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Exhibit Hall Open

Grand Ballroom Salons 3-6

Tuesday 1:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am- 5:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am- 2:00 pm

Selecting production parameters to ensure that picture quality accommodates the intended and possible future imaging systems.

David Corley (DSC Labs, Canada); Moss Scott (Sky Television Studios, United Kingdom); David Adams (Sky Television Studios, United Kingdom)

For many years there has been an emphasis on increasing dynamic range and colour saturation in television and, to an even greater extent, in digital cinema. This begs the question; just how much data do we really need to record and store? An epic motion picture to be shown on a 20 m screen at 3000:1 contrast ratio could justify the ultimate image quality, but this could be overkill for a daily breakfast show typically viewed in a kitchen. This paper discusses five aspects of studio production and postulates that each is analogous to a “filter” and that it is pointless to try and pass through such filters anything outside the “passband”. Practical production methods that will optimize image quality to fit the available bandwidth are proposed.

Tuesday, Oct 27
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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