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ETSI Developing ‘Universal’ Transmission System

by Tom Allen

Standards group ETSI is working on a solution to define a scalable, flexible decoding system for CE devices – from UltraHD TVs to smartphones. According to the Industry Standards Group (ISG) of ETSI’s Compound …

Choose Between RGB and WLED With NEC

by Tom Allen

NEC US has designed two new monitors for multi-display set-ups, with video outputs and NEC’s own ControlSync technology. They are the Multisync EA305WMi (29.8″) and EA275WMi (27″). ControlSync can be used to control up …

WCG Standards Needed for Multi-Primary Displays

by Matthew Brennesholtz

One of the little secrets of the display, television and cinema industries is the “Red, Green, Blue” primary colors – aren’t. Red isn’t “Red,” it’s reddish-orange. More importantly, green isn’t “Green,” it’s yellowish-green. Only …

Does the Simulation Market Care About Color?

by Chris Chinnock

The answer is yes and no depending upon which segment of the market you are talking about. The key question that users and suppliers need to ask is, “does color improve the training proficiency?” …

Could P3 Be the Next Stage for WCG?

by Bob Raikes

I seem to have spent a lot of the last few weeks talking about, looking at and thinking about display colour. Although we have published a huge amount about high dynamic range (HDR), with …

ACES WCG/HDR Encoding Explained

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) has long puzzled me. At the November 18th section meeting of the Society of Motion Picture and Television New York chapter, Jim Houston, co-chair of the ACES Project …

Quantum Dots or OLED – Which Will Create a Better Image?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Quantum Dots (QD) are one of the topics for display technology that rival the excitement over OLED technology by offering an alternative path to providing a better image. In general, I am not saying …

QD Vision Discusses Developments and Competition

by Chris Chinnock

Quantum dot developer QD Vision has received a new round of investment led by Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital totaling approximately $22 million from both existing investors and new investors. The funds will …

3M Advances 2020 Primary Tolerances Work

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s SMPTE conference, James Hillis from 3M described some tests they had done to try to determine how far the 2020 color primaries can move and still be indistinguishable from a true …

Tags:Colour Certification| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SMPTE 2015| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Metamerism Updates from David Long

by Chris Chinnock

It is possible for a variety of spectrally unique (and different) stimuli to produce identical visual responses. Spectrally variant color stimuli that are perceived identically are known as metamers. With display-rendered imagery, the objective …

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 …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

SRI Shows off New HDR and WCG Patterns at SMPTE 2015

by Bob Raikes

SRI was showing several 4K patterns that can be helpful in understanding color transforms in HDR and WCG content.

Tags:Rec 2020| SMPTE 2015| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)