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Matrox Demonstrates High-Res Transport at InfoComm

by Tom Allen

Matrox has announced that it will show a high-resolution AV-over-IP ecosystem at InfoComm 2016. The company will use its Maevex 2 PCIe cards to stream up to 30 sources, at resolutions from 1280 x …

Userful Turns PC Into Display Controller

by Tom Allen

Userful has released a version of its proprietary software (v8.6), which can be used to turn a standard PC into a video wall controller. The PC will then be able to support 60fps and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 20

8k Progress Made in Japan

by Tom Allen

Two of Japan’s three major mobile carriers have announced successful 8k trials. NTT Docomo, with Nokia, transported real-time 8k video over a 5G network. Video was stored on a server, compressed and transmitted to …

NHK Shows 8K HDR Demo at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

NHK showed 8K cameras and video at NAB 2016 along with a demo of HDR on an 8K display.

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| NAB 2016| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

8K at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

8K was definitely present at NAB 2016, but with the exception of the Japanese broadcast community, it was more of a curiosity than anything else. NHK was in the Futures Park again with a …

Informitv Confirms Perseus as Visually Lossless

by Tom Allen

Informitv has conducted an independent test of V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The results confirm that Perseus can be used for visually lossless UltraHD video, as well as supporting HDR and 8k video. HD and UltraHD …

NHK Plans 8k in August

by Tom Allen

NHK’s Kashima Yoshiharu announced the changes.Japan has announced updates to its UltraHD plans at MIPTV in France. National broadcaster NHK intends to begin transmissions on the 1st August this year in Super-Hi Vision, aka …

Socionext Decodes 8k

by Tom Allen

Socionext has introduced a single-chip SoC that can process decoding of 8k HEVC video. The SCH801A was developed with Japan’s NHK, and has successfully decoded 8k test streaming data. Existing digital TV SoCs will …

NEC Ready for 8k at NAB

by Tom Allen

NEC will show a new encoder and decoder pair at NAB 2016, which are able to process Super-Hi Vision (8k) video at 60 fps. They were developed with NHK of Japan. The VC-8350 encoder …

Olympics Used to Test 8k, WCG and HDR

by Tom Allen

UltraHD will not be broadcast from the Olympics in Rio (IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio) – but the format will not be entirely absent. Japan’s NHK will record at least some …

SK Telecom is Working on 8k Encoding

by Tom Allen

SK Telecom is a major telco in South Korea, and signal transport was its main focus at MWC. This covered data – the company had a 5G demo area in the middle of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Telecomms| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad

by Bob Raikes

Sharp had a number of highlights on its booth at the show. We started by talking about the Big Pad Pro. Sharp has benefited from being one of the only large screen procap-based intelligent …