Technical Infos

This section contains general technical information about image and video formats:

  • Standard Resolutions - containing an overview for all relevant resolutions of computer graphics equipment, TV and video applications or mobile devices.
  • Aspect Ratio - describing all relevant display aspect ratios and pixel aspect ratios.
  • Color Formats - describing the most important color formats for image and video processing, like RGB, CMY(K), HSL, YUV, YCbCr and YPbPr.
  • Color Conversion - containing the necessary equations for converting YUV, YCbCr and YPbPr to RGB and vice versa.
  • Video Formats - containing an overview of all relevant standard definition television (SDTV) and high definition television (HDTV) formats used in digital TV or video products.

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