Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:36 pm
My guess: You got a conversion from RGB to Y'CbCr somewhere in your chain; either because your PC negiotiated one with the converter (over HDMI), or because the converter did it yourself. (SDI is generally 4:2:2 Y'CbCr whereas PC output is typically 4:4:4 RGB, although there are exceptions.) In the process, I guess something mixed up limited vs. full range Y'CbCr; ie., the Y'CbCr signal was sent as 16–235 but interpreted as 0–255. This means not only black level is off, but also white level.