Amsterdam, 15 September 2017 - At IBC 2017, Sony announces new firmware updates to its professional monitors. The new updates provide a wider dynamic range and colour gamut, ensuring that they are ready for 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR) productions.

Drawing on decades of broadcast and live production expertise, Sony’s range of professional monitors is designed to help professional content creatives work more efficiently and achieve maximum ROI on any production budget. These updates come in response to an industry need for broadcast equipment that can support the rapid increase in 4K and HDR cinematography.

The latest firmware updates will apply to the High Brightness Mode of Sony’s PVM-X550 4K TRIMASTER EL™ OLED picture monitor, version 2.0 of the PVM-A series TRIMASTER EL™ OLED Full HD picture monitor (PVM-A250, PVM-A170) and LMD-A series LCD Full HD picture monitors (LMD-A240, LMD-A220, LMD-A170). Thanks to this upgrade, these monitors will be able to achieve an even more superb level colour reproduction than before

High Brightness Mode for PVM-X550

Since its debut in 2016, the PVM-X550 has delivered reliable image reproduction and picture quality, making it the ideal choice for motion picture and 4K live productions. The new firmware provides existing PVM-X550 users with a new High Brightness Mode that delivers wider dynamic range in order to reproduce more realistic colours. Optimised for 4K colour grading, the new mode achieves more than 180 per cent in HDR Peak Luminance tests when compared to the current PVM-X550.

Notably, the brightness and saturation are carefully controlled by the in-built signal processing that provides a 12-bit output signal, specifically designed by Sony for OLED and used in its BVM series and the PVM-X550, ensuring stunning black reproduction. High Brightness Mode also applies to the unique quad view mode. It enables customised individual settings of Electro-Optical Transfer Functions (EOTF), colour gamut with the wider HDR brightness on each quadrant.

Version 2.0 Firmware Update for PVM-A and LMD-A series

Slim, lightweight and robust, the PVM-A and LMD-A series are cost-efficient and well-suited for a variety of applications including 4K production, shopping channels, field and graphics applications, as well as OB trucks.

The Version 2.0 firmware update equips Sony’s high-grade picture monitors with a wider colour gamut for accurate colour reproduction that meets the constantly evolving demands in 4K, cinematography and graphics applications. The update supports ITU-R BT.2020 colour space and allows it to accept Quad-link 2SI 3G-SDI signals. It also offers DCI-P3, S-Gamut3 / S-Gamut3.cine and Adobe RGB settings to utilise its wide colour gamut alongside proper EOTFs such as 2.6 gamma alongside S-Log3 (SDR) and S-Log2 (SDR).

In addition, the Version 2.0 update adds enhanced field application features with four new camera shooting/live event support functions. They include the sync-free side-by-side where users can monitor two pictures without synchronisation, false colour that checks the exposure level of a camera at a glance from a distance, audio muting to assist users looking to start shooting quickly, and flexible area markers anywhere on the screen to create unique screen layouts. For example, being able to instantly differentiate between a product and its commercial data for shopping channels.
​ The firmware updates will be available in Europe from the following dates:

• High Brightness Mode for PVM-X550 First quarter of 2018 onwards
​ • Version 2.0 for PVM-A and LMD-A series September 2017 onwards

Sony will be exhibiting at IBC on Stand 13.A10, Elicium building, RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre from 15 to 19 September. Click
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