Kudos for recognizing your own mistake, owning up to it and ultimately correcting it. That is no minor feat.
But I do wonder if you're not extrapolating too much from this single case. Just because you made the mistake once doesn't necessarily mean it is very common per se.
The 16-235 brightness value issue I've heard about before and indeed, it's absurd to me as well. Especially when banding is such a huge issue on 8 bit video. We could use those values so much in the lower end.
But I do wonder if you're not extrapolating too much from this single case. Just because you made the mistake once doesn't necessarily mean it is very common per se.