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Projection Mapping Used in TV studios

by Bob Raikes

TV studios are using a wide variety of large display technology including video walls and LEDs, however, D3 Technology, together with White Light Ltd have installed a projection mapping solution for a studio used …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| TV Production| Vol 24 - Issue 37

HP Promotes Workstations and Pro Monitors

by Bob Raikes

HP had an area at the back of one of the halls where it was showing its workstation and professional products, including monitors. It was promoting a special project called ‘Life on Mars’ that …

Dolby Has A Way of Creating Dynamic Metadata

by Bob Raikes

Dolby took us on a tour of its booth and most of the time was devoted to audio. Dolby has developed AC-4 ‘next generation’ object-based audio which is one of two standards that have …

Panasonic to Start Making Rear View Auto Displays

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic said that it is to start making electronic rear view mirrors, the first product jointly developed with Ficosa which Panasonic took a 60% share in earlier this year (CE Firms Look into Automotive) …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Acronym Soup at IBC

by Bob Raikes

I still have a lot of work to do to finalise my report on the IBC event that finished last week, but there were a number of things to see and think about. As …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 36

PowerVR Upgraded for Lower Cost UHD

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies has new PowerVR GPUs for cost-sensitive devices. The PowerVR Series9XE and 9XM GPUs maintain fillrate density and are said to provide a significant boost in performance density. The chips are designed for …

4K Apple TV Leaves Some Grumbles

by Bob Raikes

Although the 4K Apple TV has been generally favourably welcomed, especially for the relatively low cost of UHD content (as long as it’s not from Disney), there are a few grumbles developing. The main …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Imagination Sold to Chinese-backed Fund

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies of the UK has been sold to Canyon-bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund, for £55 million, a 47.4% premium to the share price on the day before the company was put …

BOE Plans Volume OLED Shipments from Chengdu

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei has reported that BOE is close to starting to ship OLED panels in volume from its B7 factory in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The company told Nikkei that it plans to make its first …

Sales of Flexible OLEDs Double in a Year

by Bob Raikes

Yonhap News in Korea quoted data from IHS that puts the market value for flexible OLEDs at $2 billion in Q2, up from $886 million in the year ago period. Samsung is quoted as …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Panel Makers Trying Small LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Epistar, the LED maker, is developing new direct backlight systems using small LEDs to help to counter the progress of OLED TV smartphones. The use of larger numbers of smaller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

World’s First Mixed Reality Arcade Opens in Stamford, CT

by Bob Raikes

A new arcade, the Holodeck, has opened in Stamford, CT, USA that is promoting VR gaming and is using a combination of Microsoft’s Holovision, some HTV Vive systems and also XBox gaming stations. The …