Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The fourth dimension for television

According to Mr. Sulu, the company Sharp has been developing a brand-new HDTV that better reproduces natural colors by adding a fourth color element to the standard RGB palette: Yellow.

I have heard arguments for and against this technology. According to some, "G+B=Y, so why do we need to include 'Y' when it's already technically in there?". Personally, I believe that adding a fourth color will make a difference, but not a huge difference. It will certainly help tone down over-saturated red hues, but some things might look uber-orange now. We shall see.

Here's what Mr. Sulu has to say on the matter:




Looks good to me!

2 comments:

  1. Oh, My! RGB is only one standard. CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and BlacK) is another which produces more true color, according to some. I can barely see the difference between HDTV and non so, meh...

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  2. I really only notice a difference on HDTVs when it's full HD (1080p). Anything smaller than that and there's not much difference at all.

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