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Canon Shows HDR Projection Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Canon was busy at NAB showing how its cameras can capture HDR content that can be used in movie as well as broadcast production. It had a number of cameras set up including an …

Tags:Canon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Epson Highlights Laser Phosphor Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Epson was showcasing their new Pro L25000U, a 25,000 lumen laser phosphor projector at NAB in a big way. Not only was it lighting up a big and visible screen, but the colors were …

Tags:Epson| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Ikegami Developing 4K HDR Professional Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

Ikegami was showing a new DCI 4K (4096×2160) monitor with HDR capabilities. It has a 31” diagonal and is based upon LCD technology. It will have quad 3G and 12G SDI inputs, plus HD/3G …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Sony Debuts New 55” Professional Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

Sony has introduced a new HDR monitor, the 55-inch PVM-X550 OLED monitor, which offers quad view display among its other features, and is aimed at client viewing in UltraHD. The monitor will also be …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| OLEDs| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Planar/Leyard shows Whopping 8K LED Video Wall at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

The most impressive display at NAB was undoubtedly the giant 8K LED video wall in the Planar/Leyard booth. It was 30’x 18’ (9.1m x 5.5m) and built using cabinets with 1.2mm pitch LEDs. It …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Planar| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Update from UHD Alliance

by Chris Chinnock

We met with the UHD Alliance at NAB 2016 to get any updates since their big news at CES, where they issued requirements for content creation and displays, plus a certification program. According to …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD (4KTV)| UltraHD Alliance

Dolby Proposes New Color Standard for Color Remapping

by Chris Chinnock

One of the more important needs as HDR and WCG content and displays become available is the need to do color remapping. That means taking content from the rec 709 content and expanding it …

Tags:Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

SiliconCore’s New Front Access Panel

by Chris Chinnock

SiliconCore had a 4K LED video wall on display at NAB made from cabinets with an LED pitch of 0.95mm. This was placed next to a display of the same size (165”) composed of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Highlights of NAB

by Chris Chinnock

I recently attended the Future of Cinema Conference and NAB to learn more about UHD, HDR, WCG, VR and more. And did I get an eye and ear full…. One of the highlights was …

Tags:ATSC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Light Field Cameras| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

NAB Provides an Eye-full (and an ear full)…

by Chris Chinnock

I recently attended the Future of Cinema Conference and NAB to learn more about UHD, HDR, WCG, VR and more. And did I get an eye and ear full…. One of the highlights was …

Tags:ATSC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

UHD Forum Issues Important HDR Guidelines at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum used NAB 2016 to release the first phase of industry guidelines on end-to-end workflows for creating and delivering live and pre-recorded UHD content. This first release of the guidelines lets …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Harmonic Shows SDR-to-HDR Upconvert Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Harmonic had a very nice demo running in its booth at NAB, but it could also let visitors come to the wrong conclusion. There were supposed to be four different demos running, but the …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16