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With The HEVC Advance Patent Pool, Did 4K Video Just Get More Expensive?

HEVC Advance Launches to Rally Critical Mass of Stakeholders to Deliver Next Generation Video Experiences Looks like the cost of using the HEVC codec just went up... New HEVC patent pool addresses digital m... Read More...

Matrox Introduce World’s First 4K SDI Cards with 12 Reconfigurable Inputs/Outputs

Matrox Video have announced the Matrox X.mio3 FH and DSX LE4 FH SDI cards, part of the next generation of Matrox DSX Developer Products. The half-length PCIe cards offers up to 12 reconfigurable I/Os, from ... Read More...

Up-Sampled 4K ProRes Comes to ARRI Amira Cameras:

From ARRI comes the news that via a paid upgrade and licence ProRes upscaled 4K is available on the AMIRA cameras. While widespread adoption of 4K or UHD for broadcast is still a long way off, an increas... Read More...

Arri Alexa Cameras To Support ProRes 4444 XQ:

ARRI has announced their support for the new Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, which will be available in the next Software Update Packet for ALEXA cameras. "Working with ProRes has been great for our customers," s... Read More...

Canon Contributes To International Standardization of HEVC Range Extensions:

Canon have announced that the Company, through its technological capabilities, contributed to the standardization, completed on April 4, 2014, of range extensions for the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) sta... Read More...

Nikon Rolls Out Data Analysis Software HEVC/H.265 Codec Analyzer Which Does 4K & 8K:

Nikon Rolls out Global Sales of Data Analysis Software HEVC/H.265 Codec Analyzer (265CA1) Nikon is going to roll out the global sales of data analysis software "HEVC/H.265 Codec Analyzer (265CA1)" that... Read More...

MPEG LA Announces License Terms for High Efficiency Video Coding HEVC/H.265:

MPEG LA have announced that a group of 25 companies have agreed on HEVC license terms expected to issue as part of an HEVC Patent Portfolio License in early 2014. Final agreements are yet to be concluded. ... Read More...

DivX HEVC in HD and 4K Resolution No Problems:

At CES 2014 DivX would hear none of that H.265 is still 5 years away talk... Instead codec maker DivX is stepping up to the plate and swinging right now. In September 2013, DivX launched DivX 10, the fir... Read More...

HEVC H.265 Royalties Are Killing It Even Before It Takes Off?

Is High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC or H.265 as it is also known the Y2K Bug of the fimmaking revolution? Is H.265 the supposed replacement for the H.264 codec a lot of noise, a lot of hype, a lot of attentio... Read More...

First Panasonic AVC-ULTRA for 4K Products Coming in 2014:

Panasonic have released a white paper outlining an overview of where AVC-ULTRA is right now, and where AVC-ULTRA for 4K is headed. In short Panasonic are set to release 4K products in 2014 and will be cover... Read More...

Move Over H.265 Google Has The VP9 Open Video Codec and It Is Open Source:

Look at your video. Now back to VP9. Now back at your video. Now back to VP9. Sadly, your video isn't 50% faster. Google's championed open source VP9 codec aims to rip your current video a new one by speeding t... Read More...

New Prices and Compressed Codecs Now Included with Odyssey7 & 7Q Monitors:

Convergent Design have made some significant changes to its Odyssey monitor series lineup introduced at NAB 2013 and now announce the full pricing for the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q monitors. Most notably, DNxHD... Read More...

Workflow Solutions For Sony 2K and 4K:

Peter Crithary Sony's Marketing Manager large sensor acquisition, fronted the cameras at NAB and caught up with 3rd party providers offering 2K and 4K workflow solutions for Sony. The Sony workflow alliance par... Read More...

Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt Controller 20Gbs 4K Video File Transfer & Display Simultaneously:

At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Las Vegas, Intel made some key announcements regarding Thunderbolt technology, the fastest data connection available in your personal computer. Intel introdu... Read More...

Sony XAVC S Format Confirmed:

Well we accidentally got the scoop about the new Sony XAVC S codec, and here is the full Sony press release confirming the new format. With the successful sale of new CineAlta 4K cameras, expected to rea... Read More...

Sony Expands XAVC Format Ramps Up 4K Development and Drops XAVC S:

The successful sale of almost 2000 Professional CineAlta 4K cameras such as the F5, F55 and F65 models as of April 2013; the XAVC format has been considered to be widely adopted in the marketplace. The XAVC for... Read More...

Convergent Design Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q OLED Monitors:

Convergent Design have announced two new 7.7" OLED monitor/recorders called the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q. The Odyssey family Convergent Design say, is intended to follow users as they journey through their career... Read More...

Can It Be True HEVC Is Not Quite Twice As Good As H.264:

Iain Richardson on his Blog vcodex.com asks the question "HEVC : is it really twice as good as H.264?" Iain states that the new standard for video compression, High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC, is claimed t... Read More...

HEVC H.265 First Stage Approval But Could It Be Another Five Years Away:

We talked about the H.265 video codec standard way back in May 2012 in this post H.265 High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC Coming in 2013: and then again in December when we asked What is the Big Deal About H.... Read More...

H.264 Gets New Profiles: High, High 10, High 4:2:2, and High 4:4:4 Profiles:

Did you see the old H.264 video codec standard has been polished up to get the most out of its time left before H.265 claims all the glory? #NB I looked at the date on this release in reverse, so this news is a... Read More...

What is the Big Deal About H.265 or HEVC Anyway:

Poor old Fugly H.264, that brown paper bag wearing misfit is getting pushed out the door as the ugly lights are turned on. You're going home with a new partner that H.265 in the corner you have had your eye on ... Read More...