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Philips Monitor Range is Boosted

by Bob Raikes

MMD has added two new monitors to its Philips range in Europe. The 43” Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB is the first monitor of the Philips Momentum Line and it features an UltraHD VA panel with …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 25 - Issue 27

BBC Streams UltraHD with HLG

by Bob Raikes

We seem to be a little late to report it, as there are only two matches left, but the BBC has been streaming UltraHD footage of the World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis tournament …

Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 27

6-8Mbps Optimal for Large TV Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Several months ago, Eurofins Digital Testing said that it would work with Akamai to look at OTT quality of experience. Now, Akamai has said that based on the research, it believes that for good …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 27

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G&D Extends 8K up to 10 Kilometres

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported German KVM maker, Guntermann & Drunck several times, most recently from the ATC event in Madrid (KVMs Important in ATC) and we spotted them in our rush around Infocomm, but didn’t have …

Tags:KVMs| Large Display Monitor| Networks| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

New Technology for Ultra-smooth Polymer Films from Fraunhofer

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP from Germany has said that as part of the EU-funded ‘OptiPerm’ project that it has developed a new technology for creating ultra-smooth …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Set for August 9th

by Bob Raikes

Once again, Samsung plans to anticipate IFA and will launch its ‘next smartphone’, expected to be the Note 9, on August 9th and will make the event available via live streaming. Live streaming of …

Tags:Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Dell

Dell Going Public Again

by Bob Raikes

Dell has announced that it is planning to relist as a public company, with VMWare remaining an independent public company. The boards of Dell and VMWare have both agreed to the transaction and Michael …

Tags:Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 26

CineEurope 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Christie believes that the future is pure laser and, in contrast to Cinionic and Sony has decided not to offer Laser Phosphor in the cinema market. The company told us that pricing is at …

Tags:3D Cinema| Christie| CineEurope 2018| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| NEC| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Cinionic Explains Move to L/P for Premium Small Format

by Bob Raikes

Cinionic is the company that has been established by Barco, Appotronic and others (Barco/Appotronics J/V Has a New Name) to develop the cinema business. Cinionic also didn’t show the new technology for projection Project …

Tags:Barco| CineEurope 2018| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 26

CineEurope 2018 – Too Close to Cinemacon

by Bob Raikes

We went for a very quick visit to CineEurope in Barcelona – it turned out that, like the recent AWE event, the show didn’t start until 11.00 am! However, we got around the small …

Tags:CineEurope 2018| Cinema| DCI Compliance| Large Display Monitor| UST Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 26

CineEurope Panel Addresses LED Cinema

by Bob Raikes

At CineEurope, there was a 30 minute panel session headed up by David Monk of the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) who also spent some time in the past promoting DLP in cinema for …

Tags:CineEurope 2018| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Kensington Dock Supports Pass-Through Charging

by Bob Raikes

Kensington has a new USB Type-C docking station with support for USB Type-C, including options with ThunderBolt3. Features include: Universal Compatibility—works with laptops equipped with a compatible USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 port and supports …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| UltraHD & 4K| USB| Vol 25 - Issue 26