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Candelas and QDs – Challenges in Getting to Rec. 2020

by Bob Raikes

There are times when I think I know a bit about colour, but then bits of information and knowledge come up that make me realise things are a bit complex than I might think. …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Quantum Dots| Testing

Does WCG Make More People Colour Blind?

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Barry wrote about the developments in wide colour gamut displays and the trend to move to narrow primaries to enable the showing of as much as possible of the Rec. 2020 gamut. …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Multi-Primary| SID Display Week 2021| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Getting to BT 2020 — OLEDs vs. LCDs

by Barry Young

In 2012, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an international agency regulating telecommunications under the umbrella of the U.N., released its recommendations for the Ultra HD market to help define the parameters for future video …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Rec 709

SMPTE To Hold Event on Colour

by Bob Raikes

What They Say On the 3rd June, SMPTE is running an event on colour called “Expanding the Color Universe: The Next Frontier in Imaging”. In the program, the aim is tol discuss the impact …

Tags:Colour (Color)| SMPTE

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 10 – Summary

by Bob Raikes

What They Say If you were interested in the Display Daily last week on the topic of scene-referred video (Poynton Defines “Scene Referred” Video), you will probably be interested in an article in ‘the …

Tags:Codecs| Colour (Color)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Video Encoders & Decoders

Links for w/c 12th April 2021

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. Energy Harvesting Shows New Signs Of Life …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Management & Processing| Financial Data| MWC 2021| Power Supplies| Remote Controls| sony| SVOD| TVs (TV Sets)

You Can Extend the Idea of Gamut Rings

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a new way of charting the performance of displays using gamut rings. This week, I was able to catch up with display guru Brian Berkeley (along …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Management & Processing| Measurement| Rec 2020| Rec 709| RGBW| SID Society| sRGB| Testing

You Can’t Describe Colour Volume in 2D. Or Can You?

by Bob Raikes

Colour has been much on my mind recently, after the recent articles on WCG and content that I published. In those articles, I talked a lot about colour gamuts and showed a 2D diagram …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Management & Processing| Testing| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

The Value of Color Coding Symbology Studied in HUDs

by Arthur Berman

The judicious use of color in the symbology presented on flat panel displays has long been recognized as both a user preference and as a means to improve user performance. Given the increasing commercial …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Vision| Visual Ergonomics

8K TV: More Than Just Pixels

by Ken Werner

The 8K Display Summit held June 11 at the Millenium Times Square Hotel had 14 speakers and a presentation of content that was deep, broad, and frequently insightful. In yesterday’s DD, my colleague Matt …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Quantum Dots| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Visual Quality| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Nanoplatelets Offer Improvements for LCDs and LEDs

by Arthur Berman

The nanoplatelets referred to in the title of this article have been described as a second generation of quantum dot material for use in applications such as LCD and LED displays. The description was …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Optics