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We rebuilt the color-space evaluation pattern from scratch, and put in one place everything an end-user or professional evaluator needs.
“The problems of artifacts caused by color conversion and video processing remain as relevant as ever for HDR and UHD, but HDR adds exciting new problems to all the old ones. “We’ve created the very best single pattern for evaluating which color space to output from your UHD player or set-top box,” Spears explained.
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UHD HDR Benchmark includes new editions of some favorite patterns from earlier discs, plus many new patterns exclusive to Spears & Munsil. In a few cases we’ve had to create our own format, because no existing file format could represent the pattern we needed to create.” If a pattern needs to be generated directly in a very specific color space and data format, we generate it in that color space and format we’re not limited to what you can do with off-the-shelf graphics software. “We build every pattern using our own tools, written from scratch in C++. “There really isn’t any other way to make patterns that we can stand behind,” said co-creator Don Munsil. And like the previous S&M discs, the new disc uses patterns created from scratch using in-house software. Most of the patterns provided on UHD HDR Benchmark are encoded in multiple versions, with metadata and peak levels adjusted for a wide variety of HDR display technologies, according to the developers. Needless to say, every display does it a little differently - now, with the UHD HDR Benchmark enthusiasts and professionals will be able to get insight into exactly what the display does when it makes those important remapping decisions.” Video is now encoded for very-high-brightness devices, and then has to be remapped by the display to fit that display’s actual capabilities. “HDR represents a new way of thinking about video,” Munsil said, “with a completely different approach to transfer functions, or what we used to call ‘gamma,’ and that meant that a bunch of old patterns just plain didn’t work anymore. Content can now be smartly scaled to use the color depth and dynamic range of the display, which means the content you watch today will actually look better on future display technologies.
When properly implemented, HDR content remains backwards-compatible with today’s technology while making available metadata and picture information that will produce brighter, more dynamic, and more colorful images on future TVs. Instead of creating a standard based solely on the capabilities of existing displays, video-standards bodies designed HDR to meet the capabilities of future displays as well, the developers explained. HDR was designed with the future in mind. “We believe this disc completely changes the game for test and evaluation discs, by making use of all of the features and range that HDR and wide-gamut standards can offer.”
“Every pattern has been rethought with high dynamic range (HDR) and Ultra HD in mind,” said co-creator Stacey Spears.
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Stacey Spears and Don Munsil, creators of the acclaimed Spears & Munsil High Definition Benchmark series of test and calibration discs, have announced the release of the UHD HDR Benchmark, a 4K Blu-ray disc dedicated to the calibration and evaluation of 4K Ultra HD (UHD) displays that support high dynamic range (HDR).Īvailable on for $39.95, the disc is said to provide a wealth of test and demonstration materials that enable professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike to evaluate TV performance, identify weak links in hardware and software, and dial in optimal settings.
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