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HDR Comes To The Fore
Contributing Editor Adrian Pennington writes HDR is becoming
integral to the production and distribution chain while picture
quality monitoring in an IP world no longer ends at playout...

D-HDR looks set to become the viewing angle and Wide Colour Gamut
Leader
has
also
preferred production format for (WCG). It features 1,500 nits (LUM- developed new options
many broadcasters as they plan their 242H), a high contrast ratio of more for its LV5600 waveform
forward development strategies. If it than 1,000: 1 and HDR emulation monitor and LV7600
wasn't for the lack of live sports, Sky's function (PQ, HLG, SLog3).
equivalent
rasterizer
launch of HDR in the UK would have
The LUM-310X is a 31-inch 4K HDR for UHD HDR grading
got a lot more attention. You'll need reference monitor with a "true 4K" and finishing. The new
to subscribe to SkyQ and have an HDR (4096x2160) resolution Dual Layer feature allows operators
telly but you can view Disney+ shows in LCD that with maximum luminance of to check chroma levels
HDR with live sport, including Olympics 1000 nits and 1,000,000:1 contrast beyond the BT.709
highlights assuming it goes ahead next ratio. This, says TV Logic, makes it or DCI-P3 gamut. A
A Leader LV5900 HD/4K/8K multi-standard waveform
Summer. What's more, an increasing possible to view deep blacks and Cinezone HDR display monitor was chosen by BT Sport to monitor the signal feed
from the UK's first public demonstration of live 8K sport
number of shows are being delivered ultra-sharp details. It supports 4K/60p gives camera crews the
Developed in exclusive partnership
with UHD HDR, notably for Disney+, through single-link 12G-SDI, Quad opportunity to monitor and adjust HDR
Prime and Netflix, with monitoring 3G-SDI and HDMI 2.0.
images and optimise UHD focus in real with Colorfront the sub-$20,000
critical all the way up the chain camera
Leader's
LV5900
waveform
time.
product offers waveform, histogram
to post.
monitor had a high-profile outing
and vectorscope monitoring and
"When someone tells you your as part of BT Sport's live 8K
analysis of resolutions up to 8K, HDR
pictures look 'a bit green' or 'a bit soft' broadcast demo from the UK to
and WCG content for production,
or 'a bit hot' when they're looking at Amsterdam last September.
post, QC and mastering. It features
proxy images on a cheap laptop from
"With the source feed an
support for scene referred ARRI,
halfway across the room it can be a bit enormous 48 gigabits per
Canon, Panasonic, RED and Sony
annoying," says Neil Thompson, a Sony second, a lot depends on
camera colour spaces. Automatic
Independent Certified Expert, who the delivery network and
colour space conversion is based
presents a great guide to the basics of choice of codecs," said Leader
on the Colorfront Engine.
HDR monitoring at the CVP Common Europe Business Development
"Since its release, HDR Image
Room https://youtu.be/VaCpFASGGmk
Manager Kevin Salvidge. "The
Analyzer has powered HDR
"If you have proper monitoring and LV5900 allows OB technicians
monitoring and analysis for a
measurement tools, and know how to check video and audio signal Postium's OBM-H series supports daylight
number of feature and episodic
to use them, you can tell them where parameters at any point in the monitoring of PQ HLG and S-Log3 in HD
projects around the world. It became
to stick their opinions," he says. production and delivery chain to broadcast and motion picture applications
clear that a 12G version would
"Assuming your proper monitoring ensure raw and encoded signal feeds
"This simplifies the task of identifying streamline that work, so we developed
tools don't show they were right!"
conform as closely as possible to the the reproduction errors which can the HDR Image Analyzer 12G," says the
The market is being flooded with maximum deliverable quality."
occur when transmitting video content company's Nick Rashby.
Postium's OBM-H series supports
HDR capable picture monitoring
For those not looking to deploy produced in BT.709, DCI-P3 or BT.2020
solutions mostly capable of working in 8K services, the LV5900 can wide colour gamut or when converting daylight monitoring of PQ HLG and
the main HDR profiles - PQ from Dolby simultaneously display two 4K content from BT.2020 to narrow colour S-Log3 in HD broadcast and motion
and Hybrid Log Gamma.
sources. A new Leader-developed gamut," explains Salvidge. "With the picture applications. It provides the
TVLogic's F-10A is a 10-inch field focus detection algorithm applies colorimetry zone feature switched on, function of comparing HDR and SDR
monitor with HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 nonlinear super-resolution technology chroma signals exceeding the legal on the display simultaneously while
to support 4K HDR 60Hz and various even to low-contrast images for which gamut are made immediately apparent another function permits viewing
highlights and shadow detail of scenes
video signals (3G HD/SD-SDI, HDMI). focus errors were previously difficult using a false-colour substitute."
The unit's three 3G-SDI ports provide to detect.
Broadcast studio dock10 recently at the same time. The OBM-H210
plenty of options for
added a LV5600 to its UHD sports a 21-inch 1920×1080 resolution
connecting. In addition,
HDR live production system, LCD with a maximum luminance output
it
provides
various
checking incoming camera of 1500 cd/m².
Its most recent 4K monitor - the
professional
functions
feeds from multiple studio
such as camera LUTs,
cameras to ensure uniform OBM-X241 - is designed for on-set HDR
ARRI metadata display,
alignment
and
colour production and editorial applications
and is claimed as the first 24-inch
waveform/vectorscope
matching.
and
HDR
emulation
AJA's time HDR monitoring monitor to offer full 4K-DCI resolution,
including of PQ, HLG and
and analysis platform HDR 1000 nit peak luminance, and dualSLog3.
Image Analyzer not only SFP input. "This makes it ideal for
The company's LUMcomes with 12G-SDI single- DITs monitoring on-set SDR and HDR
242H is a 24-inch UHD
cable connectivity but now camera feeds as well as desktop
monitor that offer s10supports up to 8K/UHD2 editorial and QC applications," says
AJA's HDR Image Analyzer marries AJA's video I/O with HDR
bit colour, a 178-degree analysis tools from Colorfront
HDR.
president Sung Il Cho.

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