Cable’s HDR ‘Roadmap’ Starts With HDR10, Optimizes Later, Says CableLabs
Cable operators are “ready to deploy” on-demand and live HDR services through a “harmonized approach” to HDR10, blogged Arianne Hinds, CableLabs principal architect-video and standards strategy research and development, Thursday. Cable operators’ “roadmap” is to start with HDR10 and then…
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“build further optimizations into their networks from there,” said Hinds. The strategy’s “benefit” is that it leaves room “for all other solutions,” including hybrid log-gamma HDR, “as conversion from HDR10 to HLG is a relatively simple process,” she said. “Other more complex solutions can also be subsequently deployed as the corresponding network components are added to support these services.” For content producers, there's the benefit of having a clearly defined “starting point for their cable network business partners,” she said.