HFR – High Frame Rate – Page 5

Nvidia Brings 120Hz Display Mode to Shield TV

by Andrew Fenn

Nvidia has updated its Shield TV media player/games console hybrid device with a 120Hz display mode, supporting TVs and monitors with high-refresh-rate capabilities. High-refresh-rate gaming is in an odd position. While PlayStation 4 is …

8K/UHD-2 at the ADS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Chris Chinnock opened the ADS with his talk titled Addressing the Challenges of Selling 8K. This talk mostly addressed issues associated with UHD-2 TV, not 8K cinema systems. The transition from Standard Definition (SD) …

BC11 Cinematographers Have Some TV Requests

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was a ‘local’ from the TV content business in Los Angeles. David Stump is chairman of the camera committee and display committee of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He gave …

TS05 Dolby Provides Data on Perception of Judder in HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Alex Chapiro from Dolby Laboratories presented some new data from a high frame rate (HFR) study they recently conducted. He said that the term “judder” is typically used to describe several artifacts that occur …

High Frame Rate Mastering War Stories

by Chris Chinnock

DoP Bill Bennett and RealD Sr. Scientist Tony Davis gave a presentation to detail some of the experience the two have gained in capturing cinematic content at high frame rates and then using a …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| HPA Tech Retreat| Large Display Monitor| RealD| Vol 25 - Issue 08

New Version of HbbTV Specification Supports HDR, HFR and NGA

by Andrew Fenn

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has announced the immediate availability of HbbTV 2.0.2. …

Tags:HbbTV| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 07

LG 2018 OLEDs will Support HFR

by Bob Raikes

LG released some details of its TV plans for CES ahead of the show. The company will upgrade the processor in its sets and will introduce a ThinQ AI system that can be used …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 01

TI Describes Method to Achieve Variable Frame Rates in Cinemas

by Chris Chinnock

Tim Ryan from TI’s DLP Cinema group gave a presentation on the way DLP cinema projectors can offer variable frame rates. The projectors can run at various frame rates already, but require time to …

Storytelling in 8K?

by Chris Chinnock

Cinematographer, Pierre H Routhier gave a presentation on storytelling in 8K. He wondered, for example, if there is more value from the filmmaker’s point of view in having more spatial resolution as opposed to …

RIT Study Tries to Determine a Just Noticeable Difference with Frame Rate Perception

by Chris Chinnock

Elizabeth DoVale and David Long from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) started her presentation (which also won an award from SMPTE) by noting that as more films consider the possibility of shooting in …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2017| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AOC FreeSync Monitor Does Well in Review

by Bob Raikes

AOC introduced the AG251FZ to the market in the Spring. The monitor has 240Hz refresh, for gaming, and has a TN panel. Now, Tom’s Hardware has published a very positive review of the monitor, …

Hollywood Directors Abhor Motion Interpolation

by Bob Raikes

A number of Hollywood directors, encouraged by James Gunn who calls the effect ‘Satan’s Spectacles’, has complained about the technology in TVs that smooths out 24fps movie material to higher frame rates. Gunn has …

Tags:Cinema| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38