The New ISFYou may have seen stories about the ISF in the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, PC Magazine, Home Theater, Popular Mechanics, PC World, and Sound & Vision.
These and other publications simply present the information available at a point in time. ISF is a living - breathing thing, made up of professionals around the globe striving for video perfection from the movie set to the new HDR equipped display in the customer’s home theater. This year – as you can see in the next paragraph – the course has become more critical than ever before in the history of ISF. The technology changes that are rapidly coming to fruition must be fully understood and addressed in all aspects of picture quality in production and reproduction. Click To View Testimonials |
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Introducing ISF Level III:
Advanced Video Training in Distribution, High Dynamic Range and Calibration
We are now in Phase 2 of the 10 year+ roll out of the road map of the 2012 ITU UHD TV features. The true cost of the new visually powerful advances is not the actual cost of the new TVs. The true cost is updating infrastructure, and mastering the new skills required to design, integrate and test the HDMI signal paths required to bring these features to our TV screens,
With the 2013 release of the HDMI 2.0(x) specification and the onset of 4K products and content and most recently the addition of High Dynamic Range functionality on even sub $1000 televisions calibration has become secondary to just getting the signal distributed. For these reasons, it is paramount to our mission of delivering the best picture available and matching the director’s intent to the end user – we must get the complete signal there first – from source to sink via all repeaters in the HDMI network.
Very few integrators have successfully taken the dive into distributing 4K with high dynamic range, wide color gamut, and deep color (10 & 12 bit) because the signal exceeds the limitations of most of the current infrastructure available today except for short HDMI cables. CEDIA integrators have either put in systems with faux K SDR (or in many cities we visited1080P SDR) or they have put the sources in the room with the HDR display – and this is not necessary.
For these reasons, we are proud to launch ISF Level III:
Day 1: What it takes to get high value (>14Gbps) signals to the display and AVR with hands-on lab using fiber optic termination techniques. We will also discuss in-depth use of matrices, splitters, Cleerline Fiber, HDBaseT, and more.
Day 2: Understanding the video food chain and basic video display setup and ISF calibration, white balance, color gamut, and front panel controls with hands-on labs using meters and generators.
Day 3: HDR completely demystified, HDR calibration, advanced calibration of HDR displays, sweeps, LUTs and more with hands-on labs.
Full Training Outline
Day 1 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
9:00 AM ~ Class Introduction
10:00 AM ~ Video Basics
1:00 PM ~ Lunch – 1 hour
2:00 PM ~ Video Basics Continued
Day 2 (9:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
9:00 AM ~ Hands-on continues as instructor validates all systems are functioning and passing HDR, WCG and 10-bit signal over 100’, 200’ and 300’
11:00 AM ~ ISFing a TV in 2017 – an overview of where we came from and where we are at today. What was difficult is now easy, and new complications arise
12:00 PM ~ Video Display Setup – projectors and flat panels – the basics
2:00 PM ~ Intro to Calibrating a TV
Day 3 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
9:00 AM ~ Introduction to HDR Calibration
- Tone mapping - displaying 4000 nit content on a 700 nit TV
11:00 AM ~ Hands-on HDR Calibration on at least two manufactures models.
1:00 PM ~ Lunch 1 Hour
2:00 PM ~ Hands-on continues until complete
4:00 PM ~ Review & Wrap Up and extra time for hands on if necessary
6:00 PM ~ Class ends – students depart
9:00 AM ~ Class Introduction
10:00 AM ~ Video Basics
- Defining Picture Quality
- Video Basics
- HDMI Basics
- HDCP Review
- Why the initial launch of 4K was a visual non-event
- What is the true "cost" of the visually stunning advances in HDR and WCG
- Bandwidth requirements for the 10 year+ roll out of the 2012 UHD Road Map
- The only logical long-term solution for supporting infrastructure
1:00 PM ~ Lunch – 1 hour
2:00 PM ~ Video Basics Continued
- HDBaseT
- HDMI over IP
- Fiber Optics
- EDID Management
- Compression, Format Conversion and Processing
- HDMI Testing and Tools
- HDMI
- HDBaseT (CAT)
- Fiber Optics and Termination Lab
- Matrices, Extenders and Distribution Amps
- Managing EDID
- Scaling multiple resolutions
- Basic Control
- Troubleshooting and Validating the System
Day 2 (9:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
9:00 AM ~ Hands-on continues as instructor validates all systems are functioning and passing HDR, WCG and 10-bit signal over 100’, 200’ and 300’
11:00 AM ~ ISFing a TV in 2017 – an overview of where we came from and where we are at today. What was difficult is now easy, and new complications arise
12:00 PM ~ Video Display Setup – projectors and flat panels – the basics
- 10 minutes on display standards
- Front panel controls and the Legacy of the CRT
- Basic test pattern usage (visual)
- User Modes
- Menus in TVs – how to navigate them, use the ISF modes, etc.
