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SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 98, Issue: 8, August 1989)
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A Comparison of HDTV and Film — Overall Light Transfer Characteristics

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Publisher
SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type
Journal Article
Content Type
Original Research
Abbreviated Title
J SMPTE
Volume
98, No. 8, pp. 556–562
Abstract
This article discusses the ways in which the technical processes involved in HDTV and film imaging systems can be modeled with a succession of transfer functions that determine the overall visual characteristics of these systems. The overall transfer characteristic shows how the original scene is reproduced by a display. A theoretical analysis of the intermediate transfer functions provides insight into the reproduction of the scene. In addition, the viewing environment affects the choice of an overall, aesthetically pleasing transfer characteristic. Film, for example, is usually viewed in a dark room while television has traditionally been assumed to be viewed in brighter surroundings. Actual photometric measurements of both HDTV and film show that in a dark environment the two transfer characteristics are strikingly similar.
Publication Date
1989-08-01
DOI
10.5594/J02688
ISSN
Print: 0036-1682
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J02688
Author(s)
James GasparCBS, Inc., Engineering and Development, New York, NY 10019
Henry MahlerCBS, Inc., Engineering and Development, New York, NY 10019
George GabritsosCBS, Inc., Engineering and Development, New York, NY 10019
Copyright
© 1989 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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James Gaspar, Henry Mahler, and George Gabritsos; A Comparison of HDTV and Film — Overall Light Transfer Characteristics, SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 98, Issue: 8, August 1989); SMPTE, 1989. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J02688
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