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The concept of better pixels means expanding the frame rates, color gamut, resolution and dynamic range of HD video to something “more.” But the human visual system is very complex and as these features are implemented, one must consider what this is doing to our perception of the images. Sean McCarthy from Arris presented a … Read more
ST 2094 is quite flexible allowing the use of windows to do specific transforms. That means a window may be used to apply a different transform for a bright highlight or dark region of the scene. Metadata sets can also be created for several types of display targets. This allows grades to be optimized for … Read more
One of the big areas of focus at the SMPTE conference was the need to ensure that the wide range of luminance and color carried in HDR signals will map correctly in SDR displays with lower luminance ranges and smaller color volumes. This is called color volume transformation and includes color and luminance mapping. The … Read more
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 and features. One of the conclusions of their study was that UHD camera color reproduction is more accurate than HDTV camera … Read more
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. These provided a nice overview of the current HDR landscape and pointed to some Grass Valley products that were highlighted at … Read more
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 a similar talk at Display Summit in June (RealD Says 20,000:1 is Enough Contrast) where he concluded that have a high … Read more
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, called “Technical Requirements and Methods of Measurement for Digital Cinema Stereoscopic Projection.” The talk, delivered by Bo Gong of the Test … Read more
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 shows the level of activity and interest in VR. However, despite all the interest in the topic, there are no SMPTE … Read more
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 extensive discussion on the implementation of HDR in professional media workflows and addresses key questions that will arise for industry members … Read more
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 Chinese Mann theater) and is the first commercial location that IMax installed using the new laser solution. About three years ago, … Read more
Qualcomm Inc. reported Q4 and full year results of operations with a 12 month net profit of $5.27 billion, or $3.26 per share, down 34% YoY from $7.5 billion. The 12 month turnover was $25.3 billion, down 4.5% YoY from $26.5 billion. Q4 net profit was $1.06 billion, down 44% YoY, whereas turnover was $5.4 … Read more
Digital Projection has appointed Imago Sonas as a distributor of its projection products through its network of SIs and installers. Imago Sonas said that it is a trade-only distributor.
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