Broken Record: Pioneer sc-05

MikeC78

I wouldn't worry about that spec, does your display support 48-bit deep color? No.

digitalvideo

I just want to kind of clarify it in what my concerns are.

I have a Pioneer elite pro-141 display in my basement entertainment room that I know supports 48 bit color. I want to get a pioneer elite bdp-23fd bluray when it comes out next month but I've run into a problem. My Yamaha rx-v3900 only supports up to 36 bit color so I'm assuming that 48 bit color will not pass through correctly. Am I right in assuming this? Also I do not know what recievers would support 48 bit color. I have looked at the pioneer elites SC-05, 07, and 09 and I cannot find an info other than that they support deep color but both 36 and 48 bit are deep color so I dont know if they will work with 48 bit color or not. The SC-09 is just too expensive and I really like my yamaha but would be willing to sell it for an SC-05, or 07 if these units would support 48 bit color. I dont want to have the best tv on the planet and not get full color range from my blurays due to a reciever that cant handle the color depth. Anyone know if the 48 bit will pass through the yamaha or specifics on the other pioner recievers I mentioned. Any help would get greatly appreciated.

MikeC78

Deep color refers to a pixel color depth (i.e., amount of information used to define a color, and therefore the precision of the info) of 30/36/48 bits. Kind of a moot point, really, because there is no existing content that uses this capability. When you see something like "36-bit" displayed on your Kuro, that's because the player is upscaling the native content.

Moreover, just because it may accept Deep Color does not mean it displays "deep color". Also, Blu-ray discs are encoded with 8bit YCbCr 4:2:0 just like SD-DVDs, just with more pixels per frame. Right now I think only certain Sony Minicams can output Deep Color utilizing the new, expanded color space that contains more colors making Deep Color somewhat useful. You might get some PCs to generate more colors also - 10bit RGB is Deep Color.

MikeC78

In layman's terms, it's mostly a marketing gimmick. I wouldn't base any purchase on this spec alone...

digitalvideo

Yeah but before 8-bit or 10-bit deep color was around or available didn't people also say it was just a marketing gimmick? So there will never be anything in 48-bit deep color in future advances? I don't think anyone knows if the next generation of bluray discs of whatever they call the new discs in the near future will not be 48-bit deep color. DVD's were only around for a few years before Bluray came in.

Sherardp

I'm with MikeC on this one, I would just nab the SC-05 and be done with it.