The future of RGB: RGBY?

bluestarultor · 03-20-2010, 12:26 AM

I saw a page ad for this and thought it was a joke, but no, they're apparently serious. The idea is that somehow by adding a yellow band to the RGB model, it makes it easier to produce yellow colors. I'm ready to call bullshit on this, since basic color addition says that red + green = yellow light. Aside from that, there's nothing in TV signals that accounts for an extra primary color, so either they expect it to somehow catch on or it does some arbitrary math in the unit to convert red and green signals to a yellow signal, which is no help at all.

Maybe it has something to do with the human eye placing red-green and blue-yellow in pairs and it just not having to work as hard with the pixel blur or something, but given the human eye only has cones for red, green, and blue light, I'm calling shenanigans.

Thoughts?

Kyanbu The Legend · 03-20-2010, 01:56 AM

Though the addition of a yellow bar is pointless. I can't really see this causing any real harm to TV contrast.

Naqel · 03-20-2010, 09:46 AM

It's all a scheme to make you buy it as obviously superior to 3 color versions.

MasterOfMagic · 03-20-2010, 12:29 PM

I don't know. Yellow does sound simpler than red+green.

Sithdarth · 03-20-2010, 01:09 PM

Theoretically at least lighting a red and green pixel takes more energy then just lighting a yellow one. Don't know how accurate that is and the overall savings in energy probably isn't worth it. It could probably also simplify the creation of other colors as well.

03-20-2010, 01:56 AM	#2
Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	Though the addition of a yellow bar is pointless. I can't really see this causing any real harm to TV contrast. __________________

03-20-2010, 09:46 AM	#3
Naqel Jaywalker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wherever my ass happens to sit. Posts: 664	It's all a scheme to make you buy it as obviously superior to 3 color versions.

03-20-2010, 12:29 PM	#4
MasterOfMagic ahahah Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,456	I don't know. Yellow *does* sound simpler than red+green.

03-20-2010, 01:09 PM	#5
Sithdarth Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Hobo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Outside the M-brane look'n in Posts: 5,403	Theoretically at least lighting a red and green pixel takes more energy then just lighting a yellow one. Don't know how accurate that is and the overall savings in energy probably isn't worth it. It could probably also simplify the creation of other colors as well.