SIM2 Solar Series infinite contrast HDR LCD ships in Q2
Update: SIM2 pinged us to say that only the professional version will be available in Q2. The "consumer unit" won't be formally launched in the US until CEDIA this September.
Update: SIM2 pinged us to say that only the professional version will be available in Q2. The "consumer unit" won't be formally launched in the US until CEDIA this September.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mac11 @ Feb 3rd 2009 8:18PM
How is this Dolby Vision different from the already existing technology called 'local dimming'?
Are individual LED lamp each controlled independently or as a group of lamps as in 'local dimming'? I would like to know !
Nielo TM @ Feb 4th 2009 7:15AM
The Dolby version has high level of brightness (more them 1000cmd2), unlike =other locally diagrammable LCDs. That makes the Dolby version a true HDR display
Gabriel Serna @ Feb 5th 2009 1:44AM
Dolby bought the technology for HDR and Local-dimming lcd's from brightside which patented local the tech for both. technally any set with local dimimng is using that patent, Brightside were just ahead of the curve because the LED backlight tech available then needed huge watercooling just to work. So people do not associate the newer local dimmed CCFL displays in the same league and currently there aren't dimmable LED backlight displays because the panels use a "edge lit" panel.
All I want to know is how do I feed this display 16bit(48-bit color) signals? HDMI 1.3 DeepColor or Displayport can transmit is but if I have a computer with a HDMI por it isn't going to output anything other than 8bit(24-bit color).
The AMD/ATI FireGL and the Nvidia Quadro both are supposed to do 10bit(30-bit color) but that is through HD-SDI or maybe Display port.
I know Brightside had its old display setup through a dedicated computer and has technology to display sdr images in on a hdr display so as to benefit for the geatly enhanced contrast but if this display is just going to take regular siganls and "upconvert" them most of the benefit is lost.
Beyond that is once movies are encoded in DeepColor the picture will benefit but mastering the conent and creating it makes a full 16bit(48-bit color) path from computer to display.
Photoshop can do 16bit(48-bit Color) "HDR" images and the Jpeg2000 standard can as well.
I'm dying for more info and I'm holding out retiring my sony cpd-g420s 19" crt till I get a 16bit(48-bit color) display that works with my pc.