I have noticed on almost every one of my movies, a very annoying color banding *Separation when watching scenes of the sky, etc)
The files I play are 720p or 1080p, MKV and MP4 containers, AVC video stream. This color banding is very annoying.
It is not only in Splash. CoreAVC does it. XBMC does it. I have tried to set this in Nvidia control panel, and also within Splash. I have tried to play with Color Space, etc.
The problem is not limited to HDMI output to TV. Even on the huge 18.1 inch 1920x1080 screen, I notice this same issue.
I am using HDMI out from my laptop Nvidia 9600M GT video card directly to Samsung TV.
I am also using the laptop screen it self.
Banding is present on both Monitors.
The Built in Media Player in the TV does not show this banding.
WDTV also does not show this color banding and colors are smooth and evenly spread.
What is this? Why is this happening? How can I fix it? Is this an Nvidia issue? Or the way Video is processed on PCs? It bothers me to high hell, someone please tell me what the technicalities are behind this.