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UHD Forum Issues Important HDR Guidelines at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum used NAB 2016 to release the first phase of industry guidelines on end-to-end workflows for creating and delivering live and pre-recorded UHD content. This first release of the guidelines lets …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 16

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 16

by Tom Allen

Alpha Display of Korea has introduced a range of industrial monitors in 21.5″, 23″, 23.8″, 24″ (16:9) and 27″ with integrated procap touch (2 or 10 points). The border cover glass has rounded corners …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Certification| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Projectors| Samsung| Software| sony| Stretched Displays| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Sony Brings 4K HDR Capability to its VPL-VW320ES Home Projector

by Isaac Oburu

Following on from the arrival of the first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray film releases by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony is delighted to announce it is bringing 4K HDR capability to its VPL-VW320ES home …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Home Cinema| Projectors| Software| sony| UltraHD

Harmonic Shows SDR-to-HDR Upconvert Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Harmonic had a very nice demo running in its booth at NAB, but it could also let visitors come to the wrong conclusion. There were supposed to be four different demos running, but the …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

ATSC 3.0 Makes Big Debut at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

Overview ATSC 3.0, the next generation broadcast/broadband standard, made a big splash at NAB 2016. There was an ATSC pavilion showcasing equipment and features of the standard, seminars on all aspects of the details, …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| DTV| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

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Are SDR TVs Superior to HDR TVs in Bright Environments?

by Chris Chinnock

Some recent testing of 4K HDR TVs by HDTVTest suggests that as the ambient light in the room increases, the benefit of the HDR technology diminishes rapidly (http://tinyurl.com/hnlfmwr). Reviewers came to this conclusion after …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Atomos Adds PQ to Monitor Recorders

by Tom Allen

At NAB, Atomos announced updates to its new Shogun Flame monitors (Atomos Brings HDR to Field Monitors), as well as a new Shogun product. It has only been one month since the Shogun Flame …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Colour Management & Processing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Netflix Goes on HDR Binge

by Tom Allen

Marco Polo, a Netflix original series, is the only HDR content available todayNetflix has said that is will add more than 150 hours of HDR content this year, in both the HDR10 and Dolby …

Tags:4k| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Ateme Works With Technicolor on HDR

by Tom Allen

Ateme is integrating Technicolor’s HDR distribution technology into its Titan product. Titan is a multi-codec and -format video transcoding software. The use of Technicolor’s technology will extend HDR functionality available to content owners, distributors …

Tags:ATEME| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Software| Technicolor| Transcoders| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Imagine Communications Leads Industry in Facilitating Seamless Transition to UHD

by Isaac Oburu

Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, is helping broadcasters, content distributors and other media companies simplify and accelerate their transitions to Ultra High Definition (UHD) and related capabilities by …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| UltraHD (4KTV)

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Informitv Confirms Perseus as Visually Lossless

by Tom Allen

Informitv has conducted an independent test of V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The results confirm that Perseus can be used for visually lossless UltraHD video, as well as supporting HDR and 8k video. HD and UltraHD …

Tags:Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 15