[Tig] Deadwood or HBO snafu?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

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On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Jan & Eileen wrote:

> I'm trying to get to Cable Company to see it at their location.
>
> Please confirm... Are Blacks solidly clipping with no detail, and at this
> point, is there a subtle green or blue cast on that black?
>
> Does anyone know for certain if Comcast is limiting video to RGB Colorspace?

Your cable company is likely doing head-end recompression in order to 
fit more channels in the same size pipe and make it easier to insert 
pop-up adds.  Their primary objective is to make more money, not offer 
better quality to the customer.  99% of cable viewers either don't 
have the hardware to see the difference, use hardware which is 
severely out of whack, or would not notice the problem if they saw it.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

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