images in cross-platform stacks

[Thomas McGrath III]

Martin,

My HD Cinema display is factory set to a Apple display native -  
Response Curve of Gamma of 2.2 but the individual Red, Green and Blue  
response curves are set to 1.801
When I do a Calibration these are all set-able.

Tom

On May 17, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> David and Richard,
>
> Does it not also have to do with being able to discern subtleties  
> of shadow detail on-screen? Uncorrected CRT Gamma (as per Win /  
> Nix / Television) gives a very non-linear display and tends to  
> compress the bottom 20% to black.
>
> Images made in systems like this tend not to have any bottom-end  
> information at all - it typically begins at around 20%, effectively  
> reducing the dynamic range - not good for print - although possibly  
> practical for consumer-oriented screen-based media.
>
> Something else I occasionally wonder about though. Are todays LCD  
> monitors configured to mimic the poor linearity characteristics of  
> the old CRTs? I would guess they are, so as to be compatible with  
> existing media. Presumably flat screens don't have the same  
> inherent physical characteristics as a CRT? I'm interested to know  
> what's done in that case.
>
> Martin Baxter
>

Thomas J McGrath III
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