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TCL Announces Availability of 4K TCL Roku TVs in the U.S.

TCL®, the world’s third largest television manufacturer, today announced pricing and availability of its 4K Ultra HD TCL Roku TV™ models ...

Christmas In September

Pepcom had its Holiday Spectacular event in New York on September 28th. This press-only event highlights new technology items that will ...

Samsung Result 29/10/15

Samsung Electronics reported a significant increase of 29% in Q3 2015 profits to KR₩ 5.5 trillion won ($4.7bilion ), up from ...

Research Reports Look at Gestures and Materials

Two new paid reports have been released; we have a summary of both, as well as a link to the relevant ...

YouTube App for Xbox One X Now Supports UHD at 60 FPS

Microsoft’s Xbox One X console, the most powerful console currently available—certainly on paper, anyway—now supports YouTube at 2160p resolution and 60 ...

HP Updates its Workstations

HP held a webinar to introduce two new Z240 workstations, a small form factor (SFF) system and a tower for maximum ...

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HDR-SDR Converters Proliferate

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big trends at NAB 2017 was the announcements of SDR/HDR converter boxes. These are needed to support HDR workflows because there will be a mixture of SDR content and HDR content …

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

Atomos’ Novel Monitor/Recorder/Switcher

by Chris Chinnock

Atomos has developed Sumo, a device for monitoring and recording High Dynamic Range (HDR) which can also perform live HD switching. The unit features a 19-inch LCD panel with 1200 nits of brightness and …

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

UHD Forum Showcases Full Ecosystem Solutions

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum, a group that sets best practices for the pixel-packed video format, helped support 14 HDR demos at NAB 2017. These included “Deployable Phase A” technologies that represent current challenges, including …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Technicolor HDR Workflow Updates from NAB

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to meet with Technicolor in their suite to get an update on their HDR workflow, which is geared for broadcast production. Called Advanced HDR by Technicolor, the idea is to …

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

Dolby Updates for Live Production

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby’s Pat Griffis walked us around the Dolby booth to provide an update with a focus on using PQ in a live HDR broadcast workflow. The PQ workflow can be very versatile, he explained, …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Semiconductors| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 17

VR Demos at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Technicolor had several VR demos at NAB having been involved in 18 VR projects in the last year. One was the VR short tied to the TV show “24”. This was played out on …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Nokia| Technicolor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

LucidCam Upgraded to 4K 3D VR Live Production

by Chris Chinnock

LucidCam is similar to the Ricoh Theta in that it has two sensors with fisheye lenses. The Theta mounts them back to back for a 360º capture, but in 2D. LucidCam mounts both sensors …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Google Intros Yi Halo VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Google used NAB to introduce its latest VR camera, the Yi Halo, one year after partnering with Xiaomi-backed, Chinese action cam maker Yi Technology. (Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17| Xiaomi

Ricoh Intros New 4K VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Ricoh’s Theta camera is a very popular low-cost VR camera that captures 360º video using back-to-back sensors with dual fisheye lenses in a handheld form factor. At NAB, they announced an upgrade of the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Orah Describes Live VR/360 Video in 4K

by Chris Chinnock

VR camera maker Orah (founded in 2012 under the name VideoStitch) used NAB to announce its new multi-camera live VR function. Professionals can now live stream events from different perspectives using multiple Orah 4i …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Zeiss to Develop Hybrid VR Headset

by Chris Chinnock

Vimeo and Zeiss were together at NAB to promote the availability of VR videos and the Zeiss VR headset, the VR One. Zeiss spokesman Dave Hodgson said that the company got into the VR …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Fraunhofer Upgrades OmniCam-360

by Chris Chinnock

Fraunhofer HHI used NAB to debut some upgrades to their OmniCam-360 system. This is a 10-segment mirror-type system that captures 360º video with an optional camera on top. 2D and 3D versions are available. …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17