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Billy Lynn To Be First 60 fps UHD Blu-ray

by Bob Raikes

There were reports from CES that the movie, ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ will be the first movie to be released in UltraHD with 60fps as it was captured at 120Hz. For more on …

Digital View Has 120Hz 4K Ultra-HD LCD Controller

by Bob Raikes

Digital View has said that it has a new integrated SVX-4096-120 LCD controller that can support UltraHD content at 120Hz. This new controller model was designed for 4K Ultra-HD LCD panels, and supports both …

Tags:Display Controllers| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Creating Derivatives from the 4K/120/3D “Billy Lynn” Master

by Chris Chinnock

That was the topic of discussion I had with Ben Gervais, the technical supervisor on “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, a film directed by Ang Lee and captured in 3D, 120 frames per second …

Tags:4K DCI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 23 - Issue 46

DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

The DVB Steering Board has approved the specification for the Ultra High Definition Television, UHD-1 Phase 2 stage. That should mean, DVB believes, that products will come to market in 2017 with support for …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Want to See Billy Lynn at 120Hz in 3D and UHD?

by Bob Raikes

ArcLight Cinemas is working with Christie to present Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” (Ang Lee Shows the Future of Cinema Display (Updated) at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, which is equipped with …

RealD Develops Synthetic Shutter Solution for HFR

by Chris Chinnock

RealD has turned to signal processing techniques to create a novel way of processing frames of video. Called a synthetic shutter, the technique can be used with high frame rate capture and a shutter …

Tags:Cameras| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 43

First “True 8K” 120fps Dome Demo

by Chris Chinnock

That was the headline that enticed me to fly to Toronto and the annual Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference and Trade Show (GSCA). This event is all about the latest planetarium, IMax and …

DVB Expecting HDR Decisions Soon

by Bob Raikes

DVB held its ‘same procedure as last year’ press conference on the first day of IBC. Peter MacAvock is the newly elected chairman of the DVB to replace Phil Laven. MacAvock started by introducing …

More, Better, Faster!

by Bob Raikes

Over the last couple of years, I have checked out almost all of the companies at IBC that were talking about UltraHD. This year, that simply wouldn’t have been possible as everybody was talking …

ASC Announces Plan to Evaluate Theatrical Performance Parameters

by Chris Chinnock

Cinema technology is advancing rapidly including higher contrast, wider colors and higher frame rates (as seen in yesterday’s Display Daily – Ang Lee Shows the Future of Cinema Display). Solutions offering a range of …

Tags:Cinema| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 23 - Issue 36| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Ang Lee Shows the Future of Cinema Display (Updated)

by Bob Raikes

Ever since I read Chris’s NAB summary for Display Daily, I have been looking forward to IBC as I knew that there was a plan to go even further in pushing the envelope on …

Tags:3D Cinema| Cinema Projection| Dolby Vision| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Thoughts from IBC on the Broadcast Industry

by Bob Raikes

I know that I am famous among some of my long term readers and subscribers for starting my editorials with a comment that “this has been a busy week”. Well, this one has been …