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Hoffman: We Must Solve Content/Vendor Disconnect

by Tom Allen

The EBU’s Hans Hoffman has warned electronics makers about the ‘dangers’ of moving too fast with UltraHD TVs. During a presentation at the TVBEurope 2020 conference, in London, Hoffman said that makers’ short-term goals …

Panel Session on Wide Colour Gamut (DS17)

by Bob Raikes

The second panel session was on the topic of wide colour gamut (WCG) and the panel comprised: Dr John Ho – from QD Vision Norm Hurst responsible for developing test patterns for SRI Josef …

Panel on Digital Cinema (DS16)

by Bob Raikes

The rest of the day was devoted to panel sessions and the first was on cinema. The moderator was Chris Chinnock and the panel was comprised of:Bill Beck, The Laser Guy from Barco, Richard …

Canon Explains HDR Pipeline (DS3)

by Bob Raikes

Laurence (Larry) Thorpe of Canon gave a very “high bandwidth” talk and we hope we caught the main points! He addressed HDR but he also started by saying that Canon cannot separate HDR from …

Technicolor Promotes Open HDR Adoption

by Tom Allen

HD Guru has published an interview with Mark Turner, of Technicolor, which goes into detail about HDR, UltraHD and wide colour gamuts. To find it, visit http://tinyurl.com/onc4o7w.

Verlase Claims Quantum Wells Challenge QDs

by Tom Allen

Verlase has patented a wavelength conversion technology that it hopes will challenge quantum dots. Click to enlargeThe new patent (US Patent No. 9,035,344) is based on ‘quantum wells’ (QWs) formed from exfoliated 2D materials. …

Challenges Remain, but Some Display Jobs are Now Done

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have been very busy following up the SID show and we are just finalising the report as I write this article. Now I’m away from it, it’s getting clearer what the …

Is the Rec. 2020 Blue Primary at the Right Wavelength?

by Chris Chinnock

The current specification for the blue primary in the 2020 gamut is 467nm, but there is much industry discussion as to whether this is the best wavelength, given commercial considerations. The main concerns are …

QD Vision Claims Cadmium QDs are Environmentally Beneficial

by Bob Raikes

QD Vision’s Seth Coe-Sullivan spoke to us to give his views on the issue of the use of cadmium in QDs.

NHK Achieves 98% of Rec.2020

by Tom Allen

Japan’s NHK showed a 50″ LCD display with a laser backlight and ‘very wide’ colour gamut at its Open House event last month, says the Nikkei. According to NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories …

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UltraHD Playback SoC Now Sampling

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. The MN2WS03101A is a single chip IC, with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. It is compatible …

Image Enhancements Will Boost UltraHD

by Tom Allen

UltraHD’s success will be driven by image quality enhancements, such as HDR, HFR and wide colour gamut, as well as immersive audio, says ABI Research. The new report (paid) can be found at http://tinyurl.com/omczjlq. …