IBC 2018 – Page 2 – Display Daily

JVC Extends to DCI-4K

by Bob Raikes

JVC had a couple of new broadcast monitors although we had some language challenges in getting details. The new monitors are the DT-G27, a 27″ unit and DT-U31. The DT-U31 is an UltraHD alternative …

Vewd Can Co-Exist with Android TV

by Bob Raikes

Vewd has a new product manager, Sascha Prüter, who is from Google, where he was head of product for Android TV, so he has a very good sense of the strength of his opposition. …

Fraunhofer Highlights Codecs, LightFields and Packages

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer had a number of demonstrations of interest. First, we heard about the new JPEG XS ‘mezzanine’ codec designed for contribution applications and optimised for around 6:1 or 8:1 compression. It was developed …

HP Highlights DreamColor Technology for Creatives

by Bob Raikes

HP started by showing us its latest Z Book X2, a convertible tablet/notebook designed for content creators and using a Wacom pen and using an anti-glare display with UltraHD resolution. The display has touch …

Dolby Vision Gathering Support

by Bob Raikes

Dolby was not showing anything new in its video and Dolby Vision technology, but was concentrating on highlighting the adoption of the technology which is now being supported by 18 different consumer electronics brands …

IBC 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 of Germany told use that it has a new STB in its M Series, the M35 which has support for UltraHD and is configured with Verimatrix Ultra Security. The company told us that …

Arte Conducting HDR Tests

by Bob Raikes

SES held a series of Tech Talks in its meeting room suite up in the balcony of Hall 1. These are usually interesting and the one we went to was no exception. The topic …

Creatives Want More – of Everything!

by Bob Raikes

Christie had a big screen demonstration that compared Xenon-based projection with a full laser unit. Unfortunately, because of a schedule clash, we didn’t get to see the different demonstration, but got into the session …

Sony Moves from OLED for Monitoring

by Bob Raikes

Sony held its usual press event as the first of the show itself on its booth. I remember when the firm switched from projection to LCD as the main display for the event, but …

Technicolor Widens HDR Support

by Bob Raikes

Although HLG, HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision (along with Sony’s S-Log for content creators) are widely reported as the current HDR technologies, there is another scheme, developed and promoted by Technicolor and Philips and …

SES Downgrades Dinner to Breakfast

by Bob Raikes

SES has traditionally held a press event and dinner on the evening before IBC but this year had a more informal event at breakfast. We went along. Steve Collar has been the CEO and …

IFA and IBC Beckon….

by Bob Raikes

I have a brief moment of pausing for breath on the news side today, as I have finished the Siggraph report and IFA is still six days away, although the number of meeting requests, …