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HFR On the Back Burner – for Now

by Bob Raikes

In my preview of IFA a couple of months ago, I said that I expected to see quite a lot of high refresh rate (HFR) technology. However there was little to see at IFA, …

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Hoffmann Looks for Adaptive TV

by Bob Raikes

Dr. Hans Hoffmann of the EBU is an experienced technologist in the European TV market and recently wrote an article that highlights the problems that have been caused by the fragmentation of the broadcast …

IBC Interest is Mainly in Smaller Displays

by Bob Raikes

Quite a few of the interesting display developments at IBC were previewed at NAB, but many of the products were shown for the first time in Europe. For us, a highlight was the Eizo …

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 …

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 …

Sharp To Re-enter Smartphone Business and Push TV

by Bob Raikes

After a day that was almost exclusively devoted to OLED, the last conference on the day before the show opening was held by the Sharp TV business (happily, there was a separate conference for …

Blur Busters Pushes Refresh Rates

by Bob Raikes

The Blur Busters website has reported on a new Zisworks UltraHD 120Hx monitor that has alternate modes that support frame rates at up to 480Hz, although at that frame rate, the resolution drops down …

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LG and SES Show UHD High Frame Rate Technology

by Bob Raikes

LG & SES showed HFR video in a collaboration at the annual SES Industry Days. The 4K HFR content was transmitted live via an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East and displayed on LG’s …

UHD Forum Showcases Full Ecosystem Solutions

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum, a group that sets best practices for the pixel-packed video format, helped support 14 HDR demos at NAB 2017. These included “Deployable Phase A” technologies that represent current challenges, including …

Next@Acer Showcases New Products and Technology

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On Thursday April 27th Acer had its annual Next@Acer product introduction and technology event at the AMC Loews IMax Theater at Broadway and 67th in New York. This was not just an Acer USA …

A Visit to Trumbull Studios

by Chris Chinnock

Movie visionary, Doug Trumbull, has developed an advanced capture and display solution called Magi. It is based upon images captured and displayed in stereoscopic 3D, 4K and 120 frames per second. It is a …

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DCS To Look at HDR and HFR

by Bob Raikes

The Digital Cinema Society in Hollywood is running an event at Sony Studios, Culver City, California on the 9th February from 1.00pm to 4.00pm when Sony will be showing its FS5 and F65 as …