Full range color?

[Erthok]

In the nvidia control panel my output dynamic range is set to limited? How can I enable full range? 

[Enderman]

Uh, you click it and change it to "full" and then click apply.

[Erthok]

Won't let me. It's locked 

[Glenwing]

30 minutes ago, Erthok said:

Won't let me. It's locked 

What display are you using?

[Erthok]

43 inch Visio 4K tv. The manual says it supports. 4:4:4 color

[Glenwing]

4 hours ago, Erthok said:

43 inch Visio 4K tv. The manual says it supports. 4:4:4 color

TVs may not support full range RGB. That's why it defaults to Limited RGB in the first place, for compatibility reasons.

 

Subsampling (4:2:2, etc.) is only used in the YCbCr color model, RGB is always 4:4:4 whether it's limited range or full range RGB.

[GamerDude]

1 hour ago, Glenwing said:

TVs may not support full range RGB. That's why it defaults to Limited RGB in the first place, for compatibility reasons.

 

Subsampling (4:2:2, etc.) is only used in the YCbCr color model, RGB is always 4:4:4 whether it's limited range or full range RGB.

Just outta curiosity, I hope the OP doesn't mind, but I'm curious about something. My AOC Q2963PM is capable of >16 million colors, so I can assume it has 6bit or 8bit panel. But what about my Acer XR341CK? It's supposedly capable of > 1 billion color, does that automatically mean it has 10bit panel, or is there some form of voodoo black magic goin' on?

[Glenwing]

11 minutes ago, GamerDude said:

Just outta curiosity, I hope the OP doesn't mind, but I'm curious about something. My AOC Q2963PM is capable of >16 million colors, so I can assume it has 6bit or 8bit panel. But what about my Acer XR341CK? It's supposedly capable of > 1 billion color, does that automatically mean it has 10bit panel, or is there some form of voodoo black magic goin' on?

There's a technique used by most monitors called dithering, where you have for example an 8-bit panel, but it flickers rapidly between two available colors to "simulate" inbetween colors that it can't actually display. Due to this, most 6-bit panels can display an 8-bit color palette, most 8-bit panels can display a 10-bit color palette, etc. It's very difficult to distinguish from a "true" 8-bit or 10-bit panel and it's used by most monitors today, the majority of 16.7 million color monitors (8-bit color) have 6-bit panels.

[GamerDude]

36 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

There's a technique used by most monitors called dithering, where you have for example an 8-bit panel, but it flickers rapidly between two available colors to "simulate" inbetween colors that it can't actually display. Due to this, most 6-bit panels can display an 8-bit color palette, most 8-bit panels can display a 10-bit color palette, etc. It's very difficult to distinguish from a "true" 8-bit or 10-bit panel and it's used by most monitors today, the majority of 16.7 million color monitors (8-bit color) have 6-bit panels.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up! From what you'd said, I can conclude that my AOC prolly has 6bit panel though 8bit is still possible. My Acer most likely has 8bit or higher panel. Got kinda confused when I'd hooked up my R9 290X's and saw that the Cat control panel allows for 10bpc (default) and allows for up to 12bpc.