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DarbeeVision Updates Darblet Video Processor

SV Staff  |  Dec 28, 2015

Image-enhancement specialist DarbeeVision is replacing its award-winning Darblet DVP-5000 Visual Presence real-time video enhancer with a new and improved “mass market” processor.

The new DVP-5000S ($249) is a simple HDMI video pass-through design based on a newly developed platform designed to enhance the depth, clarity, and realism of any video image. The 5000S uses the same processing algorithms used in DarbeeVision's flagship processor, the DVP-5100CIE and includes a full-sized custom remote control with omni-directional IR capability (the Darblet had a credit-card-sized remote with limited functionality).

Like its predecessor, the DVP-5000S accepts any HDMI 1.4 video source and outputs an enhanced video stream said to improve all kinds of video content, including standard definition, high definition, upscaled HD, streamed Internet video, and downloads.

"No camera has ever captured an image in the same way that we see with our two eyes," said Larry Pace, president of DarbeeVision Inc. "All images are missing disparity depth cues, so every image that has ever been taken cannot appear fully real. By leveraging Paul Darbee's discovery that you can, in fact, embed depth information into images, we have solved the 150-year-old problem of how to make flat images appear as they do in real life.”

For more information, visit darbeevision.com.

COMMENTS
Deus02's picture
Submitted by Deus02 on December 28, 2015 - 11:42am

Nothing here on whether or not it can handle UHD/4K signals. Any further information on this or is a future firmware update in the works?

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Submitted by uavAVTheaterGuy on December 28, 2015 - 7:41pm

The HDMI spec. tells us most of the story. With HDMI 1.4 it "SHOULD" handle 4K @30p WITHOUT HDCP 2.2 encoding. It cannot support 4K@60p or 4K@60p with encoding. So for anyone that really cares about the compatibility... NO IT DOES NOT SUPPORT IT. On the other hand, it's really designed to help with lower resolution sources and FHD sources. I don't have any information as to whether or not DARBEE is planning on a 4K compatible model, but I wouldn't be surprised with UHD blu ray coming that DARBEE will be coming out with that chipset. For the moment though, the HDMI 1.4 chipset is the limiting factor.

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Submitted by dnoonie on December 29, 2015 - 10:22pm

I can see where the Darbee product would enhance 1080, SD DVD and non HDR UHD but when HDR becomes standard will Darbee really be needed? Maybe I don't understand what it does completely but it seems like it may not be all that helpful with HDR content.

Cheers,

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Submitted by Deus02 on December 30, 2015 - 11:21am

When the initial Darbee units and their follow-ups were introduced, the consensus of opinion among most was that the better the picture the more effective the Darbee VP was in its operation and after owning one for awhile, I can concur with this statement. It actually brings out the best in a quality picture, but, on the other hand with a less than stellar picture, it will probably make it look worse.

I recently purchased an LG 4K set and with internal upscaling, the Darbee, properly used, actually and noticeably enhances detail without adding any artifacts, unlike a sharpness control which some originally thought that was all the Darbee unit was in its design. I can only recommend trying one out since it actually is still quite useful regardless of the monitors technology.

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