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Sony Shows First Laser Phosphor Projector Capable of HDR

by Helen Vince

Sony showed several new 3LCD projectors with laser phosphor technology, but the most interesting one is a new 4k SXRD projector that will show 80% of the 2020 gamut. It is also the first …

Tags:3LCD| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2015| Laser Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Question Session 1 (DS 4)

by Bob Raikes

In questions about the different HDR formats that are being proposed, Talstra (Philips) said that standardisation is a bit slow, but everybody is worried about potential ‘format wars’ if there isn’t a clear standard …

Tags:Display Summit 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Canon Explains HDR Pipeline (DS3)

by Bob Raikes

Laurence (Larry) Thorpe of Canon gave a very “high bandwidth” talk and we hope we caught the main points! He addressed HDR but he also started by saying that Canon cannot separate HDR from …

Tags:Canon| Display Summit 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

RealD Says 20,000:1 is Enough Contrast (DS2)

by Bob Raikes

Miller Schuck is from RealD and he talked about contrast in the cinema. Laser projectors are here now – they can deliver good HDR, colour and really black blacks. Can 3D keep pace with …

Tags:3D Cinema| Contrast| Display Summit 2015| DLP Projectors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Philips Updates on HDR (DS1)

by Bob Raikes

The first session at the Display Summit was on “Trends in High Dynamic Range Ecosystem” (sic). The first speaker was Joop Talstra who is from Philips where he is involved with standardisation. He started …

Tags:Display Summit 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Technicolor Promotes Open HDR Adoption

by Tom Allen

HD Guru has published an interview with Mark Turner, of Technicolor, which goes into detail about HDR, UltraHD and wide colour gamuts. To find it, visit http://tinyurl.com/onc4o7w.

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Technicolor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 25| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Fox Begins UltraHD-HDR Rollout

by Tom Allen

Fox has released its first four UltraHD HDR films: Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Maze Runner, Life of Pi and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Consumers can purchase the films on M-Go on download them …

Tags:4k| Fox| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 25

France Gets Taste of UltraHD HDR

by Tom Allen

Several companies worked together to televise the French leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, in Lorient, in UltraHD HDR this month. The event was the first time an offline UltraHD HDR broadcast, at 50fps, …

Tags:4k| France| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Challenges Remain, but Some Display Jobs are Now Done

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have been very busy following up the SID show and we are just finalising the report as I write this article. Now I’m away from it, it’s getting clearer what the …

Tags:Editorial| Eyewear| Flexible Displays| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

ICDM Meets at SID: Mulls Next Steps

by Chris Chinnock

ICDM, or the International Committee on Display Metrology, met at SID to discuss updates to measurement procedures and to discuss other topics where metrology techniques are still in flux. One of these areas was …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour (Color)| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Dolby Claims to Improve Low Cost Hardware (BC26)

by Bob Raikes

Roland Vlaicu is VP of Consumer Imaging at Dolby and he talked about HDR. Dolby is now seeing others catching up with the interest that Dolby has had in this area for some years. …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Can Ignis Enable the OLED TV Market?

by Bob Raikes

As is often the case, one of the most interesting things that I saw at the SID was not on the show floor, but in a dimly-lit suite in a hotel near the event, …

Tags:Backplanes| Display Drivers| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LCD Backlights| LED Drivers| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 24