HDR – High Dynamic Range – Page 13

Atomos Gets Some Neons to Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Atamos said that its 17″ and 24″ Neon HDR monitor recorders will start shipping this month. The 31″ and 55″ versions are still under development. The monitors use FALD technology and …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range

HDR is a mess, and porn isn’t going to save us this time

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The article points out that HDR is a mess with five incompatible formats HLG (for broadcast) HDR10 (open, based on PQ) HDR10+ (open, based on PQ with dynamic metadata) Dolby Vision …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range

VESA Funds Development of New Video Compression Test Tool for High Dynamic Range Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced that it has sponsored the development of a test tool for high dynamic range (HDR) display applications that evaluates the visually lossless performance of video compression codecs. …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| VESA

Inconsistent HDR format support in PS5 & Xbox Series X

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Flatpanelshd reports that there is uncertainty about HDR support in the XBox Series X and PS5. Xbox Series X will support HDR10+. Microsoft will also support Dolby Vision for streaming and …

Tags:Consoles| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Apple releases iOS 14.1 with support for iPhone 12, 10-bit HDR, and bug fixes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld reported that Apple has released iOS 14.1 for the iPhone 12 and added support for 10 bit HDR playback to devices from the iPhone 8 onwards. Those with an iPhone …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| iPhone| Operating Systems

Ultra HD Forum Tracks over 190 UHD services

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UltraHD Forum, on the release of its Version 2.4 Guidelines, said that it has now identified 190 channels and services worldwide that are offering UltraHD content. The latest version includes …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| UltraHD

Netflix in HDR on Sky Q

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky in the UK has said that its Sky Q box will now allow the viewing of Netflix HDR titles. The platform already supported Sky Originals and Disney+ in HDR. What …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| UK (United Kingdom)

The Six Pillars of Ultra HD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yoeri Geutskens has written a good guide to all the features of ‘the full set’ of UltraHD technologies. UHD or Ultra HD spatial resolution – 4K or 8K HDR or High …

Tags:3D Object-based Audio| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| UltraHD & 4K| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Dell Adds an HDR Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has announced new monitors including a new UltraSharp 32 HDR PremierColor Monitor (UP3221Q) which has a miniLED backlight with 2K dimming zones, 99.8% of DCI P3 colour gamut and support …

4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults — Prepping Films for 4K Ultra HD is a Journey of Discovery

by Bob Raikes

What They Say To make the most of the move to UltraHD, content owners have to process their catalogues to optimies for UltraHD and HDR. The pandemic has helped sales of content including Blu-ray …

Tags:Blu-ray| Cinema| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Fraunhofer IIS launches webinar series on next-gen technologies

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Fraunhofer IIS is planning a three-part series of webinars on next generation broadcast and streaming technologies covering HDR and MPEG-H audio abong other topics. The webinars take place on October …

Tags:Fraunhofer| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Streaming Audio