Vol 22 – Issue 17 – Display Daily

A Look Back at Pace

by Bob Raikes

This week, in the LDM, we have a supplement on the developments at the NAB show. Chris clearly had an interesting time there and there was lots of activity in UltraHD and Super Hi-Vision, …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 17

ATSC 3.0 Work Described at NAB Conference

by Aldo Cugnini

Sunday afternoon at the NAB Show Broadcast Engineering Conference was dedicated to a report on the ongoing development of the ATSC 3.0 standard. This next-generation broadcast standard is being developed to replace the existing …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Barco’s Escape Theatrical Format Gains Acceptance at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

Barco is pioneering the development of a new theatrical format called Escape. The idea is to flank the main theatrical screen with two side screens that can screen a big panoramic image or three …

Tags:Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

360-Degree Cameras Proliferate to Support Virtual Reality (Part 2)

by Chris Chinnock

There were a lot of developers of 360-degree camera or software companies at NAB – all to feed the growing need for virtual reality content. NextVR NextVR was in the RED booth where it …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 17

360-Degree Cameras Proliferate to Support Virtual Reality (Part 1)

by Chris Chinnock

There were a lot of developers of 360-degree camera or software companies at NAB – all to feed the growing need for virtual reality content. RTI The benefit of a one-camera 360-degree capture option …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Dolby Provides HDR Update

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby showed off elements of its HDR production workflow at NAB 2015 as well as content playing on the new HDR TVs from Vizio. These TVs were announced at CES 2014 and are late …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Canon Shows HDR Displays and Workflow

by Chris Chinnock

Canon used NAB 2015 to show it HDR workflow as well as some new HDR monitors. It also introduced a new 15 f-stop camera, the C300 Mark II. To showcase all of this, it …

Tags:Canon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

goHDR Describes HDR Compression Approach

by Chris Chinnock

goHDR is a UK-based company that was at NAB 2015 to describe and show its HDR encoding solution. The company demonstrated real time capture, encode/decode and display of HDR content on an HDR display. …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Amazon to Offer HDR Content

by Chris Chinnock

Amazon used NAB to announce that it will be among the first to offer HDR content through its Amazon Prime Video service. These will arrive sometime in 2015. Amazon is producing it own original …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Technicolor Focuses on Good, Better and Best HDR

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to meet with Technicolor in a suite at NAB 2015 to learn more about its plans for HDR. At NAB, the company was mainly talking about what it is doing …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Technicolor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

RED and Canon Introduce New Cameras

by Chris Chinnock

At NAB 2015, Canon was showing of its newest camera: the C300 Mark II that has an incredible 15 f-stops of capture range. Very little information was available, but we did see a demo …

SuperD Wants Everyone to Use 3D

by Chris Chinnock

SuperD CEO Michael Hsu was at NAB to talk about his company’s prowess in 3D technology and to encourage consumers to use 3D more often. In his presentation in the 3D session organized by …