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Old 10-02-2008, 1:29 AM   #12
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Re: Is this banding? Is it normal for an LCD tv?

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Originally Posted by RottenFox View Post
no,i wouldnt say its a feature,but tv's with 8 bit panels,it happens on,more.
is the panel in your tv,an 8bit or 10bit one.
does it happen on all feeds,or not.
LCDs can't display true 10bit

PS: Nearly all HDTVs suffer from that effect and can be caused by several factors. One of which is modern compression codecs, which improves compression efficiency by lowering the bit-rate (data rate, not color) around non-moving/dark areas. However, the effect is more noticeable now due to the new gamma profile used by nearly all modern LCDs. I suppose the image can be up-sampled to 10-14 Bit-Per-Color but we don't have any display that can truly display that level of depth, well... apart from CRT.

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