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Immersive Media at IBC

by Bob Raikes

Rob Koenen, VP of the VR Industry Forum gave a talk about immersive media and we had gone along to hear about lightfields. Unfortunately, the event over-ran and we had another commitment, so we …

Aoto Pushing 4 Chip MiniLED

by Bob Raikes

Chinese LED maker, Aoto, was highlighting the ‘generation 2’ miniLED technology that it introduced us to at Infocomm (Aoto Moves MiniLED to Generation 2 for HDR – note that the image we got at …

Tags:IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Ikegami Addresses Entry Level and ToneMaps HDR to SDR!

by Bob Raikes

Ikegami was showing a range of UltraHD cameras and monitors. There were also two new entry level monitors in 31″ and 17″. The larger one has 4096 x 2160 resolution with 350 cd/m² of …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Lilliput is a supplier of good value monitors for broadcast and content capture applications. A big story for the company was a range of 12G SDI monitors in 15.6″ (BM150-12G), 23″ (MN230-12G) and 28″ …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Field Monitors| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 36

JVC Extends to DCI-4K

by Bob Raikes

JVC had a couple of new broadcast monitors although we had some language challenges in getting details. The new monitors are the DT-G27, a 27″ unit and DT-U31. The DT-U31 is an UltraHD alternative …

An Inflection Point in Pay TV Production to Delivery

by Bob Raikes

Oh, no! Bob has been away (at IBC) and seen of those damned ‘inflection points’ again. There are some things you see and hear that change your perception forever. You can’t go back. Music …

Vewd Can Co-Exist with Android TV

by Bob Raikes

Vewd has a new product manager, Sascha Prüter, who is from Google, where he was head of product for Android TV, so he has a very good sense of the strength of his opposition. …

Fraunhofer Highlights Codecs, LightFields and Packages

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer had a number of demonstrations of interest. First, we heard about the new JPEG XS ‘mezzanine’ codec designed for contribution applications and optimised for around 6:1 or 8:1 compression. It was developed …

DisplayMate Makes XS Test

by Bob Raikes

DisplayMate’s Ray Soneira has published its review of the display on the new iPhone XS Max. The new phone has more brightness, better accuracy and 22% more display area. As usual with Apple displays, …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 37

HP Highlights DreamColor Technology for Creatives

by Bob Raikes

HP started by showing us its latest Z Book X2, a convertible tablet/notebook designed for content creators and using a Wacom pen and using an anti-glare display with UltraHD resolution. The display has touch …

Dolby Vision Gathering Support

by Bob Raikes

Dolby was not showing anything new in its video and Dolby Vision technology, but was concentrating on highlighting the adoption of the technology which is now being supported by 18 different consumer electronics brands …

IBC 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 of Germany told use that it has a new STB in its M Series, the M35 which has support for UltraHD and is configured with Verimatrix Ultra Security. The company told us that …