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New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming

by Chris Chinnock

NAB was the place where we learned about new reference 31” HDR monitors that will offer a peak luminance of 2000 cd/m². They are all based upon a new dual-panel architecture being produced by …

8K at NAB Round up

by Chris Chinnock

We did not do an exhaustive search for 8K equipment, but did run across a few demos. NHK was in the North Hall as usual with their 8K theater. This featured a 350” diagonal …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 17

V-Nova burst on the scene two years ago with a new encoding method called Perseus (Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Many were skeptical as the company was not the most forthcoming on how it …

HDR Monitoring/QC Round Up

by Chris Chinnock

Colorfront launched its Colorfront QC Player, a system enabling post and studio facilities to perform quality control tasks on UHD and HDR content. It runs on Supermicro and HP Z840 workstations with AJA’s Kona …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 17

HDR Mastering Round up

by Chris Chinnock

Colorfront announced at NAB that its Transkoder software product has been certified by Dolby Laboratories for Dolby Vision HDR content mastering, as well as being approved by Amazon/Samsung for HDR10+ Dynamic Tone Mapping and …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Who Says Metadata Isn’t Coming to Broadcast?

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big issues for HDR use in broadcast is the metadata question. Broadcasters keep saying they do not want to have metadata as part of their workflow, but it exists in capture …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Camera/Viewfinder Round Up

by Chris Chinnock

Hitachi was showing the Z-HD5500 broadcast camera that they launched last year. It is an HD, not UHD resolution camera that allows the operator to use three HDR OETF curves: HLG600, HLG 1200 or …

HDR-SDR Converters Proliferate

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big trends at NAB 2017 was the announcements of SDR/HDR converter boxes. These are needed to support HDR workflows because there will be a mixture of SDR content and HDR content …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Atomos’ Novel Monitor/Recorder/Switcher

by Chris Chinnock

Atomos has developed Sumo, a device for monitoring and recording High Dynamic Range (HDR) which can also perform live HD switching. The unit features a 19-inch LCD panel with 1200 nits of brightness and …

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 …

Technicolor HDR Workflow Updates from NAB

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to meet with Technicolor in their suite to get an update on their HDR workflow, which is geared for broadcast production. Called Advanced HDR by Technicolor, the idea is to …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Technicolor| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Dolby Updates for Live Production

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby’s Pat Griffis walked us around the Dolby booth to provide an update with a focus on using PQ in a live HDR broadcast workflow. The PQ workflow can be very versatile, he explained, …