Lumagen RadianceXD™ Video Processor

Αν και εχουμε πολυ καιρο να ανανεωσουμε αυτο το thread ειναι σημαντικο να τονισουμε οτι με ενα firmware που εχει βγει απο Σεπτεμβρη, ο Lumagen μπορει πλεον να ρυθμισει το gamma σε 21 σημεια για μεγαλυτερη ακριβεια!!
Επισης προσφατα προστεθηκε η δυνατοτητα Picture in Picture!


Production 091409- Adds 12 and 21 point grayscale/gamma calibration commands (in the menu, under Output:Configs:ConfigX:Color Mgmt:Gray/Gamma). If you change from the 11point to 12 (or 21) your current grayscale points are not changed and the new points are interpolated between your currently calibrated points. Bugfix for PiP sometimes turning on at powerup. A couple of other small bugfixes.


H λιστα με τα τελευταια firmware ειναι η ακολουθη:

Production 012510- Bugfix for game mode with interlaced inputs only showing top half of screen (bug occurred at 011410 revision). Bugfix for the Pip Setup menu command where in a particular situation the values would jump as you entered the command.
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Production 012010- Fix for an audio noise/dropout issue with some equipment.
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Production 011410- Small precision improvement in video processing. Can now save last Pip source/mode per input. Also added a default PiP mode setting under Other:PiP Setup: PiPSel/Mode. The default Pip mode is initially set to "None" for each pip source ( which means you stay with the current pip mode as you change pip sources as it acted previously). If you set the default pip mode to 1-10 for a particular pip source then when you select that pip source it will use the assigned default pip mode. Bugfix for occasionally powering on with a blank input which could be corrected by power cycling again. Output sync polarities added under Output:OutputN:SyncPolarity. Fixed label alignment in input menu.
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Production 120509-
Pip swap command is completed (audio is swapped)--the screen now blanks for a couple seconds when swapping.
Color gamut calibration test patterns (under the 'Color Gamut:By color' command) can now be 75 or 100 IRE. Couple other usage improvements.
Some shorter timeouts added for the Pip timeout option
Fix for a horizontal tear with new game mode on+genlock+480p
Fix for selecting inputs 10,11 on new input selection menu
Fix for incorrect display of film/video deinterlacing mode on status screen (was broken recently when new game mode was added)
Fix for not deactivating Pip mode after Pip has timed out. (so a number press on the remote was still interpreted as a pip source after the pip had timed out)
Noise improvement on SD (240p too) analog inputs--completely eliminated some flickering seen on dark screens using a PS2.
Fix for incorrect vertical cropping with game mode turned on with progressive sources (seen as scaling differences turning game mode on/off).
Support added for 240/288p component sources (such as PS2's). Recommend enabling game mode for these sources.
Added another condition to the output triggers (if output aspect > 2.00)
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Production 111609- Improved analog component inputs for some sources that had a slight flicker. Bugfix for setting output1 video off for all mems and all resolutions which would turn off video on output 2 instead.
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Production 111509-
Added a "Game Mode" setting for minimizing video latency. For interlaced sources 480i/576i/1080i are treated as 240p/288p/540p when enabled. Enable it if needed in the menu under Input:Video Setup:RES:Control:Game Mode. When game mode is enabled PiP, Deinterlacing, and Enhance settings are not available.
Added a couple more Pip settings. "Label" allows disabling the label the comes on for 5 seconds when the Pip is selected/changed. "Timer" allows setting how long the Pip stays on when selected (the default leaves it up until manually turned off).
Added the Input Mask to work with the Pip window. The ability to mask the Pip along with the new "Timer" setting allows creation of a special Pip window for an output from an AVR or other equipment that displays menus. So, for instance, a programmable remote could turn on the Pip for an AVR when adjusting a volume control and just the slice of the menu from the AVR with the volume display could be overlayed onto the screen and after a certain amount of time (10 sec - 4 minutes) this "volume control" Pip display would turn off automatically. The input mask command can be found in the menu under Input:Video Setup:RES:Size:ASPECT:Masking.
Added an "Input Selection menu option. Enable this in the menu under Other:Menu Control:Menu Options with the "Input Menu" setting. If enabled, you can press the 'Input' button the remote to display a list of inputs to select from. The list is editable.
Added the Pip swap function--used with the 'Swap' button on the remote.
Couple bugfixes
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Production 110209- Bugfix for changing deinterlacer mode settings incorrectly for inactive config(this bug was in 110109 only and was caused due to the addition of the new "video mode" setting). Updated rs232 commands regarding deinterlacer mode settings (for the 'ZQI15' and 'ZY515' rs232 commands the value of 2 is now used to indicate "video mode" deinterlacing). The rs232 tech tip will be updated accordingly.
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Production 110109- Added a "Video" deinterlacing mode to the menu under Input:Video Setup:RES:Control:Deint:Mode . This is a useful option if your watching cable/satellite type sources and your seeing some combing. Couple small bugfixes.
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Production 102509-
Added PiP for analog inputs with the limitation that if the main window is an analog source then the PiP can either be the same analog source or an HDMI source. If the main window is an HDMI source then the PiP can be any source.
Added a new "Memory Usage" option in the menu under Other:Memory Usage. Previously when you select a memory (A-D) you are using it across all inputs, .ie if you're on input 1A, change to input 2 and press 'MemB' and change to input 1, you'll be using 1B. We've called this the 'common' memory usage mode since the memory in use is common across all inputs. Now you can set the memory usage to be per-input, so if you're on input 1A and change to input 2 then press 'MemB' and change back to input 1, you'll go back to 1A---it remembers the memory you're on for each input. Either mode can be used and it depends on what you use the memories for as to which you might prefer. For example, if you're using memA for settings adjusted to daytime ambient settings and memB for nighttime then you'll probably want to stick with the default 'common' mode.
Added aspect and memory control for the PiP window. Now pressing the aspect or memA-D buttons after PiP select or mode have been pressed sets the aspect or memory for the PiP window--note that if you're not using the new per-input memory usage setting then changing the PiP memory also changes the main windows memory. Auto-aspect also works for the PiP now. Note that for the PiP window the 'Letterbox' aspect, which is defined to be an aspect greater than 4:3 within a 4:3 aspect, is just treated as 4:3 (so you'll see bars on top and bottom) and similarly the '2.35' aspect, which is defined to be 2.35 inside a 16:9 aspect, is just treated as 16:9 (so again top/bottom bars are visible).
Added a label to the PiP window that displays it's input name for a few seconds when the PiP is accessed with PiP remote buttons like PiP select, mode, etc..
Added a power on input selection option to the menu under Other:OnOff Setup:Input Select. With this you can control which input the unit powers up on after either power is removed or after standby.
Added a small reminder in the menu when settings have been changed to help remember if you should 'Save' before powering down.
Several bugfixes and some minor additional menu enhancements.
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Production 100109- Adds a new command to tweak deinterlacing quality with an "Inter-Frame motion detection" setting. This command can be found under the menu at Input:Video Setup:RES:Control:Deint:IFMD. The range is 0-15, 0 should minimize combing while 15 maximizes detail according to the chip specification. The default value is 6. Adds the ability to set HDMI input type. This option is found in the menu under Input:HDMI Setup:Type. This was always "Auto" but can now be set manually to RGB, YCbCr422, YCbCr444 as some DVI outputs use these other formats but can't communicate which format they're putting out like an HDMI device can. Default for audio mute was changed to "Long" but this only comes into play if you load factory default values.
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Production 092209- Some bugfixes for new 12/21 point grayscale/gamma calibration commands. The biggest issue was a bug in the copying of the calibrated data between output configs which could cause either overflow on bright scenes and/or inability to go back and edit the grayscale for an output config that had been copied from another. So if you did an output copy command with revisions 091409 or 092109 you should recopy the output configs (.ie if you had copied config0 CMS data to all other output configs then do that again after loading this update). Also a couple of other small bugfixes unrelated to CMS.
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Production 092109- Turning on/off PiP no longer results in momentary onscreen noise. Bugfix for occasional horizontal line of noise with combing when the "film only" mode is used with 480i in and the output mode is 60 Hz. Bugfix for pressing the wrong key in one menu command which would corrupt an entry in the CMS gamut. Bugfix for going from 11 point to 12 or 21 point grayscale for an issue that occurs if the original points are only 0.5 IRE apart. Bugfix for restoring an ISF configuration that was saved more than a few months ago.
 
