> I'm asking because new ATI graphic cards support HDMI 1.3 (HDMI support
>> DeepColor, meaning up to 16 bits per color RGB161616), and new TV with
>> retro light using LEDs has higher contrast (up to 2000000:1 wich is
>> about 126 DB dynamic range) and support HDMI 1.3 with DeepColor.  Lots
>> of DVD player also support DeepColor (not sure if any movie are
>> available in DeepColor) And Windows 7, comming october 22 support
>> RGB101010 and more.  I'm still looking for a Linux distro that has more
>> than 8 bits per color.
>> So all the industry is taking the turn with DeepColor.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pierre Lafrance
>>
>>
>>
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