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StooMonster
01-11-2003, 9:47 AM
Is HDTV a 24-bit (16.7 million colours) or a 30-bit* (1 billion colours) standard?

* Where 30-bit is sometimes called 10-bit because it's ten bits for each of Red, Green, and Blue.

StooMonster

JohnAd
01-11-2003, 12:06 PM
It's based on MPEG which is 8 bit YCrCb method.

John

StooMonster
01-11-2003, 2:53 PM
Cheers, so it's 24-bit then. Thanks!

StooMonster