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Toshiba Shows TV Line at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

The Toshiba brand is licensed in Europe to Vestel, which had a separate area for the brand from its main booth. We have reported separately on the Vestel part of the booth (Vestel to …

Vestel to Offer HDR TVs – Updates LFD Range

by Chris Chinnock

Vestel was at IFA showing its TV line and used the event to announce it plans to now offer TVs with HDR support. 4K TVs with HDR10 and HLG support will be launched in …

Epson Has 13 New Projectors at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Epson was at IFA 2017 to launch the new LS100, an ultra short throw laser phosphor projector, which was then launched in the US the next week at the CEDIA Expo. Epson seems to …

Haier Underwhelms with TV Quality

by Chris Chinnock

Haier did not have a press event so we learned what we could about their TVs in the booth. Unfortunately, that was not much information. The company currently offers four series of LCD-based UHD …

Hisense Plans UST Laser and is Ready for 8K

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense did not have a press conference at IFA so we learned what we could from booth personnel. In the booth, the company was featuring FIFA-themed demos as the firm is a sponsor for …

Focus on Light Field Displays and Streaming

by Chris Chinnock

Light field displays, volumetric displays and eventually, holographic displays are all in development with the first commercial products coming soon. Such displays require a lot of image points (some call them voxels or volume …

Is New Leadership Needed for Next Generation Cinema?

by Chris Chinnock

In a previous Display Daily, I claimed that the LED Cinema Era has Started. But what are the ramifications of this new technology entering a space that has so far been the exclusive domain …

Tags:Cinema| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Standards| Vol 24 - Issue 30

8K Connectivity is Ready

by Chris Chinnock

Most industry attention today is on 4K and UHD/WCG, but the 8K ecosystem has been progressing over the year driven largely by NHK in Japan. The plan is to broadcast the 2020 Summer Olympics …

The LED Cinema Era has Started

by Chris Chinnock

Last week, the first commercial DCI-compliant theater screen opened using LED instead of projection technology. The LED screens were supplied by Samsung for the high-end Lotte Cinema World Tower complex in Seoul. A 2K …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| LED| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Is it Time to Consider Measuring Displays in their Use Case Environment?

by Chris Chinnock

Display performance is always measured in a very dark room, which is important if you want to know the limits of their performance. But display-based products are rarely viewed in real applications in a …

Tags:Contrast| Display Metrology| OLED Fabs| QLED| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Christie Taking RGB Laser Projection to Mainstream Cinemas

by Chris Chinnock

One of the more interesting pieces of news coming from CineEurope this week was the European debut of Christie’s CP-4325 digital cinema projector. This is the company’s first standalone RGB laser projector that it …

Tags:Christie| Cinema Projection| Laser Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Location-based VR is the Right Next Step

by Chris Chinnock

This is a feeling I have had for some time, but this was driven home today based on my tour of the brand new IMax VR Center in New York. This is the second …

Tags:IMAX| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23