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Aska3D Goes for Plastic

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Aska3D technology from Asukanet of Japan at the Retail DSE show and at Infocomm (Aska3D is not ‘Just Pepper’s Ghost’) and now the company has said that it has succeeded …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Sony Adds 8K Camera and Highlights Cloud

by Bob Raikes

Sony was in a very positive mood when it gave its press event just before the show floor opened and on its booth. Sony has been working with the BBC which now can produce …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Ericsson Develops Intelligent Tone Mapping

by Bob Raikes

It’s always good to get an update from Ericsson at IBC about quality standards. The company processes a lot of the video that gets broadcast and Matthew Goldman is who we usually talk to …

Tags:Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Fraunhofer Moves Light Field to Video & Works on Codecs

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofers had its usual booth in Hall 8, with lots of stations showing different technologies. Most of them were looking at audio developments as the Institute is very strong there, with MPEG-H being …

Tags:Codecs| Fraunhofer| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

DVB Summarises Standardisation Progress

by Bob Raikes

The DVB held its traditional IBC press event on the Friday afternoon – the same 3.00pm procedure as every year. Peter MacAvock of the EBU started the presentation by saying that the industry is …

Tags:Advertising| DVB| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Radio| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

SES Exploiting Infrastructure & Services Combination

by Bob Raikes

At IBC, SES held its annual press event on the evening before the show started. Over the last few years, it has been interesting to see SES ‘pivot’ to ensure that its business would …

Tags:360 Degree Video| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Internet Speed Makes CE Like Pop Music

by Bob Raikes

I got back from IBC on Tuesday evening and seem to have been catching up with the news, ever since. There was plenty of news, with the HTC & Google deal taking the front …

Tags:Editorial| HTC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

A couple of positions at Meko/Display Daily

by Bob Raikes

We have a couple of part time jobs at Meko, the publishers of Display Daily. One is as News Editor and the other is as a writer of some of our product and technical …

Christie FHD553-XU Supports UltraHD Arrays

by Bob Raikes

Christie has added to its LFD range with the new FHD553-XU, a a 55″ LCD for video wall applications with 3.5mm (combined) bezels and 500 cd/m² of output. It has FullHD resolution and features …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Fraunhofer Updates on OLED on Stainless Steel

by Bob Raikes

At SID, we reported on the development of OLEDs on stainless steel substrates by the Fraunhofer FEP in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. (NSMAT) and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

JCD Wins Prize for Beacon-based Project

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has won an award for ‘Most Innovative Contribution to a Campaign by a Media Owner” by the 2017 Singapore Media Awards, for its dynamic campaign with Martell at Singapore Changi Airport (Terminal 1)”. …

Tags:Aviation| Beacons| Digital Signage| DOOH| Fingerprint Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Apple Enables iTunes HDR for iPad Pro

by Bob Raikes

Apple said in June that its new iPad Pro models would support HDR and it is now making UltraHD HDR content available on the iTunes store, so that the content can be played back …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 35