xvYCC or Extended-gamut YCC is a color space that can be used in the video electronics of television sets to support 1.8 times as many colors as the sRGB color space.[1] xvYCC was specified by the IEC in October 2005 and published in January 2006 as IEC 61966-2-4.
HDMI 1.3
Released June 22, 2006.[12][13][76]
* Increases single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbit/s) * Optionally supports Deep Color with 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit xvYCC, sRGB, or YCbCr compared to 24-bit sRGB or YCbCr in previous HDMI versions. * Incorporates automatic audio syncing (Audio video sync) capability. * Optionally supports output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio streams for external decoding by AV receivers.[77] TrueHD and DTS-HD are lossless audio codec formats used on Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs. If the disc player can decode these streams into uncompressed audio, then HDMI 1.3 is not necessary, as all versions of HDMI can transport uncompressed audio. * Cable Categories 1 and 2 defined. Category 1 cable is tested up to 74.25 MHz while Category 2 cable is tested up to 340 MHz. * Availability of a new Type C mini-connector for portable devices.
* A TV that is compatible with x.v.Color (xvYCC) / x.v.Colour (xvYCC) must be connected via an HDMI cable
* Content from an AVCHD-format video file recorded in x.v.Color / x.v.Colour is required to use this setting.