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Links Week Ending 15th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. If you are interested in the …

Tags:3D software| Awards| Cinema| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Game Playing| GPUs| ISE 2022| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Outdoor Displays| Samsung| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

DCI Explains and Decides what HDR is in Cinemas

by Bob Raikes

In February, Sterling Silva of Paramount Pictures introduced an interesting webinar on what DCI, the organisation that coordinates digital content and systems in cinemas, thinks about what a true HDR experience is in theatres. …

Tags:Cinema| DCI Compliance| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Testing

Report: EU & UK cinema attendance up 28% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Preliminary data from the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the UK increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Market Data

RealD Ultimate Screen Reached a 500-Screen Milestone Worldwide 

by Artem Alekseenko

Global visual technology leader RealD Inc. announced the revolutionary RealD Ultimate Screen® has been installed in 500 screens worldwide. The latest and 500th Ultimate Screen is located at the spectacular Wanda Cinema Xiamen Guankou …

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Links Week Starting 17th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Here’s a nice VFX show reel if …

Tags:Cinema| Colour Grading| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Netflix| OLEDs| Operating Systems| Pricing| Retail| USA

Tuning Judder

by Ken Werner

In December, the famed video processing company Pixelworks introduced TrueCut software, and at CES 2022 announced a partnership with TCL. TCL’s 98-inch TV introduced at CES will support TrueCut. At a meeting in the …

Tags:CES 2022| Cinema| HFR - High Frame Rate| Pixelworks| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

VR/AR Technopark Established in India

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The VR/AR Association reported that a Techno Park has been set up in Hyderabad in India by Cymax Infotainment Pvt Ltd. Cymax is developing VR content and tools for VR production …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cinema| India| Virtual Reality

DJI Has an 8K Drone with LiDAR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DJI, better known for its drones, has released a cinema 8K camera (6K version also available) that can record at 60fps and with RAW output at 3.95Gbs and up to 75Hz …

Tags:Cameras| Cinema| Wireless

UGC Group Chooses Sharp/NEC for Four New Cinemas in France

by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe announces that its RB laser technology projectors have been selected by the UGC Group to be used across its four (4) new cinemas. Cinemas in Plaisir, Toulouse, Bordeaux, and …

Tags:Cinema| France| NEC| sharp