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1. #SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR MOVIE#
2. #SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR SOFTWARE#
3. #SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR PROFESSIONAL#
4. #SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR SERIES#

“These are the same patterns used regularly by the same people who produce your displays, players and movie content.” “These patterns are tested by real industry professionals multiple times over multiple iterations bedofre we put them on disc,” says Spears.

#SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR PROFESSIONAL#

Spears & Munsil emphasize the patterns bundled together on the new UHD HDR Benchmark disc can be used by professional calibrators, custom integrators and enthusiast consumers to complement spectroadiometers and color meters. Related: ABI Study States 4K Poised to Serve as the Public’s Preferred Video Format Every pattern we make goes through that same process, and is refined again and again to make it clearer, simpler and more precise.” 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 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 (STB),” comments Spears. Spears & Munsil point out the existing test patterns that are included with the disc have also been updated. 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 specfic 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++,” comments Don Munsil, co-creator, Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark. These multiple patterns contain the appropriate metadata with their respective peak levels adjusted for a range of HDR display technologies.Īccording to Spears & Munsil, the unique aspect of these test patterns is that many of them were created from scratch using the team's in-house software. Providing value, Spears & Munsil says that almost every pattern included with the UHD HDR Benchmark disc includes multiple test pattern versions. “We believe this disc completely changes the game for test and evaluation discs, by making use of all the features and range that HDR and wide-gamut standards can offer.” Spears & Munsil Disc Bundles Together Plenty of Patterns “Every pattern has been rethought with high dynamic range and UltraHD in mind,” says Stacey Spears, co-creator, Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark.

#SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR SOFTWARE#

Spears & Munsil says its new release builds upon the company's previous products by adding new features and patterns to the UHD HDR disc.Īugmenting the existing materials, the new test patterns are designed to help professional integrators and others identify hardware and software weaknesses and correct them to maximize the performance of video systems. The new $40 Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark disc provides integrators and end users with the capabilities to test 4K, HDR and more.

#SPEARS AND MUNSIL COLOR SERIES#

For years the Spears & Munsil series of test discs have provided the public with an affordable way to evaluate home video products.