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ST 2094 Focuses on Dynamic Metadata (part 2)

by Chris Chinnock

ST 2094 is quite flexible allowing the use of windows to do specific transforms. That means a window may be used to apply a different transform for a bright highlight or dark region of …

ST 2094 Focuses on Dynamic Metadata (part 1)

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big areas of focus at the SMPTE conference was the need to ensure that the wide range of luminance and color carried in HDR signals will map correctly in SDR displays …

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UHD Capture and Lighting Impacts

by Chris Chinnock

A paper from Panasonic and NHK looked at the effects of LED lighting on the color reproduction of UHD images in a broadcast environment. The table below provides a nice summary of the type …

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Grass Valley Gets Ready for HDR Live TV Production

by Chris Chinnock

Grass Valley’s Sr. product Manager for Cameras, Klaus Weber, recently hosted a webinar on HDR (High Dynamic Range) for live TV production and also gave a paper at the SMPTE conference covering similar ground. …

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Measuring Cinema Contrast – an Update

by Chris Chinnock

Miller Schuck from RealD also gave a presentation on work they have done to understand the real contrast in a theater and how that might impact the design of a HDR projector. Schuck gave …

China Developing Cinema Image Standards

by Chris Chinnock

One of the papers delivered at the SMPTE conference focused on what the Chinese government and exhibitors are doing about image quality – both 2D and 3D. There already exists a Chinese standard, GD/J047-2013, …

VR Gets Full Attention at SMPTE Conference

by Chris Chinnock

A special symposium on Virtual Reality (VR) was held to open the 2015 SMPTE fall conference here in Hollywood, California. There were a number of good papers, a nice panel and some demos that …

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New SMPTE HDR Report Offers a Roadmap for Future Activity

by Chris Chinnock

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published a new study group (SG) report on the high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging ecosystem. 170 top international experts contributed to the report, which summarizes an …

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A Booth Tour of the TCL Chinese RGB Laser IMAX Theater

by Chris Chinnock

When in Hollywood, you should do some sightseeing. For me, that meant a booth tour at the IMax theater adjacent to the SMPTE conference. This is located in the TCL Chinese theater (formerly the …

Qualcomm Result 05/11/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Qualcomm Inc. reported Q4 and full year results of operations with a 12 month net profit of $5.27 billion, or $3.26 per share, down 34% YoY from $7.5 billion. The 12 month turnover was …

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Imago Sonas Wins DP in Denmark

by Bob Raikes

Digital Projection has appointed Imago Sonas as a distributor of its projection products through its network of SIs and installers. Imago Sonas said that it is a trade-only distributor.

Tags:Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Sling to Support Chromecast

by Bob Raikes

SlingTV said that it is now supporting Google’s Chromecast as well as Android and iOS. New buyers of the service will get a free Chromecast dongle, or a free trial of “Best of Live …

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