[OT] Video Standard Q: (Was Re: New Thread....about anything but Pulseaudio or yum)

[Markku Kolkka]

Ed Greshko kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 17. 
tammikuuta 2008):
> So, I wonder what "106% NTSC color capability" means.  If NTSC
> is a standard then how can you have over 100% capability?

The color primaries of NTSC(1979) form a triangle in the CIE 1931 
color space that has an area of 0.104 (if I recall my math 
correctly). If the display has a color gamut with an area of 
0.11, it can be said to have "106% NTSC color capability". It 
could be for example a sRGB or PAL display.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931_color_space

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 Markku Kolkka
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