xvYCC

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xvYCC or Extended-gamut YCC (also

x.v.Color) is a color space that can be
used in the video electronics of television
sets to support a gamut 1.8 times as large
as that of the sRGB color space.[1] xvYCC
was proposed by Sony,[2] specified by the
IEC in October 2005 and published in
January 2006 as IEC 61966-2-4.

xvYCC was motivated by the fact that

modern display and capture technologies
often have underlying RGB primaries with
significantly higher saturation than the
traditional CRT displays, allowing them to
handle a wider color gamut. But these
devices have been unable to do this
without upsetting basic calibration, as all
existing video storage and transmission
systems are based on CRT primaries, and
are hence limited to the CRT gamut.[3]
xvYCC-encoded video retains the same
color primaries and white point as BT.709,
and uses either a BT.601 or BT.709 RGB-to-
YCC conversion matrix and encoding.[2]
This allows it to travel through existing
digital YCC data paths, and any colors
within the normal gamut will be
compatible.[2]

The xvYCC color space permits YCC

values that, while within the encoding
range of YCC, have chroma values outside
the range 16–240, or that correspond to
negative RGB values, and hence would not
have previously been valid.[2] These are
used to encode more saturated colors by
using a greater part of the RGB values that
can be encoded in the YCbCr signal
compared with those used in Broadcast
Safe Level.[2] For example, a cyan that lies
outside the basic gamut of the primaries
can be encoded as "green plus blue minus
red".[2]. Since the 16-255 Y range is used
and since the values of Cb and Cr are only
little restricted, a lot of high saturated
colors far above the max. 255 RGB space
can be encoded. For ex. if YCbCr is 255,
128, 128 in the case of a full level YCbCr
encoding (0-255), then the corresponding
sRGB is 255, 255, 255 which is the max.
luminance encode-able value in this color
space. But if Y=255 and Cr and/or Cb are
not 128, this codes for the max. luminance
but with an added color: minimum one
color must necessarily be above 255 and
can not be converted to sRGB. Adapted
software and hardware must be used
during production to not clip the video
data levels that are above the sRGB space.
This is sadly almost never the case of
software working with a RGB core.

These extra-gamut colors can then be

displayed by a device whose underlying
technology is not limited by the standard
primaries.[2]
In a paper published by Society for
Information Display in 2006, the authors
mapped the 769 colors in the Munsell
Color Cascade to the BT.709 space and to
the xvYCC space. 55% of the Munsell
colors could be mapped to the sRGB
gamut, but 100% of those colors could
map to the xvYCC gamut.[4] Deeper hues
can be created – for example a deeper red
by giving the opposing color (cyan) a
negative coefficient.

A mechanism for signaling xvYCC support

and transmitting the gamut boundary
definition for xvYCC has been defined in
the HDMI 1.3 Specification. No new
mechanism is required for transmitting the
xvYCC data itself, as it is compatible with
HDMI's existing YCbCr formats, but the
display needs to signal its readiness to
accept the extra-gamut xvYCC values, and
the source needs to signal the actual
gamut in use to help the display to
intelligently adapt extreme colors to its
own gamut limitations.

This should not be confused with HDMI

1.3's other new color feature, deep color.
This is a separate feature that increases
the precision of brightness and color
information, and is independent of xvYCC.
xvYCC is not supported by DVD-Video but
is supported by the high-definition
recording format AVCHD and PlayStation
3.

On January 7, 2013, Sony announced that

it would release "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray
Disc titles which are sourced at 4K and
encoded at 1080p.[5] "Mastered in 4K" Blu-
ray Disc titles can be played on existing
Blu-ray Disc players and will support a
larger color space using xvYCC.[5][6]

On May 30, 2013, Eye IO announced that

their encoding technology was licensed by
Sony Pictures Entertainment to deliver 4K
Ultra HD video.[7][8] Eye IO encodes their
video assets at 3840 x 2160 and includes
support for the xvYCC color space.[7][8]

Hardware support
The following graphics hardware support
xvYCC color space when connected to a
display device supporting xvYCC:

AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4000 series

and newer models
AMD Radeon HD 5000 series and newer
models
AMD 785G, 880G and 890GX chipsets
with integrated graphics
 Intel HD Graphics integrated on some
CPUs (except Pentium G6950 and
Celeron G1101)
nVidia GeForce 200 series and newer
models

References
1. "HDMI 1.3 Update" (PDF). HDMI
Licensing. 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-30.
2. "xvYCC" . Sony Global. Archived from
the original on August 29, 2009.
Retrieved 2009-08-13.
3. Naoya Katoh (2007). "New" Extended-
gamut Color Space for Video
Applications; xvYCC (IEC61966-2-4)
 (PDF). Hollywood Post Alliance.
Retrieved 2009-08-13.
4. Tatsuhiko Matsumoto; Yoshihide
Shimpuku; Takehiro Nakatsue; Shuichi
Haga; Hiroaki Eto; Yoshiyuki Akiyama
& Naoya Katoh (2006). 19.2: xvYCC: A
New Standard for Video Systems
using Extended-Gamut YCC Color
Space. SID INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM. Society for Information
Display. pp. 1130–1133.
doi:10.1889/1.2433175 .
5. Richard Lawler (2013-01-07). "Sony to
launch 4K digital distribution network
this summer, 'mastered in 4K' Blu-ray
 discs" . Engadget. Retrieved
2013-05-30.
. Seamus Byrne (2013-05-01). "Sony
'mastered in 4K' Blu-rays a mixed
blessing" . CNET. Retrieved
2013-05-30.
7. "eyeIO Delivers Unprecedented
Viewing Experience for Sony Pictures
Content on Sony 4K UltraHD TVs" . Eye
IO, LLC. 2013-05-30. Retrieved
2013-06-05.
. Todd Sprangler (2013-05-30). "Sony
Gears Up for 4K Ultra HD Internet
Movie Service" . Variety. Retrieved
2013-06-05.
External links
IEC Web Store for IEC 61966-2-4

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