Spears & Munsil 4K UHD HDR Benchmark (Test Discs) May 15, 2023

[ShaneMario]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Note to Shane: I do death rides near every weekend…..
https://vimeo.com/136569778

Heck, at my age, now every ride is getting to be a death ride.

lol, I've not watched this video in years... those were fun days..I finished the 5 mountains and got my 5-pass Jersey!

[Scorsese]

Originally Posted by gkolb

I don’t have an answer to your question. Sorry.

If only the TV manufacturers would provide that spec. Oh wait, that might impede their sales of the sh*tty TVs.

P.S. sorry I went all Grinch in my reply.
Question: Tell us what your make and model is, someone here might have the same and know the answer.
Sometimes you won’t know for a display unless a pro calibrator runs the numbers on it.

lol no worries

It's a LG SJ800v, might be the LG SJ8000 in the US/other markets

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

The big bit numbers of HDR don’t bother me a bit. I realize what they represent when it comes to what we are viewing. But if the overall APL does get shifted to more real world luminance levels as opposed to being more in the traditional SDR container, then I’d be concerned about eye fatigue and the general experience. Keep in mind though, I watch everything in a room that is a black pit. So transitions can be jarring when the APL shifts drastically, even at normal viewing levels for projection, which is about half of what the average is for flat panels.

I wouldn’t worry about it.
And for those of you/us who no longer own front projectors (I sold mine awhile ago) and are multi-room flat panel exclusive now (Wendell, you too?), referring back to the 10,000 nit Sony TV demo at CES, if memory serves, it was presented in a pretty blacked out room similar to the ambient light level of Robert’s recent Value Electronics shootout for the HDR Reference Mode viewing category and everyone seemed happy with the appearance of the content.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by ShaneMario

.....I suppose I'm hopeful that there is a working Holodeck one day that will allow me to safely experience life on a remote Antarctic Tundra or in the Sahara Desert or on Mars.

No remote Antarctic Tundra and such, but they showed this - https://lookingglassfactory.com/
recently here - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s#post16525921

[Robert Zohn]

Hard to believe, but tomorrow, we'll be shipping our first allotment of Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark BD! I put links to buy on our UB9000 and UB820 webpages!

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Hard to believe, but tomorrow, we'll be shipping our first allotment of Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark BD! I put links to buy on our UB9000 and UB820 webpages!

Bought one from you!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Stacey Spears

3D is not a feature of UHD Blu-ray, so we could not support it. We include a scaling pattern in 1080p and a small section of SDR content in BT.709.

The 2nd edition will stay on the market for 3D and 1080p. At least until there is not anymore interest in it.

OK cheers. I should get a copy finally...

[Scenic Labs]

"Hard to believe?" Has word of my incompetence already reached Scarsdale?

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Hard to believe, but tomorrow, we'll be shipping our first allotment of Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark BD! I put links to buy on our UB9000 and UB820 webpages!

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

And for those of you/us who no longer own front projectors (I sold mine awhile ago) and are multi-room flat panel exclusive now (Wendell, you too?), referring back to the 10,000 nit Sony TV demo at CES, if memory serves, it was presented in a pretty blacked out room similar to the ambient light level of Robert’s recent Value Electronics shootout for the HDR Reference Mode viewing category and everyone seemed happy with the appearance of the content.

No, I am still very much a front projector type person . I still like to follow professional direct view monitors but my main interest is projectors. For me, sound is 50% of the viewing experience and 13 loudspeakers in a 14 x 27 foot room requires a large screen (133" scope screen). I would rather watch a imperfect picture on the right than a perfect picture on the left (the ratios are correct for a 65" direct view and 2.35:1 content).

[Show spoiler]

[Scenic Labs]

For those who were concerned about pricing on Amazon UK, I've confirmed that units are being processed and should appear online imminently and are eligible for Prime.

Final price is about £40.50, which tracks the price Euro price of €45.

Seems higher than US prices, but US prices exclude sales tax and UK prices include VAT.

The UK version includes healthcare as a special bonus feature.

[austinJerry]

I received notification that my order shipped on Tuesday, 6/25. Ordered from BiasLighting.com. It could be here as early as today or tomorrow. Highly anticipated!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Scenic Labs

For those who were concerned about pricing on Amazon UK, I've confirmed that units are being processed and should appear online imminently and are eligible for Prime.

Final price is about £40.50, which tracks the price Euro price of €45.

Seems higher than US prices, but US prices exclude sales tax and UK prices include VAT.

The UK version includes healthcare as a special bonus feature.

Pointless bonus as we have the NHS

As soon as it pops up I'm ordering that sumb*tch

[p5browne]

No sign of Disc at amazon.ca. Tried ordering from amazon.com - don't ship to Canada - what the heck!

[Scenic Labs]

O ye of little faith.
We just received the units in the USA yesterday, and I just sent the discs today (DHL) to our distributor in Canada. It will probably appear on Amazon over the weekend.

Years ago, I turned off the ability for international customers to purchase our products on Amazon US. That’s because a lot of our products are lighting products and we have specific international versions with different adapters.

If there is a country that is not served, let me know and I will work with a local distributor to get it, at least, into one retailer in your country.

Originally Posted by p5browne

No sign of Disc at amazon.ca. Tried ordering from amazon.com - don't ship to Canada - what the heck!

[DJR662]

Still not available on the UK site?

[panasonicst60]

Seriously I'm a bit disappointed that it took this long. Uhd disc came out in early 2016 and it took over three years for this to happen. While Ryan P. Masciola released the uhd calibrations awhile back. I may still pick one up though

[Geoff D]

I've got Ryan's patterns, Mehanik's are also very good. But I'm still getting this disc on day 1.

[panasonicst60]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I've got Ryan's patterns, Mehanik's are also very good. But I'm still getting this disc on day 1.

I just bought it on Amazon through Scenic Labs. Not sure if you know about Scenic Labs but they specialize in bias lights. I have bought a couple of lights from them and there customer service is second to none. Their lights are bad ass too.

[Scenic Labs]

Thanks for being patient. The discs were signed for at Amazon UK two days ago and I received a notice that they were being received now. The discs will arrive at the medialight UK website tomorrow.

I am told that hitting refresh a lot will make them work faster.

We only received the disks in the USA yesterday. Now that we see how long it can take, we will re-order accordingly.

Originally Posted by DJR662

Still not available on the UK site?

[Keenan]

Originally Posted by panasonicst60

I just bought it on Amazon through Scenic Labs. Not sure if you know about Scenic Labs but they specialize in bias lights. I have bought a couple of lights from them and there customer service is second to none. Their lights are bad ass too.

Absolutely on the bias light info and can confirm their CS is outstanding as well.