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AMD Plans HDR Gaming and FreeSync Expansion

by Tom Allen

At a Radeon Technology group summit in California this month, AMD revealed some of the plans it has for its GPU line – firmly focused around improving image quality. One of the most significant …

Christie Releases Accuframe Pro at IITSEC 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Christie’s new Accuframe Pro allows a 120 fps refresh rate with minimal motion blur using a 60 fps input and without loss of brightness using a black frame insertion technique.

Tags:Christie| HFR - High Frame Rate| I/ITSEC 2015| Simulation| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Where Does SkyQ Leave HFR?

by Bob Raikes

This week’s issue got me thinking about developments in TV. I was particularly interested in the Sky announcement and I confess that is partly because I am a customer of Sky. Sky is incredibly …

DVB Approves UltraHD-HDR Requirements

by Tom Allen

The DVB Steering Board has approved the commercial requirements for the next phase of UltraHD TV, which will be known as ‘UHD-1 Phase 2’. UHD-1 Phase 1 was approved in 2014, and simply covered …

High Frame Rate not Getting as Much Attention as HDR

by Chris Chinnock

There was not much content or discussion of high frame rate at the SMPTE fall conference this year, but there was a lot of paper on HDR and related issues. However, a talk by …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

LCD Overdriving Circuits Contribute to Visual Artifacts

by Chris Chinnock

Andy Rosen from Bitlogic and Dan Brunner from Microsoft gave a compelling demonstration in the Display session at the SMPTE conference where they showed some interesting artifacts that they say are attributable to the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Ericsson Writes About Immersive TV

by Tom Allen

Ericsson has published a paper on immersive viewing, covering UltraHD resolution and other enhancements, such as high dynamic range, high frame rate and wide colour gamut. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/oovc5lk. You can also see …

Why Don’t We Have High Frame Rate for Cinema and TV?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Ultra-High Definition (UHD) TV has more than just more pixels. I see it as a four-legged stool, with more pixels as one leg, wide color gamut (WCG) as a second, high dynamic range (HDR) …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 38

EBU Looks at HFR & HDR

by Bob Raikes

The EBU was showing various demonstrations and we looked at the BBC/NHK hybrid log demo, which the EBU is positive about, and also at a demonstration of high frame rates – material shot at …

Hoffman: We Must Solve Content/Vendor Disconnect

by Tom Allen

The EBU’s Hans Hoffman has warned electronics makers about the ‘dangers’ of moving too fast with UltraHD TVs. During a presentation at the TVBEurope 2020 conference, in London, Hoffman said that makers’ short-term goals …

Broadcasters Cautious About New Technologies

by Tom Allen

31% of broadcasters see no potential gain from HDR or HFR A survey by Quantel and Snell predicts that 60% of broadcasters only consider UltraHD as relevant to the future (on a two-to-five-year timescale). …

DVB-T2 Tests Avoid Simulcasting

by Tom Allen

UltraHD transport at 100fps, using the DVB-T2 platform, has been tested in Spain. The trials were conducted by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in the University’s labs. A scalable coding system based on HEVC …