Teledyne LeCroy provides video spec test equipment, advanced test platforms for testing equipment to fit with the HDMI specs, capturing the digital signals at the bit level using the full picture and protocol information for getting validated.
Category: 4K UHD
Allion Labs HDMI 2.1 Authorized Test Center (ATC) at CES 2019
Posted by – January 29, 2019
Allion Labs, Inc. has conducted HDMI compliance test for various products since 2010 as a subcontractor of Sony HDMI Authorized Test Center (ATC).
Ultra High Speed HDMI 2.1 Cables at CES 2019
Posted by – January 29, 2019
At the CES 2019, HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc (HDMI LA) is showing and talking about some of the new HDMI 2.1 cables that are coming to the market supporting 48Gbit/s high bandwidth, from passive cables, active copper cables and active optical cables, thus 3 different types of HDMI 2.1 cables to enable the HDMI 2.1 features including 8K60 or 4K120 un-compressed or up to 10K120 compressed. Some of the HDMI 2.1 cable providers highlighted include Elka, Inneos, JCE, Silicon Line and Legrand.
Elka HDMI 2.1 and HDMI 2.0 Active Cables at CES 2019
Posted by – January 29, 2019
Elka is showcasing its HDMI 2.1 solution and its improved HDMI 2.0 active solution. HDMI 2.1 is the latest HDMI Specification. Elka’s renewed HDMI 2.0 active cable is longer, thinner, and more flexible than the previous one.
Silicon Line Active Optical Cables support HDMI 2.1 at CES 2019
Posted by – January 29, 2019
At the 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Silicon Line, a developer of optical link technology for consumer, commercial and industrial electronics, demonstrates the world’s first active optical cables with embedded technology supporting all features of the recently released HDMI 2.1 specification. The demonstration, involves the latest HDMI 2.1-enabled 4K and 8K TVs, at the Las Vegas Convention Centre South Hall in the dedicated HDMI Licensing Administrator booth. Copper cabling presents many limitations for very high bandwidth applications that make it impractical for use in many applications, Silicon Line CEO Ruud van der Linden says that their embedded technology supports all the advanced new features of the HDMI 2.1 specification and will allow the production of thin, long, flexible optical HDMI cables at prices affordable to consumers. Munich-based Silicon Line, a member of the HDMI Forum, produces the tiny, proprietary integrated circuits and ‘optical engines’ needed to convert electrical signals to optical signals and back again. It also makes cable modules – the electronics inside cable-end connectors – which contain the integrated circuits, optical engine and other components needed to make a complete active optical cable. The company’s opto-electronics and manufacturing technologies have dramatically reduced the production cost of active optical cables for applications including HDMI, DisplayPort and USB3. Silicon Line also produces ultra-low-power optical link technology enabling thin, lightweight and long high-speed cables for consumer electronics, commercial and industrial applications. The company develops and manufactures integrated circuits and modules, which allow a simple, high volume assembly of active optical cables also suitable for a lower-cost market.
LB Lusem active optical HDMI Cables at CES 2019
Posted by – January 29, 2019
LB LUSEM announces their HDMI 2.1 enabled Fiber based cabled with a micro HDMI port connecting to a full sized HDMI port, and also announcing a USB Type-C based solution too.
YOFC FIBBR 4-in-1 HDMI Cable for 8K
Posted by – January 29, 2019
FIBBR 4-in-1 HDMI Cable Supports Next Gen 8K Video Signals, with the consumer video market already starting the transition from 4K to 8K video, YOFC has the internal resources to quicly adapt to the changing specifications, with high bandwidth support up to 48Gbit/s for 8K TVs that are coming to the market with multiple inputs, providing a single cable slim design with a 7mm diameter allows it to easily fit in a wide variety of installations, using high-quality glass fibers from YOFC, one of the largest producers of glass fibers in the world.
