High Frame Rate or HFR, especially in a cinema setting, evokes some pretty strong emotions in people from love to hate. This debate was stirred up again recently with the release of Gemini Man, a new Ang Lee film. The movie was shot in 4K 3D HDR at 120 frames per second as was his […]
IDEA Releases Light Field Distribution Documents and Demonstrates Functionality
The Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA) used the 2019 Light Field and Holographic Display Summit to release three new documents that describe how advanced media formats, including full light field data, can be packaged for delivery over commercial networks. The group also proved the format works by showing the same content presented on several type […]
Forget 32K, are you ready for light field displays?
It will eventually be one of the most transformative display technologies since the invention of the television. The race is currently on to produce the world’s first practical high resolution Light Field display. Adrian, please forgive me for hijacking the title of your recent article: “Forget 8K, are you ready for 32K?”, but there is […]
Digital Humans are Closer Than You Think
Well, they are closer than I thought anyway. In talking to possible presenters for the upcoming Light Field and Holographic Display Summit, I was speaking with Digital Domain’s John Canning, who pointed me to a TED Talk (Digital Humans that Look Just Like Us). You might want to view the full talk (12.35 minutes) which shows […]
Hayden Planetarium and Christie Lead the Way to HDR Domed Solutions
The New York-based American Museum of Natural History, where the famous Hayden Planetarium is housed, held a press event on July 17 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, along with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the museum. If you have never been there, you need to if in New York. […]
A Different Way of Looking at LED Developments
When considering the trends in LEDs, we often divide our discussion in to categories like microLED, miniLED and Narrow Pixel Pitch (NPP) LED. Let me throw out the idea of discussing trends based upon the final display backplane technology. The four categories I suggest are silicon, transparent, PCB (printed circuit board) and flexible. Below are […]
8K – It’s Not Just About More Pixels
In preparing for the 8K Display Summit on June 11, one of the presenters, Mark Henninger, the editor of AVS Forum, gave me an abstract that makes a really good point. While many fixate on the 8K movement as simply more pixels, like the 4K transition, it will turn out to be much more than […]
HDRmaster 8K Tool Set Released
Innovative software for automated quality analysis and dynamic metadata adjustments in HDR video Munich, December 4, 2018 – FF Pictures launches HDRmaster 8K, a new standalone software toolset for Microsoft Windows 8 and 10 with several innovative features for performing quality analysis and essential metadata tasks in HDR productions with up to 8K (7680×4320 pixels) […]
New Standards Emerging to Reduce Complexity of Streaming Content
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has been actively developing a new streaming standard called CMAF (Common Media Application Format). With 60 participants and 3 years of effort, the group is nearly done with final specifications expected in early 2019. What it promises to do is to streamline how content is […]
Display Summit 2018 Proceedings Now Available
On October 2-4, Insight Media produced its annual Display Summit event at the Harman International facility in Northridge, California. The two main themes were Next Generation Cinema and Next Generation Displays (mostly focusing on the light Field ecosystem). Also, a third session on the morning of October 4th was added at the Winnetka Pacific Theaters […]
Cable Industry Gearing up for High Bandwidth Needs of Light Field Displays
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media CableLabs, the development group funding by the cable industry, held their summer conference last week in Colorado. A number of topics were discussed, but I want to focus on their views of display use in the future. The video below, called The Near Future, Ready for Anything, was produced specifically […]
Sony Seeks Kando with New Master Series TVs
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media Sony Electronics used a major media event in New York on July 31th to unveil a new line of TVs dubbed the Master Series that will be offered in OLED and LED-LCD models. The TVs are designed to have picture quality that is as close as possible to the Sony […]
DCI Takes First Step to Define HDR Cinema
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) group was formed at the beginning of the film-to-digital transition to help develop the specifications and interchange formats needed for an orderly transition. Now, it has released a statement saying it plans to work on specifications for the next stage in theatrical exhibition: HDR Cinema. […]
microLED Market Opportunities: 2018-2027 – TOC
More Info Purchase Executive Summary E.1 Where the Opportunities for micro-LED Displays are being Found E.1.1 Competitive Advantages of Micro-LED Displays E.1.2 Opportunities for Displays that need the Extra Performance Provided by micro-LEDs E.2 Timing for Micro-LED Product Introductions: Next Two to Three Years E.3 Tough Technical and Logistical Problems are Yet to be Solved […]
microLED Market Opportunities: 2018-2027
Published July 10, 2018 (by n-Tech Research) Table of Contents Purchase The main objective of this report is to analyze and forecast the commercial potential of the MicroLED market. In this report, we also provide strategic analysis of the key players in the micro-LED industry which include large global consumer electronics producers, major equipment and […]
QLED and Advanced Display Summit Announced
With the support of Samsung Electronics, Insight Media is again organizing a technology symposium in West Hollywood called the QLED and Advanced Summit Conference. The event will take place June 27-28 at The London West Hollywood. Five sessions are being organized: 8K Quantum Dots Display and Mastering Tools HDR Cinema microLEDs Speakers from Samsung and […]
Is the Red Hydrogen One Phone the Start of Something Bigger?
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media Cinema camera maker Red is going into the smartphone business with the Hydrogen One phone that features what they call a 4V light field display made by Leia. Red disrupted the cinema camera market when they introduced a high-quality camera at much lower pricing than the market rate, propelling them […]
A Visit with IMAX’s David Keighley
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media I am out in LA for DisplayWeek, but came in early for some extra meetings. One of them was to visit with David Keighley, President and Chief Quality Officer at IMAX, and to get a demo of the new RGB laser projection system. To many, Keighley is IMAX. He and his wife […]
HTM (Hybrid Tone Mapping) Technology White Paper Now Available
Ymagis Group and Eclair are thrilled to publish a White Paper on the new HTM (Hybrid Tone Mapping) technology, which enables the optimized storage of two or more versions – SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) and HDR (High Dynamic Range) – of a same feature film in a single SMPTE-compliant (Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers) […]
Should HDR Displays Follow the PQ Curve?
by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media This topic of discussion started as an email thread in the HDR work group of the International Committee of Display Metrology (ICDM) and then sparked a long discussion in the recent face-to-face meeting in Mt. View, California. Per agreement with ICDM, they agreed to allow me to write this article. […]