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4:2:2

4:2:2 is a widely used chroma sub-sampling of both chroma channels (Cb and Cr) that yields a 33% bandwidth savings (versus uncompressed video signal) with little visual loss. Each chroma channel is sample half the number of times of the luminance channel.