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Creative Lessons Learned in HDR Grading

by Chris Chinnock

In a panel that opened the Future of Cinema conference, a panel of creators from Inside Out and Tomorrowland discussed their experiences in creating their first HDR grades and their desires for next steps. …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema Projection| Disney| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Netflix Starts Streaming 4K HDR Content

by Chris Chinnock

As has been rumored for some time, Netflix has followed through on its plans to launch HDR 4K content with the reruns of season 1 of Marco Polo. Marvel’s Daredevil should be available soon …

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

Review Highlights Issues in Samsung HDR Set

by Tom Allen

John Archer is a writer for Forbes, specialising in home entertainment technology. Recently, he reviewed Samsung’s 55″ KS9500 TV – not a flagship SUHD model, but still a new set for 2016. In the …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LCD TVs| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 15

HDR Seminar Covers Production Chain

by Tom Allen

On the 17th May, AbelCine will run an HDR seminar in Los Angeles called ‘The Merits of the New High Dynamic Range’. It is an evening event that will examine the HDR production chain, …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Panasonic’s UB900 4K Blu-ray Player Certified as ULTRA HD PREMIUM

by Isaac Oburu

Panasonic has today announced that its UB900 Ultra HD Blu-ray player has been officially certified as ULTRA HD PREMIUM. This follows yesterday’s announcement by the UHD Alliance that it is expanding its Ultra HD …

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

Technicolor and Vubiquity Lay Groundwork for HDR Channels in 2016

by Chris Chinnock

HDR content for consumers has so far consisted of a few movies and episodic TV content specifically mastered for HDR and delivered over a small number of OTT services and via the newly released …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| NAB 2016| Philips| Technicolor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Barco Releases High Contrast Cinema Projector at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

Barco used CinemaCon to unveil a new cinema-class projector using RGB laser illumination that has been optimized for high contrast. Contrast will double from 3000:1 in the 3-chip DLP RGB laser projectors used in …

Tags:6p Laser| Barco| Cinema| CinemaCon 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Netflix Pushes Dolby Vision

by Tom Allen

We heard about Netflix’s HDR plans earlier this year (Netflix has HDR Plans), and the company has now fulfilled them. Marco Polo is the first series available in the HDR (Dolby Vision) format; Marcel’s …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Dish Adds UHD to Hopper

by Tom Allen

Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR can now be used to stream UltraHD content from Netflix.

Tags:4k| Dish Network| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

New Camera HDR IP Cores Offered by Pinnacle Imaging Systems

by Chris Chinnock

Pinnacle Imaging Systems is a company that has been focused on High Dynamic Range (HDR) for some time – longer than any other company on the planet, the company claimed in an email exchange. …

Tags:Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Plenty to See from Technicolor in Rennes

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, I was in France for the Virtual Laval event and made the journey via Rennes, which has a small and convenient airport. I knew that Technicolor has a large …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Atomos Brings HDR to Field Monitors

by Tom Allen

Atomos has shown off two new 7.1″ field monitors prior to NAB, which display 10 stops of luminance detail, with 10-bit HDR post production colour accuracy (8-bit + FRC); said to be the first …

Tags:Cameras| Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 12