High Frame Rate Updates from SMPTE Conference
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Highlights from the SMPTE Fall Conference and HPA Symposium
Display Daily was at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference and the pre-show Symposium put on by HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance). The event was held in the Loews Hollywood Hotel and in the famous El Capitan Theater across the street. There were dozens of technical papers and a full exhibition area. We didn
Is AVB Coming to Broadcast?
Replacing SDI and distributing audio, video and data within a video production facility can be done using standard Ethernet protocols (IP) or using a modified version called Audio Video Bridging (AVB). At the SMPTE Fall Conference, Jan Eveleens of Axon Technologies gave a very nice summary of the features of AVB and the state of … Read more
Lessons From the High Dynamic Range Acquisition and Display Frontier
The SMPTE Fall conference kicked off with a pre-show symposium produced by The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA). Much of what was discussed at the Symposium centered on the notion of more: more pixels, more colors, higher frame rates and higher dynamic range. In this article, I will focus on some updates on high dynamic range … Read more
PostBox Offers, Well, Post Production in a Box
We had a chance to chat with PostBox Systems at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference where it showed us its Rogue Pro box. This includes everything you need for on-set production all in a rugged carrying case. Pricing starts at $12,500, without the MacPro that powers the system ($3K-$4K). Everything is packed in a flight-ready … Read more
Sensor Requirements for Better Pixels
Klaus Weber, a Camera Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Grass Valley, gave a very nice analysis on various camera architectures and the needs for next generation image capture. His conclusion: CMOS sensors are superior to CCD for high frame rate, high dynamic range and higher resolution. Plus, he thinks a global shutter (360-degree shutter angle) … Read more
Speckle is Really Hard to Measure
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TVLogic Shows Professional Monitors at SMPTE
TVLogic was at the SMPTE Fall Conference showing off some of its professional monitors. While the monitors are not necessarily brand new, the company did show a demo with Fujifilm that will allow live grading on-set using the is-mini component. For the on-set application, the is-mini accepts a video signal from the camera or recorder … Read more
Video Highlights from SMPTE 2014
We were able to interview several companies during SMPTE. Central China Development Labs (CCDL) was at the SMPTE Fall conference where it made a big impression with its 3D LED screen using polarization – http://tinyurl.com/nmzlnkr MPEG-H is a new about-to-be adopted standard that offers object oriented audio for TVs and mobile devices. It was demonstrated … Read more
Wide Color Gamut Updates from SMPTE 2014
Discussion of wide color gamut at the SMPTE Fall Conference mainly centered around the ramifications of the new ITU BT 2020 color gamut. This is a much larger color gamut than rec. 709 (HDTV) or P3 (cinema). The chromaticity co-ordinates (x
Arrow Electronics Result 30/10/2014
Arrow Electronics Inc. reported a third quarter net profit of $146.9 million on turnover of $5.6 billion, which compares with a net profit in Q3 of last year of $96.8 million on turnover of $5 billion. Arrow’s net profit for the first nine months of the year increased to $3818 million from $264.6 million, while … Read more
Clear Channel Result 29/10/2014
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. has reported its third quarter results, recording a net loss of $7 million on turnover of $742.8 million, while in Q3 a year earlier the company recorded a net profit of $44.2 million on turnover of $723 million. Clear Channel narrowed its net loss for the nine month period from … Read more
