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New Camera HDR IP Cores Offered by Pinnacle Imaging Systems

by Chris Chinnock

Pinnacle Imaging Systems is a company that has been focused on High Dynamic Range (HDR) for some time – longer than any other company on the planet, the company claimed in an email exchange. …

Tags:Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

TCL Impresses with New Roku 4KTVs

by Chris Chinnock

TCL has released its spring line of TVs that feature the latest Roku operating system. In a briefing in New York the other day, we had a chance to take a look at the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD & 4K| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Aixtron Deposition Tool Enabling OLED TV Production

by Chris Chinnock

To reduce the costs of OLED TV production, producers need to move to Gen 8 size substrates at a minimum. To get there, Aixtron has developed and is now doing demonstration runs on it …

Tags:OLED Fabs| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 12

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New Test Content Available for HDR Tone Mapping Evaluation

by Chris Chinnock

With the advent of High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) displays, a new need to do conversions of color volume and gray scale has arrived. That is because there will be …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Lattice and MediaTek Want to Drive 4K Video over USB Type-C

by Chris Chinnock

USB is probably the most ubiquitous wired connector worldwide and the addition of the new Type-C version is opening it up to incredible new capabilities. With 24 contact points and 10 configurable conductors (see …

Tags:Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mediatek| UltraHD & 4K| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Third-Gen Volumetric Display Coming from Holoxica

by Chris Chinnock

Holoxica is a Scottish company which has just received €1.28 million from the European Commission’s Horizon2020 SME Instrument to develop its third generation holographic display. It will be aimed at providing volumetric display of …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Holographic Displays| Medical| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Volumetric Displays

Keyssa Offering Connector-less Connectivity

by Chris Chinnock

Keyssa is a new company – to me anyway – that has been developing a connection technology that is based upon the 60 GHz band. After 6 years of R&D, 150 patents and $50M …

Tags:Vol 23 - Issue 11| WiGIG| wireless communications

Sony Demos Its Latest Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Sony had special press and installer meetings in New York in early February where we got a chance to see and discuss its 2016 home projector models as well as the latest UHD TVs …

Tags:4K DCI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Sony Shows Latest HDR/WCG UHD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At a special Sony press and installer meeting in New York in early February, we had a chance to get some updates and demos of the latest Sony UHD TVs sets. Picture quality was …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| sony| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 06| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Darbee Vision Processor Works on 4K Content

by Chris Chinnock

Darbee Vision has developed a video processor that adds contrast, sharpness and depth to 2D images (Darbee Enhances Optoma Imagery). At CES 2016, it showed this working on 4K TVs, plus some other applications …

Tags:CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Video Processors| Vol 23 - Issue 04

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zSpace Shows S-3D Web Pages

by Chris Chinnock

zSpace was at CES showing its normal range of stereoscopic 3D displays and educational applications. But they also debuted something new – a plan to offer a consumer version of their 3D display and …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D software| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Stereo 3D| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Zeiss has New AR Waveguide Technology

by Chris Chinnock

One of the companies at the evening press events at CES was Zeiss. On display was a new waveguide technology the company has developed that is useful for see-through augmented reality applications. The optic …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2016| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 04| Waveguide Display