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Sky Reports on UltraHD Test with SES

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Stephan Heimbacher of Sky Deutschland spoke at a seminar by SES about the live delivery of UltraHD TV tests that were conducted. Sky has been looking at UltraHD for some years and is working …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Sigma SoC Supports HEVC Main-10 UltraHD

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Sigma Designs had a meeting room and welcomed us with news of its SMP8758 SoC which supports UltraHD and HEVC. The chip supports up to the Main-10 profile that forms part of UltraHD Phase …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Asustek Signs Bilkom

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In Turkey, Asustek has appointed Bilkom as distributor for its smartphones and accessories.

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Asda to Scale Back Electricals

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Asda in the UK says it is to scale back its sales of consumer electronics, blaming fierce price competition on goods such as TVs. Asda’s CEO, Andy Clarke, said that some of its larger …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Asbis to Close Irish Office

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Asbis is to reorganise its business and says it will close its office in Ireland. The move is in response to the continuing political crisis in Russia and Ukraine, two of Asbis’ top three …

Tags:Asbis (Prestigio)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Profilometry Revision Simplifies 3D Modelling

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A (relatively) simple way to create a virtual model of a 3D object, with a single camera, has been hit upon by a group at the Centro de Investigaciones en Optica in Mexico. The …

Tags:3D Acquisition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Holotronica Shows 3D/2D Hologram Gauze

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UK-based Holotronica has developed a 3D display solution called Holo-Gauze. As well as creating a polarised 3D projection system, the transparent metallic gauze can be used to show 2D hologram effects, when viewed without …

Tags:3D Projection| Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DisplayPort 1.3 Adds 5k(!) Support

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DisplayPort v1.3 has just been released by the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), supporting up to 32.4Gbps. The speed of v1.3 (each of the four lanes runs at 8.1Gbps) represents a 50% increase from …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Sigma Designs Result 25/09/2014

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Sigma Designs Inc. has released its second quarter results, posting a net loss of $7.6 million on turnover of $42.8 million, which compares with a net loss of $4.8 million on turnover of $53.7 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Sigma Designs| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Wyrestorm Places Bets on UltraHD

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Several new distribution and control products were shown by Wyrestorm, focusing on the UltraHD format. All units are scheduled to be shipped in Q4. The MX-0808-4K is an 8×8 HDMI-to-HDMI matrix switcher, set to …

Tags:CEDIA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

LG’s UltraHD Reaches $1,000

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At CEDIA this month, LG showed a range of its UltraHD TVs and, for the first time for several sets, shared pricing information. We saw the 105″ 105UC9 at CES this year (Display Monitor …

Tags:CEDIA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

LG Lays Down Gauntlet to Samsung Signage

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LG actually had new products, which was pleasing to see after mostly being presented with older models and upgrades elsewhere in the hall. The first thing we saw was a demonstration of LG’s WebOS …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21