HDR Discussion Thread

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

it’s back this month with the 1st session being ‘HDR Monitors - Kevin Shaw, Tyler Pruitt, Gregg Loewen’ - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual...s-147023662733

For the sake of those new readers to the thread unfamiliar with the ^ names, Kevin is the speaker to which Geoff D is referencing -

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Penton just posted this video in the HDR discussion thread as a primer for HDR, it's been around for a while but it's the first time I've seen it and it's so interesting how the speaker is covering all the sorts of things that some complain about when it comes to how SDR 709 looks vs HDR 2020. I don't mean "revisonism" so much but how HDR vs SDR pans out in general.

The narrator remarks that the images of animals against bright rocks were deliberately boosted into a yellowy tone in SDR by a different colourist to sell the effect, while the dynamism and contrast of HDR means that it doesn't need to cheat the colour in order to convey the intensity of the shot, so it ends up looking more natural and yet more vibrant at the same time. He also mentions how blue can end up being mixed with green in the SDR volume if you want more brightness on a blue sky, hence the more cyany skies we've become accustomed to in SDR 709 perhaps? Fascinating stuff and thanks to Penton for posting it again.

https://vimeo.com/203351189#t=1h6m34s

Tyler has published several papers in the peer reviewed SMPTE Journal, e.g. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8651614 , and while at Portrait, a colleague of Stacey’s.

Gregg is President of Lion Audio Video Consultants, Inc.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Too much...Penton, back to top gun

okay, Kay, recall the bottom pic and description from back in the day -

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

shot this week….


you think it’s ^ looking better finished now with all the ducks in a row and the cranes out of frame? ->


b.t.w., to those with eagle eyes, yes, that’s a single seat F/A-18E with Mav’s markings in front on the right as seen in the trailer

unbeknownst to social media, ^ single seater with Mav's markings groomed at VX-23 : https://www.navair.navy.mil/nawcad/vx23

don’t know, but something which may have been picked up by social media by now is that it’s true that the next role for the CAPT PETE MITCHELL “Maverick” single seat F/A-18E’s will be as Blue Angels jets

Priming you, Agent Kay , for this coming Friday evening –

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

heads-up for special guests next Friday on The Graham Norton Show

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

a tough world

final trailer –

Without Remorse - Final Trailer | Prime Video - YouTube

DP for ^ is - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post18781362

[Penton-Man]

What the hell is with all the 32-year old’s that have a birthday today? Scottish or Wabs, look into that with your medulla oblongata. Seems suspicious. Was Vincent T. posting one of his provocative YouTubes last mid to early July and he got a bunch of parental readers excited?

[Penton-Man]

April 18th, the ASC awards -
https://theasc.com/asc/asc-awards-stream

[Penton-Man]

throwback Thursday from previous episode of GNS – ‘I’m a sailor….’

Jennifer Connelly on Sexy Top Gun 2 Song | The Graham Norton Show | Fridays at 11/10c on BBC America - YouTube

like for instance, in real life, Kate - https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...417-story.html
https://www.skiffsailing.org/teams

as to songs and songwriters, for insight into that you’ll just have to play the Youtube clip in this post - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...p#post16844182
and wait

[Penton-Man]

as to breaking news –
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/08/netf...ony-films.html

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

like for instance, in real life, Kate - https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...417-story.html
https://www.skiffsailing.org/teams

I mention Kate ^, for although uncredited on imdb – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960...=tt_cl_sm#cast
her proficiency in the sport made an impression on some of the cast and crew

[LordoftheRings]

Where are the Oscars going?
https://apnews.com/article/will-osca...7720d6f2588aad

All we truly want is to see Maverick, Furious 9, Dune, Mission: Impossible 7, Avatar 2 (((3D))) and No Time To Die. ...All in HDR, of course.

[Penton-Man]

breaking - https://deadline.com/2021/04/top-gun...nd-1234730581/

[Penton-Man]

^ the silver lining in it all as Geoff D would say –

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Oh great, now we're going to get bombarded with insider info

for another 6 months , and......
potentially, November is wide open - https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/asse.../show-2021.pdf
for a flyover at the premiere.

meanwhile, the stars are cruising back to the staging area –

[LordoftheRings]

Without Hollywood where would we be, in front of our HDR OLED TV?
...Watching LOTR again in HDR 4K, and Justice League in HDR B&W (4:3 screen aspect ratio).

[Staying Salty]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Without Hollywood where would we be, in front of our HDR OLED TV?
...Watching LOTR again in HDR 4K, and Justice League in HDR B&W (4:3 screen aspect ratio).

Some movies demand to be seen on a theatrical screen. Take Godzilla vs. Kong for example. Setting some what close, having them tower over you, is some of the thrill of the movie.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Staying Salty

Some movies demand to be seen on a theatrical screen. Take Godzilla vs. Kong for example. Setting some what close, having them tower over you, is some of the thrill of the movie.

Of course, size does matter...and with Godzilla vs Kong even more.
Will it save more lives?

Or, about movie theaters @ the end of June? ...Before ID.
• https://movieweb.com/fast-furious-9-china-release/

[LordoftheRings]

Meanwhile ...

[LordoftheRings]

@ the end of April I predict a new milestone/record ... number of views.

[Robert Zohn]

Check out CE Pro's chief editor, Bob Archer's interview with Joel Silver of Imaging Science Foundation, Jason Dustal of Murideo and me about 4K HDR, 8K, and the future of display technology and content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx4...ature=youtu.be

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Check out CE Pro's chief editor, Bob Archer's interview with Joel Silver of Imaging Science Foundation, Jason Dustal of Murideo and me about 4K HDR, 8K, and the future of display technology and content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx4q08tRbw#t=7m34s

Although I struggle with Wabo’s medulla oblongata references, I’m a bit familiar with Peter Barten’s model from his book (Barten 1999) –
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...n#post15685563

Robert, I’m glad you mentioned the processing earlier in the intro as I think that’s been underappreciated by all the press about the higher nits achievement.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Without Hollywood where would we be

little reason to stop here for a photo op, that’s for sure
anyway, it’s certainly been a week of revelations in all dimensions, even in the grocery store –

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE - Mini-Pufts Character Reveal - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Check out CE Pro's chief editor, Bob Archer's interview with Joel Silver of Imaging Science Foundation, Jason Dustal of Murideo and me about 4K HDR, 8K, and the future of display technology and content.

For buyers looking to upgrade, I especially liked your statement regarding this year (2021) as compared to previous years, i.e. incremental changes -> big jump. I feel it rings of honest assessment rather than routine sales pitch -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx4q08tRbw#t=4m42s

Also, as screens are becoming larger with time and I’d suspect that serious videophiles sit closer to their TVs than the typical consumer, it’s good that finally there is now R&D directed to the focal point –

Sony - Philosophy behind BRAVIA XR engineering - YouTube

as the fovea corresponds to only about 2 degrees of our visual field and is really how we appreciate and respond the most to detail and imagery in general. One question, and this is for the sake of my cabinet friend in the other thread - with regards to traditional processing, as he watches a lot of cable TV sports, which brand do you feel has the best 4K upscaling processor? And, is it fairly easily noticeable at a glance compared to other brands?