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DVB Summarises Standardisation Progress

by Bob Raikes

The DVB held its traditional IBC press event on the Friday afternoon – the same 3.00pm procedure as every year. Peter MacAvock of the EBU started the presentation by saying that the industry is …

Tags:Advertising| DVB| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Radio| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Cheaper Nvidia Shield Package Goes on Sale Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Following the release of the new Apple TV, capable of outputting Ultra HD resolution and HDR, Nvidia has reacted by announcing a price drop for Nvidia Shield. From October 18th, consumers will be able …

Tags:Consoles| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Apple Enables iTunes HDR for iPad Pro

by Bob Raikes

Apple said in June that its new iPad Pro models would support HDR and it is now making UltraHD HDR content available on the iTunes store, so that the content can be played back …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH09 TV SoC HDR Processing

by Chris Chinnock

Erwin Bellers from Sigma Designs was the last speaker of the day and he came to discuss HDR processing in TVs and how Sigma is incorporating HDR10+ in its new SoC, He started by …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sigma Designs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH08 ST 2094-40 for Next Generation Broadcasting

by Chris Chinnock

Bill Mandel then gave a second presentation mainly prepared by his colleague, Jon Fairhurst. This talk began with an overview of some of the benefits of the ATSC 3.0 format with the expectation that …

Tags:ATSC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH07 HDR10 Plus – Beyond HDR10

by Chris Chinnock

Bill Mandel of the Samsung Research Center in Irvine, California helped deliver a presentation co-authored with Yeong Taeg Kim that provided more insight into the HDR10+ standard. Samsung’s dynamic metadata approach has been standardized …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED and HDR10+ Summit 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH06 Overview of HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Chris Chinnock began the focused discussion on HDR10/10+ by delivering an overview on HDR for attendees who were not too familiar with the terms, principle and standards around HDR. This started with an explanation …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED and HDR10+ Summit 2017| SMPTE| 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 …

Tags:Display Calibration| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 35

QH05 QD & OLED Supply Chain Analysis

by Chris Chinnock

Chris Chinnock returned to deliver a presentation prepared by Display Supply Chain Consultants, Ross Young and Bob O’Brien, as they were unable to attend. On the supply side, DSCC makes the point that quantum …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Capacity| Quantum Dots| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

HDMI 2.1 Cable Goes on Sale

by Bob Raikes

We heard that the first HDMI 2.1 cables are becoming available from Apple. The Ultra High Speed HDMI cable costs $29.95 and supports up to 48 Gbps. Analyst Comment HDMI 2.1 supports the same …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

IFA & IBC Offer Different Views on the TV Industry

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this week’s editorial in the press room of IBC – the overload from IFA caused our production of the regular weekly issue to slip so, frustratingly, I have been head down over …

Tags:Broadcast| Editorial| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| IBC 2017| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 34

The State of the Art in HDR Video

by Milos Pavlovic

If you are a regular reader of LDM or MDM, you probably have a good grasp of the state of the art in HDR, but if you are new and are finding the terms …

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