HDMI 2.1 for 8K at CES 2019 with Microsoft Xbox One X Enhanced Gaming
At the HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc (HDMI LA) booth at CES 2019, they talk about the latest with HDMI 2.1 where at CES 2019 several companies announced the first 8K products from Samsung, LG, Sony, TCL, Konka, featuring some or all of the HDMI 2.1 features, including the 48Gbit/s spec cables supporting up to 8K60 uncompressed. At their booth, the Microsoft team presents the Microsoft Xbox One X and Xbox One S which has some HDMI 2.1 gaming features supported with its firmware update such as HDMI VRR and Auto Low Latency Mode to be taken advantage of with TVs that support HDMI 2.1 features such as the 2018 Samsung TVs available in the retail market.
Colorii $4 USB-C to 4K HDMI adapter, Lapdock at CES 2019
Posted by – January 12, 2019
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Smartphones, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, STMicroelectronics, CES, Colorii, Android, Windows
Colorii CH1 is the world’s smallest USB Type C to 4K 30Hz HDMI adapter, it works with phone or laptop. Colorii also shows USB 3.0 to VGA adapter, USB 3.0 to HDMI/VGA dual display adapter, USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI adapter and more at Colorii’s CES 2019 booth. Colorii also shows the Lapdock project which is now as a working sample crowdfunding starting at $100 at http://igg.me/at/lapdock
Distributors can contact Colorii for distributor prices here:
Gennie Peng, Sales Manager
sales@colorii.cc
Mobile: +8615013777080 (Wechat/Whatsapp)
http://colorii.cc
Scott Wilkinson at CES 2019 talks HDR, 8K, Projectors, Quantum Dots and more
Posted by – January 12, 2019
Scott Wilkinson of the Twit’s Home Theater Geeks show former editor at the AVSForum, talks about the latest Home Theater news at CES 2019, talking about HDR, Quantum Dots, 8K and more.
Panasonic S1/S1R High Res Photo and HLG Photo announced at CES 2019
High resolution photo merges 8 pictures (using a trick with the IBIS motor) into a giant resolution photo and Panasonic’s new HLG Photo mode is a new format to create HDR photography that can be viewed on any HLG compliant display. The display does not flip out and Panasonic is not yet demonstrating their AI contrast based autofocus performance. More specs will be announces up until the release date which is March 2019, the S1 and S1R are targetted more towards photography.
Nanosys Quantum Dots, CEO Jason Hartlove Interview
Posted by – December 23, 2018
Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove talks at Nanosys Silicon Valley headquarters, talks about how his company helped make Quantum Dots a success in the market, where it’s going next. Topics include the story behind the development of the first quantum dot products, the quantum mechanics of how a quantum dot actually works, as well as a look at the long term roadmap for the technology from QDEF and QDOG to QDCC to QDEL displays of the future.
Nanosys has been at the center of the Quantum Dot universe from the beginning. Founded in 2001 by scientists from UC Berkeley and MIT who helped discover the technology in the early 1980’s, Nanosys finally solved the product/market fit for Quantum Dots by developing a simple component called QDEF.
Ten years ago Quantum Dots were a relative unknown. Mostly a research curiosity, the nanotechnology’s unique ability to convert energy into light captivated the imaginations of scientists who envisioned amazing applications in dozens of industries from solar to printing, to displays and to defense. But commercial success remained out of reach, even decades after its initial discovery. Fast forward to today, “Quantum Dot” is a household name and can be found plastered on the packaging for millions of TVs, monitors and tablets around the world.
Colorii Factory Tour, WH1 4K USB Type-C hub with wireless charge
Posted by – December 13, 2018
Colorii Factory Tour, creates Type-C Hubs in Shenzhen China. Colorii WH1 is a HDMI 4K USB Type-C Hub with wireless charging. It comes with a 2.5D glass top panel and aluminum bottom panel, with 4K@30Hz support on the HDMI output, 2x USB3.0 host, PD3.0 fast charge and data transfer on the Type-C port, and SD, micro SD card reader. All Colorii products are based on private designs with own PCBA layout.
