Flanders XMP550 Staggering Color Accuracy

The Flanders XMP550 QD-OLED reference mastering monitor vs. the Sony Bravia XR A95L on Calman’s rigorous ColorMatch test, which measures the performance of the display with samples extracted from true HDR content. Both displays use panels from Samsung Display. The Flanders was measured by Linus Tech and the Sony measurements are from Digital Day. Pretty... Continue Reading →

First Look: SmallHD Quantum 32 monitor

Quantum 32 is the result of a partnership between SmallHD and Samsung Display Corporation to create an HDR reference monitor that meets the requirements of motion picture production and post. SDC has pioneered quantum dot OLED, utilizing Nobel Prize-winning nanotechnology to achieve unparalleled color and dynamic range.

Is AV1’s FGS Suboptimal?

AV1 is of particular interest to the industry because it’s royalty-free; it offers better compression efficiency and takes up less bandwidth than HEVC; it suffers fewer instances of buffering and has improved video quality. However, we're primarily interested in the codec’s film grain synthesis, because as things stand now, film grain just looks like trash... Continue Reading →

A Fundamental Difference Between SDR & HDR

“The cinematographer’s job to do good HDR is don't clip the signal.”  Juan Cabrera, Senior Colorist & Founder at LightBenders From On the Calculation and Usage of HDR Static Content Metadata by Michael D. Smith and Michael Zink “A simple histogram analysis shows the distribution of pixel values within an image and can be used... Continue Reading →

What Is Judder Anyhow?

Apple Vision Pro will be the first home entertainment device offering Disney's HFR versions of James Cameron's movies at home. In the future, Pixelworks intends to establish a logo certification program for TVs and other consumer devices featuring TrueCut Motion, ensuring that devices like TVs play the HFR version of the movie exactly as intended,... Continue Reading →

Dolby Vision Profile 20

Profile 20 is the first Dolby Vision profile which supports MV-HEVC and enables the delivery of Stereoscopic (3D) video. All other Dolby Vision profiles only support monoscopic (2D) video, whereas profile 20 is able to carry stereoscopic views and target new devices and use cases. Dolby Vision profile 20 brings forward new capabilities for playback... Continue Reading →

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