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That seems to be what some people at the SMPTE conference are proposing (see related article: ISO Video Proposes SDR+ Production Method). In another spin on the idea, Joe Kane and Florian Friedrich want to see the new SDR standard consist of content distributed in 10 bits, with a DCI-P3 color space using BT.2020 encoding … Read more
MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, announces a new display that combines UltraClear 4K resolution with the extra-wide colour gamut of UltraColor technology and advanced Vertical Alignment (VA) technology for super-high contrast. The expansive 31.5-inch 328P6VJEB display gives users plenty of room to spread out and enjoy vivid, detailed … Read more
On 31 October 2016, Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium, met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to commemorate the 45th anniversary of bilateral ties, between China and Belgium. The long relationship and trust enables a stronger business tie between the Chinese and Belgian enterprises. Barco-CEC has been selected in the list and recognized by the … Read more
Hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) references for the UK Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Improved picture quality with High Dynamic Range (HDR) – including the two key technologies Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) & Perceptual Quantizer (PQ10) More efficient encoding (HEVC) introduced to products to help pave the way for future UHD (Ultra High Definition) servicesThe DTG’s … Read more
Last year, Barco presented a contrast model for the cinema that predicted real contrast values taking into account the projector, screen, and environment. They concluded that one starts to see diminishing returns in creating a cinema projector with more than 10K:1 or 20K:1 – and questioning the value of the 1M:1 contrast of a Dolby … Read more
That is the question – on many people’s minds at the SMPTE Conference. There is a clear diversity of opinions about the use of metadata in live broadcast and file-based workflows. Dolby says they are suggesting that a new HDR format called PQ10 is the answer for live broadcast. PQ10 is essentially HDR10 but without … Read more
Sony and Dolby both showed HDR comparison demos at the SMPTE conference. For example, Sony showed two new OLED professional monitors as well as a new HDR format converter box, all of which was debuted at IBC (Sony Looks to Services and Renews monitors). The new OLED monitors are the 17” E171 and the 25” … Read more
MMD has announced a new monitor for the Philips brand, the 328P6VJEB, that is a 31.5″ VA UltraHD device with a wide colour gamut. Brightness is 300 cd/m² and colour gamut is quoted at “95% of NTSC as opposed to the typical 72%”. Response time is quoted at 4ms and native contrast at 3,000:1. Inputs … Read more
The Samsung group is, in Korea, involved in many, many businesses, so it’s no surprise that it is now expanding its promotion of its Nexshop CMS platform, developed for retailers and which includes four applications: Samsung Nexshop Marketing – Differentiated shopping experience and efficient store operation Samsung Nexshop Sales Mobility – Customer-centered sales environment Samsung … Read more
The German government has withdrawn approval for the sale of Aixtron (Aixtron Accepts Chinese Offer), which makes equipment for OLED and semiconductor production, and that is causing friction with the Chinese government who have publicly complained about a rise in ‘protectionist tendencies’ in Germany. German politicians are concerned about an imbalance and lack of reciprocity … Read more
Quickly on the heels of the new MacBook Pro announcement by Apple last week (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro), OWC has announced a Thunderbolt dock that supports dual UltraHD displays via Thunderbolt, six USB devices, Firewire, a 3.5mm jack, an SD card slot as well as an optical line out and Ethernet. To … Read more
Eurogamer reported that Nintendo was to end the production of the Wii U game console, but Nintendo told a Japanese newspaper that it would continue production “as normal”. Sales of the Wii U have been weak (cumulatively to the end of September, 13.36 million compared to 101 million units of the original Wii). Nintendo recently … Read more
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