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8bit or 10bit HD LCD Panels

February 7th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under •

I have had my new Sony Bravia for about a month now and I still think it
is brilliant. However, there are three things that bug me.

1. The remote control has to be pointed directly at the IR receiver. I
am hoping that this is just the batteries, but I haven’t got round to
checking this yet.
2. Gradients have a discernible banding, which I think may be because it
is 8bit rather than a 10bit panel. This is something that I am going to
investigate.
3. I was watching Superman Returns the other day, which is quite a dark
film, and it really showed up the poor definition in the dark scenes.

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  1. Comment by Tony on 8 February 2008:

    Well I have found the answer here

    increasing the color bit-depths by 2 bits per subpixel, i.e., from 8-bit to 10-bit subpixels and from 10-bit to 12-bit subpixels, will increase the total quantity of reproduced discrete colors by a factor of 64 times. Hence, a 10-bit display panel is capable of reproducing 64 times the quantity of colors reproduced by an ordinary 8-bit LCD panel. All things being equal this will provide much smoother transitions between adjacent discrete colors and a much better representation of the colors we experience in day-to-day life, and therefore a more realistic video image.

  2. Pingback by Banding on Sony Bravia | What? No title on 9 February 2008:

    [...] Is this banding? Or is this normal for an LCD TV? Or is it because it is 8bit [...]

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