Output color format and output color depth

[GoldenSW]

Hi, I'm using a Samsung Full HD SmartTV which I read that uses YCbCr 444 format. I connected it via HDMI to my gtx 970 video card, and in the nvidia control panel I get the options to use either RGB ( Limited or Full), YCbCr 422 (if I use this one colors are really bad) and YCbCr 444. Also there is the problem of the output color depth, 8 bpc or 12 bpc? I guess my TV supports both if the driver recongnised it, but I'm not quite sure, there was no info regarding this.
Thank you for your help!
P.S. : Probably I should have posted this in the displays section but pretty much no one anwswers there so...

 

[Eggz]

The 970 has a limited color output. You can try the 12 bpc setting to see how it goes. If it works, things will look similar but you may see less banding and blockiness in dark areas than you otherwise would. The screen will just go black, or else be very buggy, if it doesn't work. Give it a shot. If it doesn't work and you get a black screen, just wait 30 seconds or so without pressing any buttons. The settings will revert back to what they were before the change.

If you decide to user either of the YCbCr outputs, use 444. That gives a full sample of each color, rather than a compressed color sampling. If you can choose "full" and "RGB," it should be unnoticably similar to YCbCr 444. Here is a link to a good explanation of it.

https://pcmonitors.info/articles/correcting-hdmi-colour-on-nvidia-and-amd-gpus/