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Cinionic Demos Awesome Light Steering Projector

by Chris Chinnock

The most impressive demo at this year’s CinemaCon was the light steering projector in a room marked “Vision 2020” in the Cinionic booth. This is still a prototype, but Cinionic is now seriously looking …

Cinionic New Name for Barco JV

by Chris Chinnock

Cinionic is the new name of the previously announced joint venture between Barco, Appotronics, China Film Co. and CITICPE. It was announced at CinemaCon 2018. The name is a combination of cinema and ionic, …

CinemaCon 2018 Introduction

by Chris Chinnock

This year’s CinemaCon event did not disappoint. Samsung continued to impress with their LED screen, which we saw at CinemaCon and prior to the event in a post production house and commercial theater in …

Can We Tell Stories With 8K?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

For anyone interested in the prospect of better image quality for cinema, television and mobile devices, the April issue of SMPTE’s Motion Imaging Journal is a must-read. Cover of the April edition of the …

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MMD Claims First VESA DisplayHDR 1000 Monitor

by Damir Lokas

MMD has a new monitor line-up, Momentum, focused on home entertainment, particularly console gaming. The first Philips Momentum monitor is the Philips 436M6VBPAB which has UltraHD resolution on its 43″ VA panel. The 436M6VBPAB …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 16

BBC Streams Rugby League Game Live in UHD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC streamed last week’s Rugby League match between the York City Knights and Catalans Dragons live in Ultra HD and HDR on its experimental iPlayer Beta app. The BBC uses HEVC encoding and …

Samsung Launches First U.S. LED Cinema Screen along with Post Production Facility

by Chris Chinnock

I had a chance to visit the first U.S.-based post production facility and commercial theaters in Los Angeles just prior to CinemaCon – both featuring Samsung’s LED technology. These are important milestones for Samsung …

Telus Adds Ultra HD HDR Content to Optik TV

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian TV provider, Telus, has launched Ultra HD HDR content on its Optik TV service. Netflix subscribers with Premium accounts can now also stream UHD HDR content through the platform’s built-in Netflix app. Furthermore, …

Tags:Canada| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Ultra HD Forum Releases UHD Phase B Guidelines at NAB 2018

by Aldo Cugnini

The Ultra HD Forum has released its Phase B Guidelines covering dynamic metadata, higher refresh rates, lower bandwidth requirement and next generation audio. Madeleine Noland, Chair of the Guidelines Work group said, “Phase A …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

UHD Forum and UHDA Update

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Forum teamed up with the UHD Alliance in the Futures Park area. The two groups are collaborating for the first time. This is partly motivated by the maturing of UHD and some …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

TVLogic Demos HDR Grading Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

TVLogic’s LU310R is their top of the line 31” 4K grading monitor. Like the Flanders offering (Flanders Shows HDR Monitors), this monitor uses the Panasonic dual-panel approach with 2048 LEDs and a dimmable backlight. …

Sharp Highlights 8K and More

by Chris Chinnock

There were no new products in the Sharp booth but they were highlighting professional products and applications. In 8K for example, digital signage was being showcased as a 4 x 4 video wall using …