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UniPixel Enters into Memorandum of Understanding with GIS

UniPixel, Inc., a provider of Performance Engineered Films™ to the touchscreen and flexible electronics markets, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding ...

Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs

A hair salon in Seoul is now using Samsung Display’s 55″ transparent mirror OLED screens: the first commercial installation of the ...

TP Vision Adopts GameFly on Philips TVs

TP Vision’s new partnership with GameFly is now live in 14 countries across Europe. Through this partnership, owners of select 2015 ...

Previewing ISTE 2016

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening in the last week of June in my own home town of Denver, ...

New Nokia 6 To Arrive in China

The first launch since HMD Global acquired the rights to the Nokia brand for smartphones (Nokia Brand Back in Smartphones) will ...

Barco Signs Ingram Micro

Barco is now offering its Present-P and Present-C Series business projectors, along with ClickShare, through a US distribution agreement with Ingram ...

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SMPTE 2015 – Introduction

by Chris Chinnock

The SMPTE 2015 Fall Conference is history now, but as usual, it was an information-packed event in Hollywood. Our focus was on displays, high dynamic range, color management and virtual reality for the most …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

The Difference between Science and a Good Story

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the last few days several news outlets have reported on a new wonder glass developed by Japanese Scientists that is “nearly unbreakable”, “almost as strong as steel” and “will be ready for commercialization” …

Tags:Glass| Materials| Vol 22 - Issue 45

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HDR and Compression

by Chris Chinnock

With many “flavors” of HDR still being considered, what will that mean for the distribution part of the equation? That was one of the topics considered by several speakers in the “Compression” sessions at …

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

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High Frame Rate not Getting as Much Attention as HDR

by Chris Chinnock

There was not much content or discussion of high frame rate at the SMPTE fall conference this year, but there was a lot of paper on HDR and related issues. However, a talk by …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Netflix More Open on 4K and HDR Plans

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to talk to Netflix at the SMPTE conference about a range of topics. We found them quite open to discussing details. For example, the company is now requesting that all …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

SMPTE Trade Show Floor Updates

by Chris Chinnock

Our meetings in the SMPTE Exhibition area focused on display technology. At 3M, we saw numerous demonstrations of quantum dot displays integrated into products. 3M manufactures the QDEF film that contains quantum dots from …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Asus| Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

LCD Overdriving Circuits Contribute to Visual Artifacts

by Chris Chinnock

Andy Rosen from Bitlogic and Dan Brunner from Microsoft gave a compelling demonstration in the Display session at the SMPTE conference where they showed some interesting artifacts that they say are attributable to the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

The BBC Explains Scene and Display Referred Systems and Impact on HLG

by Chris Chinnock

The terms “scene referred” and “display referred” have come up a lot lately in discussions about HDR workflows and the transforms needed to capture and display this wider dynamic range content. A paper by …

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

The BBC Explains Hybrid Log Gamma for HDR

by Chris Chinnock

A paper by Tim Borer and Andrew Cotton from the BBC Research & Development team at the SMPTE fall conference shed more light on what Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) is and why it may …

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

We Need a New Vocabulary for Image Quality

by Chris Chinnock

Josef Marc of Archimedia Technology gave a presentation that resonates well with me – and perhaps with the audience. He espoused that the way we talk about image quality and control its attributes are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 44

3M Advances 2020 Primary Tolerances Work

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s SMPTE conference, James Hillis from 3M described some tests they had done to try to determine how far the 2020 color primaries can move and still be indistinguishable from a true …

Tags:Colour Certification| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SMPTE 2015| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

The Problem with the “Standard Observer”

by Chris Chinnock

Much of the color standards and color calibration methods and instruments are based upon the “standard observer.” This is supposed to represent the average human’s color perception, as defined in 1931. But there is …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Quality| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SMPTE 2015