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AR and VR Dominate CES Asia – Well, Duh!

by Chris Chinnock

AR and especially VR were very popular at CES Asia. There were so many demos it became a bit mind numbing after awhile. Booth after booth had lines of people waiting to try on …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES Asia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Everdisplay Optronics Shows OLED Panels

by Chris Chinnock

Everdisplay Optronics (EDO) was exhibiting its line of AMOLED displays at CES Asia. They only make active matrix OLED and have a line that runs from 1.4” to 8”. All looked quite good with …

Tags:CES Asia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 19

The Future of Television – China’s Version

by Chris Chinnock

At CES Asia, there was an interesting panel discussion about the future of television that featured four key Chinese players. Their vision is quite different from what we are accustomed to hearing at US-based …

Tags:CES Asia 2016| China| Large Display Monitor| TV (Television)| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 19

BMW Provides View of Automobile Future at CES Asia

by Chris Chinnock

Two BMW speakers used a keynote address at CES Asia to lay out their vision of the future of automobile. Naturally, it will be autonomous, but it will also be a hub of personalized …

Tags:Automotive| CES Asia 2016| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Display Summit China Identifies Projection Industry Successes and Challenges

by Chris Chinnock

The Insight Media produced event, Display Summit China, has just concluded here in Yixing, China. I can’t speak for what the Chinese participants took away from the event, but I had some clear expected …

Tags:6p Laser| Cinema Projection| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Laser Projectors| Laser TVs| LED Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Samsung Proposes Dynamic Metadata at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung has proposed a dynamic metadata solution that is being considered by SMPTE. This was the first public demo of its benefits.

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| NAB 2016| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 16

NHK Shows 8K HDR Demo at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

NHK showed 8K cameras and video at NAB 2016 along with a demo of HDR on an 8K display.

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| NAB 2016| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Video Clarity Unveils Perceptual-Quality Measurement Device for 4K

by Chris Chinnock

Video Clarity has released the RTM 4K, a 4K-capable version of the company’s RTM real-time audio and video monitoring solutions. RTM 4K is the first quality-monitoring solution that can apply 4K video sources and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Dolby Focuses on Audio at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

We met with Dolby Laboratories at NAB where we talked about Dolby Vision in addition to Dolby’s audio codec, AC-4. AC-4 is currently being voted on in the ATSC 3.0 group, but it is …

Tags:3D Object-based Audio| Blu-ray| Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Industry Comments on HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Elemental, which provides software-based encoding services, was showing three different HDR/SDR side by side demos. One was based on the Technicolor/Philips approach that uses PQ for conventional set top box scenarios; the second was …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 16