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Vizio to Bring Dolby Vision to Home Theater

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On April 13th, Vizio issued a pair of press releases on its Reference Series LCD displays and its partnership with Dolby. The partnership with Dolby will allow Vizio to incorporate Dolby Vision high dynamic …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 16

AMC to Install Dolby Cinema Technology

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I’d previously written about Dolby Laboratories’ recently introduced Dolby Cinema technology and design (LDM Vol 21 No 48 Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters). This premium cinema system included Dolby Vision …

Tags:Cinema| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Nvidia Shield STB Coming In May

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Nvidia announced the Shield STB at the recent Gamers Development Conference (GDC, as discussed by Jon Peddie in his Display Daily from March 9th, 2015. On April 9th, I had a chance to see …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| UltraHD & 4K| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 16

VR System from Wearality on Kickstarter

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Wearality Corporation, a Silicon Valley start-up, has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000 to finance production of its head-mounted Virtual Reality (VR) system called the Wearality Sky. As of April 8th, the company …

Tags:3D display| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Giant 3D Displays from TriLite

by Matthew Brennesholtz

TriLite Technologies (Vienna, Austria) is a 2011 start-up that proposes, among other things, large scale glasses-free 3D digital signage. And I mean large scale: one of their promotional pictures shows a 3D digital signage …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Digital Signage| Vol 22 - Issue 15

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Toshiba Launches First TransferJet Adapter for Apple iOS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On March 1st, Toshiba announced a TransferJet adapter for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod. According to Toshiba, this is the first Apple-compatible TransferJet adaptor available on the market. Simultaneously, the company launched similar …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| TransferJet| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Power Technology Brings Laser Expertise to Cinema Projection

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Power Technology Inc. (Alexander, AR) has been in the laser business for over 45 years without making a splash in the display community. That’s about to change with its March 23 announcement of a …

Tags:Cinema| Laser| Laser Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Fulldome and Giant Screen Projection

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On February 25 through March 1, 2015, IMERSA held its 6th annual Summit in Denver Colorado. IMERSA’s tag line is “Advancing the art and technology of immersive digital experiences” and its mission is to …

Tags:Barco| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Dome Projection| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 13

SuperMHL Silicon Announced

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At CES, the MHL Consortium announced the superMHL specification. This specification, when implemented by CE manufacturers, will allow 8K 120Hz video to connect from the source to the display with a single cable. On …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| MHL| NHK| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Are Pixels Obsolete?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Professor Philip Willis at the University of Bath in the UK and his colleagues published an article in the March 2015 issue of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal titled “Taking the Pixel Out of …

Tags:Codecs| pixels| Vol 22 - Issue 11

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NHK and Forza Silicon Present 133 Mpixel 60 fps Image Sensor

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the recent IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in San Francisco February 22 – 26, R. Funatsu from NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, (STRL) (Tokyo, Japan) and 11 of his colleagues …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NHK| Sensors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 15

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VIA to Show Low Cost Android Digital Signage Player

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Via Embedded, a division of Via Technologies Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan) announced on March 4th that it will demonstrate its two low-cost (Under $200) Android media players at Digital Signage Expo (DSE 2015) …

Tags:Android| Digital Signage| DSE 2015| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 22 - Issue 10