Distributors can contact Colorii for distributor prices here:
Gennie Peng, Sales Manager
sales@colorii.cc
Mobile: +8615013777080 (Wechat/Whatsapp)
http://colorii.cc
Kodi Playback with Standard V4L2 Stack
Posted by – October 29, 2018
Category: Set-top-boxes, 4K UHD, Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, AmLogic, Qualcomm, NXP, Broadcom, Linaro Connect
Full upstream implementation of Hardware accelerated video decoding (mainly H264) with the generic V4L2 Mem2Mem API, Zero-copy rendering with DRM Atomic kernel Drivers, DMA-BUF transferred from V4L2 to DRM, FFmpeg V4L2 Mem2Mem integration with Kodi, Kodi GBM Display for Atomic Direct to plane rendering.
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Dixie Dixon uses Nikon Z7 at Photokina 2018
Posted by – October 3, 2018
Dixie Dixon is a Pro Fashion Photographer, Nikon Ambassador, in this Interview she talks about using the new Nikon Z7 Full Frame Mirrorless camera during her Pro Fashion Photography shoot as part of the official Nikon Z7 launch campaign, adapting her favorite lenses including the Nikon 105mm f1.4, using the autofocus, using IBIS, using it for video. In this video I edit in some parts of her official Nikon Z7 video which shows “Behind the scenes” during her Nikon Z7 photo shoot. I also edit in some of the photos that she shot on there.
Sample filmed with Canon EOS R with 24-105mm f4 lens, testing Dual Pixel AF
Posted by – October 3, 2018
Sample video interview at the Canon Photokina 2018 booth filmed with the 24-105mm f4 on the Canon EOS R camera, since I filmed this in 4K30 it crops in by 1.8x. We also talk about the upcoming 28-70mm f2. This 24-105mm has in-lens stabilization which I thus am testing out in this video, the camera body has no IBIS though so the stabilization here is based on the lens only. EF-S lenses such as the 400euro 10-18mm for the 80D might be a good way to video-blog in 4K even with the 1.8x crop with the equivalence of an 18-32mm.
Canon EOS R at Photokina 2018
Posted by – October 3, 2018
Canon releases their new Full Frame Mirrorless camera system, the Canon EOS R comes with a new R Mount, with new lenses but it can also adapt all previous Canon lenses using their adapter. They have a very fast and precise Dual Pixel AF for very accurate video autofocus performance. It only has a single SD card slot, 4K video has an 1.8x crop. It does have IBIS neither but the lens based stabilization such as in the 24-70mm f4 kit lens is quite good. The positioning is about in the middle between a 6Dmark2 and a 5Dmark4. The new Dual Pixel CMOS AF sensor provides high autofocus performance and low light ability. The new mount also provides very high bandwidth allowing for new features in the lens for better performance. Canon emphasises that the EOS R system is designed to be future proof, this camera is the start for this new mount, possibly this could mean they might soon also provide more video centric camera without the 1.8x crop in 4K shooting, I’d hope with video features like in the new XF705 Pro Camcorder such as 110/160mbitps H265 HEVC for 4K60 HDR HLG 10bit 4:2:2 recording internal to dual SD card slots too.
Canon XF705, 4K60 10bit 4:2:2 HLG H265 HEVC Pro Camcorder
Posted by – October 3, 2018
First Pro level camera with H265 HEVC compression format, saving higher quality to a 110 or 160mbit/s to dual SD cards, 1″ sensor recording HLG and PQ, it can record HDR (internal) and SDR (external) streams at the same time. Follow-up on the very popular XF305, it has 12G SDI connector, HDMI, 16Mbit/s IP streaming (even with 4K60 HDR). Dual XLR one at the front and one at the back. Slightly smaller and lighter than the XF305. The display can be swung onto one side or onto the other. It has Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus which can also be used in manual focus mode with focus assist to help confirm proper focus in manual focus mode. Price is going to be around €7000 plus tax. Avid and other video editing apps will provide H265 HEVC support on launch. It also supports Canon Log3 for post production color grading. There is also H264 XF-AVC in 8bit 4:2:0.