Τα τελευταία νέα από το στρατόπεδο της Lumagen λένε ότι:

Σε λίγες ημέρες βγαίνει το πρώτο beta firmware το οποίο θα υποστηριζει πλήρως το BD 3D format και θα παίζει κανονικά σε όλους τους Radiance!

Διευκρινίζεται ότι δεν μιλάμε για απλό passthrough αλλά για ''πλήρη'' λειτουργία / επεξεργασία εικόνας (όπως στο 2D δηλαδή)!

Το firmware θα διατίθεται, λογικά στην τελική του έκδοση, επί πληρωμή.
 
Οι τυποι δεν παιζονται... Respect!
Ετσι.

Ειναι από αυτούς που δεν λυπάσαι να τους δίνεις τα λεφτά σου - τα / σε σέβονται

(μιλάω ως καταναλωτής :) )
 
Ειναι οντως απιστευτο: Εχω το μηχανακι 2-3 χρονια και μηνα με τον μηνα προσθετουν απιστευτα features! Ειλικρινα δεν το περιμενα να προσθεσουν 3D δυνατοτητα σε ενα μηχανακι που δεν ειναι καν hdmi 1.3!!
 
Τα μηχανακια (ακόμα και τα προ HDMI 1.3!) με το νεο firmware θα γίνονται πρακτικά 1.4 compliant!

Το κόστος, στην Αμερική, έχει ανακοινωθεί στα 499 $.

Οσοι ενδιαφερονται μπορούν να μπουν στο beta program με 299 $ (με κάποιες προυποθέσεις).

Η διαθεση του beta firmware θα ξεκινησει σε ~2 εβδομάδες.
 
Θα μπορει να το προμηθευσει το beta fw ο εδω αντιπροσωπος ή οι αρκετοι Ελληνες κατοχοι lumagen θα πρεπει να πανε κατευθειαν στα 500ε ?
 
Τα μηχανακια (ακόμα και τα προ HDMI 1.3!) με το νεο firmware θα γίνονται πρακτικά 1.4 compliant!

Το κόστος, στην Αμερική, έχει ανακοινωθεί στα 499 $.

Οσοι ενδιαφερονται μπορούν να μπουν στο beta program με 299 $ (με κάποιες προυποθέσεις).

Η διαθεση του beta firmware θα ξεκινησει σε ~2 εβδομάδες.

Να διευκρινήσω ότι το κόστος των 299 $ ισχύει τελικά χωρίς περιορισμούς για όσο διαρκεί όμως η beta period.

Αν λοιπόν κάποιος έχει αποφασίσει να το κάνει, προφανώς συμφέρει να το κάνει τώρα.

Η ενεργοποίηση θα γίνεται με key που θα δίνεται στον κάθε χρήστη.

Τελος, όλα τα νέα μηχανάκια (Radiance) που θα πωλούνται θα είναι ''3D ready'' - δεν θα υπάρχει δλδ extra χρεωση.