A subjective NTSC vs. ATSC observation...

[Pete Deksnis]

Previously penned by 'Old TV Nut' elsewhere on Videocarma:

"The HDTV system, which is designed for the modern phosphors and has the colors properly matrixed back at the camera where the signals are linear, can produce reds the equivalent of the early NTSC, but cannot do the Kelly greens and deep cyans of NTSC because the green is more yellow."

Ah... finally a reason why the neckwear around Claude Rains' Prince-John character in the 1938 Technicolor "Robin Hood" is so vivid and striking a cyan on my CT-100, but on RCA's last set (the 1999, near-HD, 16X9, 38-inch, CRT-based model f38310) it's just -- well -- part of the costume.

A second striking sight is the vivid red smock worn by Basil Rathbone's Sir Guy character. Yes, you can say it stands out on the f38310. Yes, maybe I've lavishly and excessivly boosted the CTC2 color control. But there seems to be another factor in the 15GP22-presented red smock versus that on the f38310...

Perhaps it's a narrower spectral characteristic of the 15G red?

Pete