[Openicc] xrandr output properties / icc profiles

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Hal V. Engel wrote:
>
> The ouput from the video card is limited to 8 or (in a few cases) 10
> bits/channel and what the LUT is doing is fine tuning those 8 or 10 bit steps.
> I agree that the current 8 or 10 bit/channel limitation of our graphics cards
> and DVI connections is too low and it does not appear that this will be fixed
> for a long time since the hardware vendors seem to think the current situation
> if fine.

I think that this will soon change given that HDMI (based on DVI 
signalling) now supports optional standard depths of 10 and 12 bit and 
some new TVs support HDMI 1.3a with up to 12 bit depth (although the 
accuracy of those bits is questionable).

Bob
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