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Re: HDTV Question

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From: Tony Wen Hsun Lai
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 21:10
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In article <1993Jan8.055618.24902@mtu.edu> cmwolf@mtu.edu (christopher m. wolf) writes:
>If HDTV will be digital, what will be the number of available colors for
>display?
>
>Instead of the "infinite" we have with NTSC now, this will have to be reduced,
>depending on the digitalization, but what are we talking about numbers-wise?

All the HDTV systems that I've heard of have a larger color gamut than
Never Twice the Same Color.  I believe the systems can all represent
something like 16,000,000 colors or more.
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From: tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony Wen Hsun Lai)
Subject: Re: HDTV Question
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