madVR Envy Anticipation Thread

[AVSCraig]

I hope that it is less than a Lumagen Pro, since Lumagen announced firmware release for dynamic tone mapping today.

Actually they announced it Wed. and it was released Wed. night. it's had a couple of days use in the field, so to speak. I'm looking forward to trying it myself. 

[AVSMike]

Looking forward to seeing the MadVR Envy at CEDIA in 2.5 weeks.  

[madshi]

Hey guys, the press release is out, you can find it here:

http://madVR.com/EnvyPressRelease.pdf

So after much deliberation we decided that it would be best for our new company to carry madVR's motto of "no compromises" into the CE world. As such we will start off with the Envy Pro Cinema aimed at the top-end of the market, and with the Envy base model aimed at the mid to high-end home theater market.

Here are some technical specs and features (subject to change):

- Pro Cinema: about ~10 TFLOPS, plus ~100 TFLOPS for AI / Neural Network
- Base model: about half the computational power of the Pro Cinema
- 32 bit floating point processing (per component), with 16 bit buffers
- One 18.0 Gbps HDMI 2.0 port each for input, output and loop-through
- One 36.4 Gbps DisplayPort 1.4a output port with DSC (Display Stream Compression) support
- Pro Cinema model will get hardware upgrades (at a cost) to keep it up-to-date
- 65 point or 256 point 3D LUT for accurate calibration
- supported by Calman, LightSpace, DisplayCAL/ArgyllCMS via LAN connection
- Integrated SDR and HDR pattern generator
- Support for IR Remote control and IP Control
- Dynamic Tone Mapping with unique Highlight Recovery technology
- AI / Neural Network algorithms for upscaling, mosquito noise reduction etc
- 4K Anamorphic Stretch, using AI / Neural Network scaling
- 4K Debanding & Sharpening
- Automatic Black Bar & Aspect Ratio detection
- Extra features for CIH, CIW and CIA front projection
- Graphical, modern interface that combines flexibility, power and ease of use

I'm very happy that I can finally talk about the Envy, and reply to your questions and comments! If you get a chance to visit our booth at CEDIA to see our working product, please do let me know your impressions. Can't wait to hear what you think! E.g. how do you like the menu etc?

FYI, here's an up-to-date screenshot of the Envy menu:

http://madVR.com/EnvyOsd.png

The "Auto" in the menu is the default mode for some options and tells Envy to decide for itself which it considers the best setting to be, in any given situation.

[Manni]

Hi madshi,

Great to finally have solid info on the Envy that can be shared!

Very exciting to see that it's coming soon, I can't wait to see it at work.

It will be interesting to hear reports from CEDIA visitors.