[mythtv-users] DVI color conversion

[Etienne SANDRE]

For info, standard TV luminosity range varies between 16 and 235. Extra 
values are clamped.

Michael Knoll wrote:

>I read before that a computer's DVI output uses the full range of
>values(0-255) for each color component.  But, a TV cuts of the ends,
>if I remember, it was anything below a 4 is taken as black.  So RGB
>4,4,4 respectively is as black as RGB 0,0,0.  I'm using DVI to HDMI
>into my Sony HDTV.  The images do appear dark, and detail is lost in
>dark scenes.  I've tried upping the brightness, but it doesn't seem to
>be accurate.
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>Does anyone know if this is accurate?  Is there any was to convert a
>computer's DVI output range to a TV DVI output range?
>
>Mike
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