Spears & Munsil Introduce New UHD Benchmark Test Disc Set
Display technology testing resource Spears & Munsil introduced Thursday an updated version of its popular “Ultra HD Benchmark” test discs. The three-disc S&M Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc set, which is available now for $59.94 (currently on special for $47.95) offers an expanded set of unique…
Portrait Displays and MediaTek Unveil Calman Ready TV Chip
For those who know the importance of having a television properly calibrated for brightness, gamma and color to fit the ambient viewing room conditions, Portrait Displays and major global SoC manufacturer MediaTek had exciting news at CES 2023. The two companies announced the launch of…
Is Your Television Set Up For The Best Picture?
A lot of people spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a new television set and don’t have the picture settings dialed in to get that natural-looking picture they paid for. Did you know, improperly tuned TV pictures drive filmmakers crazy, because the audience…
Review: Sony’s Flagship 8K 75Z9J Dazzles With Brightness And Color
Sony’s 2021 XR-75Z9J series 8K TV series is among a handful of premium models available this year capable of presenting full 8K (7680 x 4320 pixels) images that are bright enough to generate peak specular highlights that bring out 3D qualities of images in a…
Portrait Displays Pledges Support To New SMPTE Advisory Program
Portrait Displays, developers of industry standard Calman display calibration solutions and advanced display controls, announced this week that it has aligned with the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) behind a new Advisory Group and On-Set Virtual Production (OSVP) initiative. The initiative was…
Calman 2021 Calibration Software Release Adds New Color Engine
Portrait Displays, the developer of the Calman video display picture calibration software that has become the virtual standard among professional TV calibrators, announced the release Thursday of 2021 Calman software incorporating a new Aurora Color Engine and auto calibration updates for 2021 LG TVs among…
New TV? Here’s A Quick Set-Up Guide To Get You Started
So, you hope to get a new HD, 4K UHD or even 8K UHD TV for Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or what have you, and you can’t wait to set it up to get the best picture possible in the least amount of time. The following…
Ultra HD Forum Updates HDR, Next Gen Audio Guidelines
The television industry’s Ultra HD Forum released this week Version 2.4 of its guidelines offering updated recommendations and specifications for over-the-top (OTT) distribution of Ultra HD content. At the same time, The Forum said it has upgraded its UHD service tracker giving more attention online…
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