GDC Technology Achieves Industry Milestone with CTP 1.4 HDR Certifications

HONG KONG, June 26, 2025 — GDC Technology, a global leader in digital cinema solutions, is proud to announce that two of its cinema media servers have successfully achieved the CTP1.4 High Dynamic Range (HDR) certification from the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) — the industry’s most trusted standard.

With this milestone, GDC becomes the only media server provider with all HDR products listed on the DCI web portal, reinforcing its position as a leader in cinematic innovation. This achievement highlights GDC’s commitment to delivering advanced HDR technology, enabling exhibitors worldwide to achieve unmatched visual quality and exceptional reliability — supported by rigorous 100,000-hour Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) testing. By pushing the boundaries of HDR performance and durability, GDC continues to redefine the future of cinema, ensuring audiences experience brighter, sharper, and more immersive storytelling than ever before.

As the globally recognized authority on digital cinema, Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) sets the standard for quality with its Compliance Test Plan (CTP). In response to rapid advancements in display technology, DCI introduced two high-standard specifications: CTP 1.4.1 (April 2024) and CTP 1.4.2 (February 2025). These standards cover both traditional projection and next-generation HDR direct-view LED displays, including classifications for Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) performance.

The HDR direct-view LED category signifies the highest standard of DCI’s requirements, demanding exceptional performance in:

• 300-nits peak brightness – to deliver truly immersive HDR experiences, the content standard specifies that on-screen elements — such as the glint of sunlight on a spaceship or the flash of an explosion — must reach 300 nits of brightness.
• Ultra-low grayscale fidelity – to ensure true blacks are rendered without compromise, eliminating unwanted grayish tones in shadows and dark scenes
• Higher 4K frame rates – to reduce motion blur and judder in fast-paced sequences, ensuring smooth HDR playback even with quickly moving content.
• Near-perfect screen uniformity – to guarantee consistent brightness, color accuracy, and contrast across the entire viewing surface, providing identical visual quality to every seat in the auditorium.

Meeting these strict benchmarks demands not only advanced R&D investments but also exceptional technical expertise—a challenge few can overcome. GDC’s cinema media servers made history as the first in the industry to earn HDR certification under CTP 1.4.1 and CTP 1.4.2. Powered by GDC’s proprietary Flexible Architecture Stable Technology (FAST), these servers deliver:

• 4K 3D and 4K 120fps high-frame-rate playback
• Unmatched HDR image processing and color accuracy
• 100,000-hour MTBF-certified reliability

Today, GDC is the only global provider of DCI HDR-certified cinema media servers—showing our technological leadership and dedication to advancing cinematic boundaries.

This milestone speeds up the global adoption of LED cinema technology, enabling theatres with:

• Future-proof HDR solutions that satisfy DCI’s highest standards
• Exceptional visual experiences for audiences
• Reliable performance trusted by exhibitors

As GDC’s HDR media servers are deployed worldwide, theatres can now deliver authentic HDR presentations, immersing audiences in visuals that are brighter, sharper and more lifelike than ever before.