Figure 5.8. Broadcast system transfer curve.

This is the “print-through curve” of the broadcast system. The black curve shows the relation between scene luminance and monitor luminance, the gray curve reflects the influence of 0.5% viewing flare. The thin straight line is the unity slope.

A digital projector has a higher gamma than a monitor because projected images in a dark surround need another characteristic than images viewed in a dim surround. The system transfer function resulting from using a DLP projector instead of a monitor is shown in the blue curve.