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UHD Capture and Lighting Impacts

by Chris Chinnock

A paper from Panasonic and NHK looked at the effects of LED lighting on the color reproduction of UHD images in a broadcast environment. The table below provides a nice summary of the type …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Light Sources & Lamps| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Grass Valley Gets Ready for HDR Live TV Production

by Chris Chinnock

Grass Valley’s Sr. product Manager for Cameras, Klaus Weber, recently hosted a webinar on HDR (High Dynamic Range) for live TV production and also gave a paper at the SMPTE conference covering similar ground. …

Tags:Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Measuring Cinema Contrast – an Update

by Chris Chinnock

Miller Schuck from RealD also gave a presentation on work they have done to understand the real contrast in a theater and how that might impact the design of a HDR projector. Schuck gave …

Tags:Cinema Projection| Contrast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

China Developing Cinema Image Standards

by Chris Chinnock

One of the papers delivered at the SMPTE conference focused on what the Chinese government and exhibitors are doing about image quality – both 2D and 3D. There already exists a Chinese standard, GD/J047-2013, …

Tags:3D Cinema| China| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

VR Gets Full Attention at SMPTE Conference

by Chris Chinnock

A special symposium on Virtual Reality (VR) was held to open the 2015 SMPTE fall conference here in Hollywood, California. There were a number of good papers, a nice panel and some demos that …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 44

New SMPTE HDR Report Offers a Roadmap for Future Activity

by Chris Chinnock

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published a new study group (SG) report on the high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging ecosystem. 170 top international experts contributed to the report, which summarizes an …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

A Booth Tour of the TCL Chinese RGB Laser IMAX Theater

by Chris Chinnock

When in Hollywood, you should do some sightseeing. For me, that meant a booth tour at the IMax theater adjacent to the SMPTE conference. This is located in the TCL Chinese theater (formerly the …

Tags:3D Cinema| 6p Laser| Cinema IMAX| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

We Need a Definition for a High Dynamic Range Display

by Chris Chinnock

I am at the SMPTE Fall Conference in Hollywood, where I am learning all about the ecosystem for High Dynamic Range (HDR), Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rate (HFR), among other topics. …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 43| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Digital Projection Wows CEDIA with Insight 4K Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock was asked by Digital Projection to give presentations about how to create great home theater images and to highlight DP’s two Insight projectors. On display were the Insight 4K Laser …

Tags:CEDIA 2015| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LED Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Epson Shows Latest Projectors at CEDIA

by Chris Chinnock

Epson used CEDIA to update its line of 1080p projectors, but it did not update the 4K e-shifted, laser-phosphor-based model, the LS10000. The 1080p models use conventional transmissive LCD panels while the LS10000 uses …

Tags:CEDIA 2015| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Sony Shows HDR TVs and Projectors at CEDIA

by Chris Chinnock

The Sony brand is alive and well in the custom install market. At Cedia 2015, the company announced that sales, primarily projectors, were up 63% compared to a year ago. Sales of Sony’s 4K …

Tags:4K DCI| CEDIA 2015| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 42

4K Movie Services Increase

by Chris Chinnock

At CEDIA, several companies made announcements that will bring more content – 4K and other enhancements to affluent home owners. This included news from Prima, Bel Air Cinema and Kaleidescape. Barco Residential, for example, …

Tags:4K DCI| CEDIA 2015| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 42