10bit vs 8bit: What is Color Depth in Projector?

RickyT

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When buying a home projector, we all measure the brightness, resolution, CPU processor, display chip and so on of a projector. The projector also has very important parameters - color depth, what does color depth mean?

What is Color Depth?​


Color depth means the number of color bits used to describe a single pixel, that is, to describe the richness of color.

The picture projected by the projector is composed of pixels, each pixel displays its own color, and the combination is the picture we see with the naked eye. The color mixing of the pixel points is done by adjusting the brightness of the red, green and blue three word pixels.

Due to the limited video transmission bandwidth and chip processing capabilities, the brightness value cannot be very detailed and infinite, and the brightness can only be adjusted on a certain level. The more color ladders are displayed, the smoother the color transitions in the picture can be, and the less likely the colors are to show faults. The color depth is relatively small, and a relatively poor picture is prone to the same color fault as a terraced field when the same picture is displayed.

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What is the difference between 10bit and 8bit?​


The parameter interface of the projector will be marked 10bit or 8bit, which is the color depth.

That is to say, 1bit is the 1-bit color transition of 2 with one step.

2bit is the 2-dimensional color transition of 2, with four steps.

8bit is an octet of 2, with 256 steps.

10bit is a 10-bit color transition of 2, with 1024 steps.
 
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