Filmmaker Mode ‘Progress’ Update Due at Sept. 30 DEG/UHDA Virtual Event

The UHD Alliance and Digital Entertainment Group plan a Sept. 30 virtual event, “Filmmaker Mode: Redefining the Home Entertainment Experience,” to discuss the “progress and impact” of the TV movie-watching feature, and “its potential for direct-to-consumer services.” Filmmaker Mode, introduced a year ago at the urging of prominent directors, is the ease-of-use TV picture setting free of the image processing that creators disdain for rendering their movies in the living room as if they were shot on high-speed video rather than film (see 1908270001). LG, Panasonic and Vizio were early brand supporters. Kaleidescape, Samsung and TP Vision added their backing at CES (see 2001070034).