Re: [Avid-L2] PBS Safe Action/Safe Title Specs?

Having read up on the issue, I'd agree that it's not 10% overscan but
rather around 5% that are common around new TVs. I blame editors that
don't get rid of junk on the edge of images thinking "Nobody will see
this anyway" ;)

But as Terence said, we need to keep things compatible with old analog
TVs as well, so I still use 80% title safe as lowest common
denominator. At my station we even need to keep it 4:3 safe due to
local rebroadcasters around the world. It's inconvenient but does not
necessarily have to look horrible. Graphical elements that are not
critical to the lower third is what we commonly use.

(BTW as I write this, I see a flickering black bar as a result of a
timewarp on my TV.)

Bye,
Christian


On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Steve Hullfish
<steve4lists@veralith.com> wrote:
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> So, my results - on three different size of screens - 60", 50" and 48" LCDs from higher end Sony consumer sets and lower end Seiki set is that all of them are cropped VERY slightly. None show the full 100% raster but ALL show a good deal of the 95%.
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> 93% on ALL of the sets was easily viewable.
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> Basically, I made a 1920x1080 file in Photoshop. Then made four different colored boxes. 100% of raster was colored red, 95% of raster was blue, 93% of raster was green, 90% was yellow and 80% was cyan.
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> As I mentioned, I could see a red border (100% to 95%) on all of the sets, fed as HDMI straight from a video card.
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> Using anything tighter than 90% on these screens would look silly I think. Using 80% as title safe on HD would seem like the designer had screwed up. 90% looks about right for title safe on all of them. I would be completely comfortable with 93% for safe title. I'm shocked at myself for never trying to test this before. I have always used 80% as safe title. Indeed, the Photoshop template for HD is 80% safe title. My eyes have been opened.
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> This is JUST a test with the four HD consumer sets that I have in my office. All were bought last December. I'd love to see whether others have the same results. Maybe burn a test to bluray and play it at home.
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> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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