New Video Waveform Monitors Still Need To Register 110 IRE

I’m a broadcast editor, as one of my jobs, and many of our tools use the full 0-255 RGB video range, rather than the “limited” 16-235 video range. The new waveform monitors only show percentages. So, it is not possible to see when a raw video clip exceeds 100 IRE. For example, highlights on a set, or bright objects in the field will register at 110 IRE, and need to be pulled down in order to not get clipped (there is still detail there in the highlights which will just get washed out if not lowered). However, if you are not using the “legacy” scopes, you can’t see that elements are exceeding 100%, as the scale simply stops at 100%. If a change is not made, and the legacy scopes disappear, I will manually have to go through each clip, decrease the brightness until all the peaks come down under the 100 percent level. I will also not be able to see, whether a blending effect causes two video element to exceed 100 IRE during a transition. This is very important to me, as I would assume it is to other broadcast editors who work with full-range camera equipment.