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Changhong Launches New HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

We stopped by the Changhong at IFA. We saw a lot of TVs, most of which were previously shown at CES 2016. This includes a line of curved OLED 65” HDR TVs that looked …

JVC Reveals Native 4K Projector at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

JVC used IFA to launch its newest home theater projector with a native 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution set of D-ILA imagers. These imagers are new too at only 0.69″ in diagonal – that’s …

What we Learned (or Didn’t Learn) from IFA Press Days

by Chris Chinnock

The press day at CES is 1 day long – at IFA it’s two days. Bob Raikes and I attended this year and frankly, it is too much and the value is marginal. And …

Tags:Acer| IFA 2016| Samsung| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 35

HDR Production Needs Monitoring Tools – Tektronix has a Solution

by Chris Chinnock

Capture and production of HDR content is a hot topic of discussion – and we expect a great deal of developments at IBC shortly. But how do you know you are capturing signals correctly? …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 34| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

A Day with Charles Poynton

by Chris Chinnock

I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Charles Poynton, a renowned mathematician and video expert. The informal workshop took place in New York with just a few others, providing a great …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Vol 23 - Issue 32| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

HDR Delivery Pipeline Still Developing

by Chris Chinnock

That’s the conclusion of a recent webcast hosted by Broadband Technology Report that featured Mark Francisco from Comcast, David Price from the UHD Forum and Steve Christian from Verimatrix, a provider of a comprehensive …

JDI Adopts New Backplane Simulator Tool from Silvaco

by Chris Chinnock

We don’t often talk about Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for displays, but they are essential to be able to model new designs and new processes. Probably the premier supplier of backplane modeling tools …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD displays| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Quested Provides Perspective on ITU-2100 HDR Spec

by Chris Chinnock

The chairman of the ITU-R subcommittee responsible for the recent release of IUT-2100 is Andy Quested, who is also an employee of the BBC. We had a chance to speak with him recently to …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 23 - Issue 28| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Incom Fused Fiber Optics Powers Lytro Light Field Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Fused fiber optics provider Incom has told us recently that they are a key component supplier to Lytro and their new cinema light field camera debuted at NAB 2016. What are fused fiber optics …

Tags:Fused Fibre Optics| Light Field Cameras| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Retailers Discuss Market at CE Week

by Chris Chinnock

A panel session made up of a retailer, advertiser, content creator (Fox – not shown in photo below) and two manufacturers (LG and Samsung) took place at CE Week in New York recently. Not …

Value Electronics UHD Shoot-out at CES Week

by Chris Chinnock

Retailer Value Electronics, working with AVPro and ISF founder Joel Silver, offered a series of seminars at CE Week that was billed as a “shoot out” between four UHD HDR TVs. Participants were given …

Calibrating HDR TVs Will Get Easier

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung Electronics was at the CE Week event in New York City showcasing their new HDR calibration disc along with a complete UHD/HDR calibration workflow featuring the CalMan software from SpectraCal. The disc and …