Vol 25 – Issue 08 – Page 3

“2001: A Space Odyssey” Remastered (Again) for UHD Blu-ray

by Andrew Fenn

Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 50 this year. To celebrate, Warner Bros has remastered the film in Ultra HD and will release it on UHD Blu-ray in the spring. Originally …

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Panasonic Fixes Stuttering Issue on EZ950 OLED TV

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic has released a firmware update for its EZ950 OLED TV, fixing a long-running issue with micro-stutter, which affects both broadcast and streaming content in 1080p resolution. Ultra HD content and Blu-ray discs were …

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Technicolor Result 21/02/2018

by Vijaya

Technicolor reported financial results for fiscal year 2017. Revenue was €4,231 million ($5,204 million) as compared to €4,628 million ($5,692 million) in 2016 and net loss was €173 million ($212.8 million) as compared to …

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TiVo Corporation Result 27/02/2018

by Vijaya

TiVo reported total revenue for Q4 of $214.2 million, a decrease of 15.1% as compared to $252.3 million reported in same quarter of 2016. Net income in the quarter was $18.4 million as compared …

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Immersion Corporation Result 22/02/2018

by Vijaya

Immersion reported total revenue for Q4 of 2017 of $6.9 million, a decrease of 26% compared to $9.3 million for Q4 of 2016. Net loss for the quarter was $12.3 million compared to $38.1 …

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Theatrical Winds of Change

by Chris Chinnock

The cinema has historically been the premium movie-viewing experience. But technical and business advancements are now challenging the very existence of movie theater chains. They are not likely to disappear, but big changes are …

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SID Symposium to Commemorate 50 Years of LCD Research

by Andrew Fenn

The SID will celebrate 50 years of LCD research later this year with a special conference, taking place at Prince Philip House at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London, on Thursday 7th June, …

Strategy Analytics: Explosive Growth for Smart Speakers Continues

by Andrew Fenn

The smart speaker market took a giant step towards mainstream acceptance in the fourth quarter of 2017 as aggressive discounting tactics and a wider choice of models, price points and country availability resulted in …

Sky Q Announces Spotify and HDR for Spring Update

by Andrew Fenn

Sky has announced a raft of new features coming to Sky Q this spring. Voice functionality will be extended to provide personalised recommendations and app-specific requests, as part of a more personalised experience throughout …

High Frame Rate Mastering War Stories

by Chris Chinnock

DoP Bill Bennett and RealD Sr. Scientist Tony Davis gave a presentation to detail some of the experience the two have gained in capturing cinematic content at high frame rates and then using a …

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Thoughts on ACESnext

by Chris Chinnock

ACES (the Academy Color Encoding System) version 1.0 has been released for about two years now. It was developed as a way to more easily manage color consistency across multiple cameras and through the …

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Black Level Visibility Study

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby Labs and contributors at EPFL reported at the HPA Retreat on a new study they recently undertook. The goal was to understand how the perception of black level was affected by the eye’s …