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Highlights of NAB 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Our special reports on NAB 2017 also include coverage of the SMPTE-organized Future of Cinema conference as well as a number of NAB-organized sessions. The focus of coverage was on AR/VR and the HDR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Dahoo Shows LED-Based Green Screen Replacement

by Chris Chinnock

Dahoo is a company that LED maker Leyard purchased recently and they were showing an innovative display solution at NAB – a green screen replacement technology using LED video walls. In all green screen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Leyard| NAB 2017| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 17

SiliconCore Shows COB LED Screen

by Chris Chinnock

SiliconCore was at NAB showing off its range of LED screens. New is their LISA screen which features Chip on Board (COB) LED integration technology. (shown at ISE – Silicon Core Adopts COB Technology) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| NAB 2017| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Samsung Debuts New LED and LCD Products

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung revealed some new LCD and LED products at NAB. For example, the QM98F 98” is a new edge-lit 4K/UHD LED Smart Signage Display. These are based on TV components and panels, but have …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LED| NAB 2017| QLED| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 17

HP’s New DreamColor SDR Reference Monitor Debuts

by Chris Chinnock

Greg Staten, HP’s DreamColor Solutions Architect, used ShowStoppers to show off his new baby – the 31″ HP DreamColor Z31x Studio monitor. This is a 4K (4096 x 2160) SDR monitor with wide color …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Canon Releases Two New HDR Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Canon announced a new 17” HDR monitor and showed it latest 2000 cd/m² HDR monitor as well. This latter is not based on the Panasonic, million-to-one dual modulation panel. (New Crop of 2000 cd/m² …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Monitor Round up from NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Marshall Electronics was showing a new 4K SDR monitor dubbed the V-R241-4K. It is 24” with UHD resolution and 4k connectivity is via QuadLink 3G SDI. No other details were available. Borland Communications was …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

TVLogic Releases Two OLED QC Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Quality control (QC) monitors for content are needed throughout the workflow to check signals and picture quality – but without the need for a high quality calibrated reference monitor. To address this need, TVLogic …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Flanders Scientific New OLED Monitor and More

by Chris Chinnock

Flanders Scientific Inc. (FSI) introduced some new monitors at NAB including a new 2000 cd/m² HDR monitor, covered in a separate article. (New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming) Also new is the …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming

by Chris Chinnock

NAB was the place where we learned about new reference 31” HDR monitors that will offer a peak luminance of 2000 cd/m². They are all based upon a new dual-panel architecture being produced by …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Dual Panel LCDs| Eizo| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

8K at NAB Round up

by Chris Chinnock

We did not do an exhaustive search for 8K equipment, but did run across a few demos. NHK was in the North Hall as usual with their 8K theater. This featured a 350” diagonal …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Perseus 2 Shown and Explained

by Chris Chinnock

V-Nova burst on the scene two years ago with a new encoding method called Perseus (Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Many were skeptical as the company was not the most forthcoming on how it …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| V-Nova| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 24 - Issue 17