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Is the Rec. 2020 Blue Primary at the Right Wavelength?

by Chris Chinnock

The current specification for the blue primary in the 2020 gamut is 467nm, but there is much industry discussion as to whether this is the best wavelength, given commercial considerations. The main concerns are …

Tags:Colour Quality| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

3M Study Offers Tolerances for 2020 Color Gamut Specification

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big issues with the 2020 color gamut is that the specification calls for primaries that are located on the spectral locus without any tolerances. That means to be technically compliant, you …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour Quality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Ateme Chosen for Tennis Open Encoding

by Vanessa Browning

Preliminary live video encoding for the French Tennis Open, in UltraHD with HEVC, are being provided by Ateme. Images are now being broadcast on Fransat, at 50fps and using the Rec.2020 colour gamut.

Tags:4k| ATEME| Encoders| France| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| Vol 22 - Issue 23

NHK Achieves 98% of Rec.2020

by Tom Allen

Japan’s NHK showed a 50″ LCD display with a laser backlight and ‘very wide’ colour gamut at its Open House event last month, says the Nikkei. According to NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Rec 2020| Rec 709| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

UltraHD Playback SoC Now Sampling

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. The MN2WS03101A is a single chip IC, with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. It is compatible …

Tags:Chips| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rec 2020| Semiconductors| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Quantum Dots Push LCDs to 90% Rec.2020

by Tom Allen

SPIE, the International Society of Optics and Photonics, has examined the use of a quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) to cover more of the Rec.2020 colour gamut with an LCD display. Rec.2020 was originally …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

TVLogic Launches Many New Monitors at NAB 2015

by Chris Chinnock

TVLogic, designer and manufacturer of LCD and OLED High Definition displays, announced 12 new models at NAB 2015 to address the increasing demands of broadcast, production, post-production, digital signage and multi-viewer applications. Included in …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Rec 2020| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Eizo Monitor Identifies Out-of-Gamut 2020 Elements

by Chris Chinnock

Eizo has a new feature on the color calibrating 4K monitors that allows the operator to see what colors are out-of-gamut. This was demonstrated by playing 2020 graded content into two identical monitors, both …

Tags:Colour Grading| NAB 2015| Rec 2020

Eizo Prepares for New Colour Space

by Tom Allen

Two of Eizo‘s UltraHD monitors – the CG318-4K and CG248-4K (Wide Colour and High Resolution on Eizo’s ColorEdgeEizo Reaches New Pixel Density Record) – have had Imagica’s 3D look-up table data integrated. With the …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| Rec 709| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Quantum Dot Makers at CES

by Ken Werner

At CES, you could see many quantum-dot-enhanced TVs on the show floor, most of which will appear at retailers in the second half of the year. What you could not see on the floor …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 03| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)