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

[Ed Greshko]

Markku Kolkka wrote:
> 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
> 

Now, that sounds like were the folks from ViewSonic are coming from...

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