Matthew Brennesholtz – Page 23

Displays at CES Unveiled

by Matthew Brennesholtz

CES Unveiled was held in New York on November 10th. It is mainly a press event, intended to get press coverage of the upcoming CES 2017 and present Consumer Technology Association (CTA) forecasts for …

LeEco Cash Flow, Business Plans and Products

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I attended an analyst’s luncheon for LeEco (formerly LeTV and before that Le.com) on November 9th in New York. In addition to the analyst’s luncheon, the company had a showcase of their products including …

Tags:LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Virtual Reality| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 45

NEC New York Showcase 2016

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the NEC Showcase in New York on October 26th, I had Keith Yanke, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at NEC Display Solutions of America, to guide me though the show floor exhibits. The …

Hormel Brings Home the Bacon

by Matthew Brennesholtz

For the ultimate VR experience, Google Cardboard isn’t good enough for bacon lovers. To promote their line of Black Label Bacon, Hormel has introduced a paper VR viewer of their own called the Black …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Crystalplex Gives Technology and Business Details

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Display Daily has reported on Crystalplex and their new quantum dot (QD) technology in the past, including “Crystalplex Gets Patent for Sapphire Quantum Dots” and “Crystalplex to Offer New Technology QDs.” (Subscription required for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 43

4D Cinema

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The SMPTE educational webcast on October 20th was titled “From 4D Cinema to Haptic Cinematography: Challenges & Issues.” It was presented by two researchers from Technicolor Research & Innovation, Philippe Guillotel (who did most …

Tags:Cinema| Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Technology for Halloween

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Entertainment Technology Department of the New York City College for Technology (City Tech) in Brooklyn has a high-technology haunted house for Halloween every year called Gravesend Inn. Gravesend is actually a neighborhood in …

Tags:Education| NEC| Rental and Staging| Theme Parks and Amusements| Vol 23 - Issue 42

360° VR: Proceed with Caution

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Despite unbounded optimism and enthusiasm from the presenters, I came away from the October 13th SMPYE-NY chapter meeting with my reservations about the future of virtual reality (VR) as a storytelling medium unresolved. The …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| SMPTE| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Color Grading for HDR and DCI Cinema

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In a Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Emerging Technology Webcast on October 6th, Thad Beier, Director of Image Platform Workflow at Dolby Laboratories, discussed the techniques of color and dynamic range …

Hisense Shows UHD HDR TVs in New York

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Hisense showed a single 50” H8-series HDR TV at Pepcom, but showed the rest of its high-end, UHD HDR-compatible and HDR TV product line for the US at a dedicated press event on October …

LG Shows Signature Brand in New York

by Matthew Brennesholtz

LG had previously introduced its Signature brand at IFA and on October 6th, they introduced the brand in New York. The flagship product, from a display point of view, is a 77” OLED TV …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 39

White LEDs without Wavelength Conversion

by Matthew Brennesholtz

[White LEDs (WLED) are a major part of many displays, especially LCD displays. No current white LEDs emit white light directly – they use GaN blue LEDs and use phosphors, quantum dots or some …

Tags:LED| Lighting| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 39