ITU-R BT.2390 - High Dynamic Range Television for Production and International Programme Exchange

This ITU Report provides background information on HDR in general, and for the perceptual quantization (PQ) and hybrid log-gamma (HLG) HDR signal parameters specified in Recommendation ITU-R BT.2100. It serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding HDR television productio

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