2:00 PM ~ Intro to Calibrating a TV
- ISF Workflow (live demo in front of class with explanations)
- ISF workflow on a projector – explain differences
- Meters and generators usage
- Different patterns for different display technologies
- What parts of calibration can we automate to save time?
- Connecting equipment and installing drivers
- Accessing Menu
- Completing ISF workflow in CalMAN on at least 2 non-HDR TVs
- Printing ISF calibration report on each TV
Day 3 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
9:00 AM ~ Introduction to HDR Calibration
- Tone mapping - displaying 4000 nit content on a 700 nit TV
- Differences from ISF Workflow/Basic Calibration
- Dolby Vision, HDR-10, HDR 10+ and HLG Defined
- HDR of Tomorrow – where this can take us.
- Walk through ISF HDR workflow in CalMAN
11:00 AM ~ Hands-on HDR Calibration on at least two manufactures models.
1:00 PM ~ Lunch 1 Hour
2:00 PM ~ Hands-on continues until complete
4:00 PM ~ Review & Wrap Up and extra time for hands on if necessary
6:00 PM ~ Class ends – students depart
Your ISF Instructor: Joel Silver
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Joel Silver is the President and founder of the Imaging Science Foundation, Inc., which was incorporated in 1994 to introduce video image quality calibration services into consumer electronics. He volunteers as the chair of the CEA and CEDIA committee on Home Theater Video recommended practices. He also is the producer of the HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD. His work on advancing HDTV image quality was covered in the NY Times, the LA Times, Popular Mechanics, Wired and numerous A/V publications here and abroad. He has run research projects for the California Energy Commission documenting how video calibration produces significant energy savings, as well as consulting for high-end video, high-end audio, telemedicine, medical management, Microsoft Media Center Edition PCs and the Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship program at the W. Averill Harriman School of Management.
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In the A/V industry, he has presented at CES, American Association of Medical Instrumentation, Barco BE, CEDIA Australia, EHExpo, INFOCOMM, ISE Brussels, ISE Singapore, NESDA, NSCA, Microsoft’s WINHEC, received both top five and top ten CEDIA instructor awards, and is a CE PRO top-ten-for-ten-years most influential industry leader.
He has written articles for Audio Video Interiors, Forbes, Home Entertainment, Millionaire Magazine, Popular Science, Stereophile, Telemedicine Today Ultimate A/V, Video, Widescreen Review ands numerous other publications.
He consults for AMD, the BBC, Barco, BenQ, Bose, CNN, Datacolor, Dolby, DVDO, DNP, Epson, Harman, Hitachi, InFocus, Integra, Intel, LG, JVC, Linn, Lissau A/S, Microsoft, Minolta, Mitsubishi, Monster Cable, NEC, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Pioneer, Pixelworks, Runco, Screen Research, Sencore, Stewart Filmscreen, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Yamaha, Xrite and numerous other clients.
Joel Silver is a co-inventor of the patented Microsoft Media Center Calibration Wizard which is now in over 111,000,000 PCs.
He has written articles for Audio Video Interiors, Forbes, Home Entertainment, Millionaire Magazine, Popular Science, Stereophile, Telemedicine Today Ultimate A/V, Video, Widescreen Review ands numerous other publications.
He consults for AMD, the BBC, Barco, BenQ, Bose, CNN, Datacolor, Dolby, DVDO, DNP, Epson, Harman, Hitachi, InFocus, Integra, Intel, LG, JVC, Linn, Lissau A/S, Microsoft, Minolta, Mitsubishi, Monster Cable, NEC, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Pioneer, Pixelworks, Runco, Screen Research, Sencore, Stewart Filmscreen, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Yamaha, Xrite and numerous other clients.
Joel Silver is a co-inventor of the patented Microsoft Media Center Calibration Wizard which is now in over 111,000,000 PCs.
Why Should I Attend?
- Each attendee will have the opportunity to become ISF certified following successful completion of a test
- Impacting technologies including HDBaseT, 3D and 4K are incorporated into the class
- Each attendee will gain a practical knowledge of video reproduction standards
- Each attendee will be exposed to the tools required to make correct adjustments for control, contrast, brightness, color, tint sharpness, gamma, gamut plus white balance
- Each attendee will participate in labs to interconnect video sources to video displays (panels and projectors) and to make correct adjustments using appropriate video patterns and reading from color analyzers for control, contrast, brightness, color, tint sharpness, gamma, gamut plus white balance
- Learn the latest technological advances in ultra-high definition video from industry leader Joel Silver who chairs several CEA and CEDIA committees including the Home Theater Standards Group.
- Learn about the latest standards for video reproduction including PISCR, BT 1886 and Rec. 2020
- A heavy emphasis in the course is on projection technologies (2-piece) – installation considerations, installation, setup and calibration using various tools of the trade.
- An agnostic approach to supporting technologies – sources, repeaters, connectivity, displays and projectors – learn about what is good, bad, ugly and improvable – and how to improve same
Who Should Attend?
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What Do I Earn? (Certification Details)
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