Explaining color gamuts and color spaces in HDTVs and monitors

What are they and why do they matter.

pixels

Enlarge (credit: sandergroffen/Getty Images)

Back in the 1950s, when color TV was invented, everything was simple. TVs were either color or black-and-white, and you could tell at a glance which was which. Today, you can find TVs and monitors that somehow promise more colors, but what does that mean? And why do manufacturers use confusing jargon like color spaces and color gamuts to explain it? Let’s break it down.

Most likely, you've seen the terms “color space” or “color gamut” while shopping for a high-dynamic-range TV, but you’ll also see them pop up around certain computer monitors, especially ones designed for gaming. Sometimes a manufacturer will say that a display covers some percentage of a particular color space, like DCI-P3 or Rec. 2020.

Read 16 remaining paragraphs | Comments

MINISFORUM AtomMan G7 TI mini PC combines NVIDIA RTX 4070 graphics with up to an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor

Chinese mini PC maker MINISFORUM is expanding its line of compact gaming desktops with the new MINISFORUM AtomMan G7 Ti. It’s basically a small desktop computer with the guts of a decent gaming laptop, including support for up to a 55-watt, 24-co…

Chinese mini PC maker MINISFORUM is expanding its line of compact gaming desktops with the new MINISFORUM AtomMan G7 Ti. It’s basically a small desktop computer with the guts of a decent gaming laptop, including support for up to a 55-watt, 24-core, 32-thread Intel Core i9-14900HX Raptor Lake processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 mobile graphics. […]

The post MINISFORUM AtomMan G7 TI mini PC combines NVIDIA RTX 4070 graphics with up to an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor appeared first on Liliputing.