New Tools Needed for Broadcasting Live Sports in HDR, SMTPE Told
The content industry needs tone-mapping tools not yet developed for broadcasting live sports in HDR to the home, such as for managing the bright sunlight on a football field without obscuring detail in the shadows, Pierre Routhier, CEO of consulting…
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firm Digital Troublemaker, told SMPTE. Industry needs those tools “at the broadcast control, not in the TV,” he said Tuesday in Los Angeles. “Every single TV manages light differently. We’re trying to establish a baseline.” Not all types of content will benefit from HDR, and when executed poorly, HDR can “hinder the experience,” said Routhier, saying he analyzed “tons” of content. “Latitude,” the ratio between the brightest highlight and the darkest “visible element” on the screen, is the attribute that most people associate with HDR, he said. “Conventional TV shows” likely will fare poorly when rendered in HDR because they are shot with “low-latitude” cameras, he said.