How Viewing Environment Conditions Can Corrupt Or Enhance Your Calibration- Updated
Fundamentally, all of motion imaging technology is based upon human visual perception. The world's most perfect calibration instrument cannot fully duplicate or measure how our brain interprets what our eyes...
"Parameter values for ultra-high definition television systems for production
and international programme exchange"
https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.2020-2-201510-I/en
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
G. Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
SMPTE, PVA, THX, ISF, Lion AV Consultants...
ITU-R Recommendation BT.2035 : "A reference viewing environment for evaluation of HDTV program material or completed programmes"
https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.2035-0-201307-I/en
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
G. Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
SMPTE, PVA, THX, ISF, Lion AV...
FIBBR Pure2 Fiber Optic HDMI Video Cable Review
I was given the opportunity to evaluate a recent video interconnect technology product that promises to provide superior signal transfer for the latest 4K UHD HDR programming. My system has yet to be upgraded for 4K but I want to be familiar with...
Regarding Colored Lights Behind TVs
Everyone is entitled to their own sense of priorities. Surrounding a TV with colored lights or wall perceptually subtracts that color from the picture in varying degrees. The motion imaging industry is guided by standards and recommended practices in order to...
A new tool for owners of 4K/UHD/HDR televisions and projectors has been announced! I have been collaborating with Ryan Masciola, of Diversified Video Solutions, LLC., producer of the UHD/HDR10 display calibration program, for the substantial revision of his suite of test patterns and a soon...
SMPTE ST 2080-3:2017 'Reference Viewing Environment for Evaluation of HDTV Images' is now available for purchase from the SMPTE/IEEE digital library!
Ten page PDF download available for $80.00 non-member; $72.00 member. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7918583/
This is the long anticipated...
There are now new models of Ideal-Lume bias lights in LED! http://cinemaquestinc.com/
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
G. Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
SMPTE, THX, ISF, Lion AV Consultants
"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"
I have been testing LEDs for bias lighting (display viewing environment back lighting) for many years, but with unsatisfactory results. The technology has matured gradually to the point where color quality of sufficient performance has now become available (90+ CRI & tight tolerance to the D65...
This is an excellent article on several principles of imaging science theory and practice: http://magazine.creativecow.net/arti...ture-of-pixels The author makes clear again how resolution should not be at the top of anyone's list for determining image quality. It also reveals how the...
There is a current special sale for a limited time on these two projectors, at almost half off. Anyone in the Denver Metro area wanting to see the 800 can contact me. I have it on a Da-Lite 'JKP Affinity' .9 gain 'HD Progressive' screen, in a manually operated, true constant image height...
The recent 'LCD-Plasma Shootout' articles by Dr. Raymond Soneira, of DisplayMate Technologies, are now available at his web site: http://displaymate.com/shootout.html . This contains the same material recently published in 'Widescreen Review' magazine. These articles are a must read for anyone...
http://www.customretailer.net/article/what-you-thought-you-knew-screen-technology-may-change-412001_1.html
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
G. Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
A Lion AV Consultants Affiliate
"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"
This recent news item gives some good background on this newest effort by Joe Kane Productions- Joe Kane?s World More detail is also available here: CinemaQuest, Inc.
The world's most perfect calibration instrument cannot measure how our brain interprets what our eyes see. Some attempts have been made to emulate how humans perceive light but science has yet to produce an instrument which tells the whole story. SMPTE's human factors work resulted in their...
It appears that Philips' marketing and engineering departments took a trip to some resort together, got stinking drunk and cooked this mess up: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY.../0404tool.html What a fiasco! For a more detailed explanation of how they have incorporated this...