Kawecki - go read something for once. Just once.

Quote - A common misconception is that gamma encoding was developed to compensate for the input–output characteristic of cathode ray tube (CRT) displays.[2] In CRT displays the electron-gun current, and thus light intensity, varies nonlinearly with the applied anode voltage. Altering the input signal by gamma compression can cancel this nonlinearity, such that the output picture has the intended luminance. But in fact, the gamma characteristics of the display device do not play a factor in the gamma encoding of images and video—they need gamma encoding to maximize the visual quality of the signal, regardless of the gamma characteristics of the display device.[1][2] The similarity of CRT physics to the inverse of gamma encoding needed for video transmission was a combination of luck and engineering which simplified the electronics in early television sets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction

You are so tiresome it is mind numbing.

If you people do not POUND him into shutting up, I'm leaving.

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