diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 844c52d696..9d1a92207b 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -3509,7 +3509,7 @@ Use nochroma\-deint to solely use luma and speed up advanced deinterlacing.
 Useful with slow video memory.
 .IPs pullup
 Try to apply inverse telecine, needs motion adaptive temporal deinterlacing.
-.IPs colorspace
+.IPs colorspace=<0-3>
 Select the color space for YUV to RGB conversion.
 In general BT.601 should be used for standard definition (SD) content and
 BT.709 for high definition (HD) content.
@@ -3527,13 +3527,19 @@ Use ITU-R BT.709 color space.
 .IPs 3
 Use SMPTE-240M color space.
 .RE
-.IPs hqscaling
+.IPs hqscaling=<0-9>
 .RSss
 .IPs 0
 Use default VDPAU scaling (default).
 .IPs 1\-9
 Apply high quality VDPAU scaling (needs capable hardware).
 .RE
+.IPs studio
+Output video in studio level RGB (16-235).
+This is what TVs and video monitors generally expect.
+By default PC level RGB (0-255) suitable for PC monitors is used.
+Providing studio level output to a device expecting PC level input results in
+grey blacks and dim whites, the reverse in crushed blacks and whites.
 .IPs fps=<number>
 Override autodetected display refresh rate value (the value is needed for framedrop to allow video playback rates higher than display refresh rate, and for vsync-aware frame timing adjustments).
 Default 0 means use autodetected value.
diff --git a/libvo/vo_vdpau.c b/libvo/vo_vdpau.c
index e6c21663e8..7f0e222b56 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_vdpau.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_vdpau.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct vdpctx {
     VdpVideoMixer                      video_mixer;
     int                                user_colorspace;
     int                                colorspace;
+    int                                studio_levels;
     int                                deint;
     int                                deint_type;
     int                                deint_counter;
@@ -583,6 +584,19 @@ static void update_csc_matrix(struct vo *vo)
     vdp_st = vdp->generate_csc_matrix(&vc->procamp, vdp_colors[csp], &matrix);
     CHECK_ST_WARNING("Error when generating CSC matrix");
 
+    if (vc->studio_levels) {
+        /* Modify matrix to change output range from 0..255 to 16..235.
+         * Clipping limits can't be changed, so out-of-range results that
+         * would have been clipped to 0 or 255 before can still go below
+         * 16 or above 235.
+         */
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
+                matrix[i][j] *= 220. / 256;
+            matrix[i][3] += 16. / 256;
+        }
+    }
+
     set_video_attribute(vc, VDP_VIDEO_MIXER_ATTRIBUTE_CSC_MATRIX,
                         &matrix, "CSC matrix");
 }
@@ -1598,6 +1612,7 @@ static int preinit(struct vo *vo, const char *arg)
         {"denoise", OPT_ARG_FLOAT, &vc->denoise, NULL},
         {"sharpen", OPT_ARG_FLOAT, &vc->sharpen, NULL},
         {"colorspace", OPT_ARG_INT, &vc->user_colorspace, NULL},
+        {"studio", OPT_ARG_BOOL, &vc->studio_levels, NULL},
         {"hqscaling", OPT_ARG_INT, &vc->hqscaling, NULL},
         {"fps",     OPT_ARG_FLOAT, &vc->user_fps, NULL},
         {"queuetime_windowed", OPT_ARG_INT, &vc->flip_offset_window, NULL},