alt Hacker NewsAn image decoded in the wrong colour space for the output will look wrong. It is not using extra bits to express the increased dynamic range: the existing numeric range is stretched and warped.
An image decoded in the wrong colour space for the output will look wrong. It is not using extra bits to express the increased dynamic range: the existing numeric range is stretched and warped.
Yes. But how bad? AIUI the way it's done is more or less the best that can be done with old video hardware, like mine and like the Amiga.
It could be horrible in principle, but actually isn't.