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Is the 4th Yellow Pixel of Sharp Quattron Hype?

Posted by timothy on from the hi-fi-jumprope dept.

Nom du Keyboard writes "Sharp Aquos brand televisions are making a big deal about their Quattron technology of adding a 4th yellow pixel to their RGB sets. While you can read a glowing review of it here, the engineer in me is skeptical because of how all the source material for this set is produced in 3-color RGB. I also know how just making a picture brighter and saturating the colors a bit can make it more appealing to many viewers over a more accurate rendition – so much for side-by-side comparisons. And I laugh at how you are supposed to see the advantages of 4-color technology in ads on your 3-color sets at home as you watch their commercials. It sounds more like hype to extract a higher profit margin than the next great advance in home television. So is it real?"

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  1. Clearly missing a trick. by queazocotal · · Score: 5, Funny

    To get truly astonishing pictures, they should add a black pixel, to improve contrast.

    1. Re:Clearly missing a trick. by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

      So when large parts of the scene are dirk, large parts of the backlighting is dimmed as well, thus increasing the contrast. It also saves a bit of power

      That's good, because Dragon's Lair consumes huge wads of power.

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  2. Re:Yellow... yawn by uglyduckling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like Octarine?

  3. Re:Yes by FatSean · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do you decide which pixel to sacrifice for the colour gambit?

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  4. Review by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 3, Funny
    "While you can read a glowing review of it here...."

    Is that supposed to be some kind of joke?

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  5. Re:Yellow... yawn by metamatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or squant. The time is long overdue for squant support in televisions.

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  6. Yellow is the "gay" color? by seanvaandering · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right?

    /obscure? Hopefully not for the /. crowd...

  7. Re:Yellow... yawn by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    And the commercials with George Takei (I'm sure there's a "yellow peril" joke in there somewhere) in a white lab coat and the caption reads "actor portrayal" LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW - IT'S GEORGE FREAKIN' TAKEI YOU IDIOTS!!

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  8. Re:Yes by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 5, Funny

    The red one, just like on Star Trek.

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  9. Re:Yellow... yawn by amRadioHed · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't recognize George Takei at first. Sure he's famous, but he's not William Shatner famous.

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  10. Re:RGB by inKubus · · Score: 3, Funny

    brick-shittingly amazing results

    Damn, I'm going to use this again on Slashdot.

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  11. Re:Yellow... yawn by LBt1st · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh My!

  12. Re:Local dimming has a problem by daeg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh my god... it's not full of stars...

  13. Re:RGB by cthulu_mt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that why Jersey Shore seems so bad?

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