Display Calibration – Page 3

SpectraCal Calls for a By-Pass Mode in HDR Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Tyler Pruitt from SpectraCal/Portrait Displays started his presentation by describing a big problem with HDR displays – color volume remapping (which he said includes tone mapping as well). This is needed when the color …

Nab a Monitor at NAB

by Ken Werner

The National Association of Broadcasters’ annual New York meeting (NAB Show NY), held this year October 18-19 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York, is actually not the most obvious show to …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Display Calibration| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Calman Making Life Easier for Calibrators

by Bob Raikes

Portrait Displays and its Calman group were at the show and we took the chance to get an update since PDL took over Spectracal, which created Calman software. The big news, of course, was …

Tags:Display Calibration| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH05 Current state of HDR Calibration for Post-Production, Broadcast, and Home Entertainment Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Marcel Gonska from the SpectraCal division of Portrait Displays started his presentation by noting that professional monitors with different display technologies need slight different calibration procedures. RGB OLEDs for example, use a Judd modified …

OLED Beats LCD in All Categories at HDTVTest Shootout

by Andrew Fenn

HDTVTest and AV retailer Crampton & Moore’s annual TV shootout, the third of its scale so far in 2017, has seen a clean sweep by OLED across its five categories, beating LCD TV’s for …

Tags:Awards| Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 30

SIS Digital Has Factory in Peterborough

by Yvette Raikes

UK LED and LCD display provider SIS Digital has opened a technical HQ in Peterborough called Vision Park. The factory has design, fabrication and engineering facilities, as well as sterile conditions for screen calibration. …

Tags:Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Samsung QLED TVs Become ‘CalMAN ready’

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has made the Calman with AutoCal software available on its 2017 QLED TVs (Samsung Ties up with Calman). HS Kim, President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics said “Samsung QLED TV is …

EIZO Releases New Calibration Sensor for Medical Monitor Use & VIP Adaptor

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has a new UX2 sensor for calibration of its RadiForce medical monitors. It features improved humidity and impact resistance compared to other sensors and comes with a protective cap to prevent the sensor …

Samsung Ties up with Calman

by Chris Chinnock

One of the key messages themes from Samsung, and I suspect will be for the whole TV industry in 2017, was color volume over color gamut. Color volume takes into account the color performance …

Flanders Scientific Showcases Boxio Upgrades

by Chris Chinnock

Reference monitor maker Flanders Scientific used the SMPTE conference to showcase some new capabilities for its LUT box called BoxIO. LUTs are used to create calibrated “looks” that can transform content from a proprietary …

Tags:Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2016| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Calibrating HDR TVs Will Get Easier

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung Electronics was at the CE Week event in New York City showcasing their new HDR calibration disc along with a complete UHD/HDR calibration workflow featuring the CalMan software from SpectraCal. The disc and …

Vizio UHD-TVs with Dolby Vision and QD Film now Available for Order

by Chris Chinnock

Vizio, Dolby Laboratories and SpectraCal held a joint meeting and demonstration in New York on Oct. 6 to highlight the availability of the new Vizio Reference TVs along with HDR content mastered to the …