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Christie Brings 6P Laser to Asia

by Tom Allen

Christie’s Solaria CP4230 DLP projector has been used at the opening of the Shanghai International Film Festival – marking the seventh consecutive year of Christie’s involvement with the event. The projector is being used …

Verlase Claims Quantum Wells Challenge QDs

by Tom Allen

Verlase has patented a wavelength conversion technology that it hopes will challenge quantum dots. Click to enlargeThe new patent (US Patent No. 9,035,344) is based on ‘quantum wells’ (QWs) formed from exfoliated 2D materials. …

StarVR More Than Doubles Oculus FoV

by Tom Allen

Starbreeze Studios, a Swedish games studio, has decided to cut out the middle man and develop its own VR headset, under the name ‘StarVR’. Introduced at E3, the headset offers an extremely wide field …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

YouTuber Goes to Extreme Lengths for Views

by Tom Allen

A YouTuber known as TechRax is garnering views (and media attention) with his latest stunt, which may be one of the most expensive private videos to ever hit the site. TechRax’s channel mostly focuses …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25| YouTube

Sony Blames Qualcomm for Flagship Overheating

by Tom Allen

Following tests by Dutch website GSMinfo, Sony has admitted that its Z3+ smartphone (Xperia Z4 in Japan) is suffering from overheating issues. The company has blamed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip for the problem. Sony …

Regulator Aims to Halt Illegal Transmissions

by Tom Allen

Greek regulator EETT is seeking to end illegal analogue transmissions in the country. Several local municipalities are still permitting these broadcasts to take place for viewers outside of the DTT coverage area. EETT is …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Greece| Large Display Monitor| Regulation| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Nvidia’s Shield Goes on the Offensive

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD software update has been rolled out to Nvidia’s Shield STB (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console). Although already supporting UltraHD from local sources (via HDMI), software update 1.2 enables …

Alibaba Positions for Video Streaming Market

by Tom Allen

Alibaba Group, one of China’s largest businesses, will launch an online video streaming service this summer. It will be known as Tmall Box Office (TBO). Patrick Liu, head of digital entertainment, said, “Our goal …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 25

OTT Revenues Rocket as SVOD Overtakes Advertising

by Tom Allen

Netflix’s continued global rollout, which has pushed local players to step up their efforts, was cited as a reason for SVOD’s growth.According to Digital TV Research, global TV and video revenues from OTT will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 25

UltraHD Panels Hit New Record in April

by Tom Allen

Shipments of UltraHD LCD TV panels continue to rise, exceeding 3 million units for the first time in April this year – 14% of global TV panels. 20% of TV panels shipped in 2016 …

Stewart Filmscreen Demonstrates LuminEsse ‘Edgeless’ Fixed Frame Wall Screen Paired with Ultra-Short Throw Projectors

by Tom Allen

Stewart Filmscreen®—an Academy Award®winning manufacturer of custom-engineered projector screens and specialty optical coatings—announced today that it will be demonstrating its LuminEsse™, fixed frame front projection screen, in concert with a Canon ultra-short throw projector …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Projection Screens

World’s Fastest HQUltra 4K Presentation Scaler-Switcher at InfoComm 2015

by Tom Allen

At InfoComm 2015, Calibre will launch major innovations utilizing their HQUltra, the world’s fastest single-channel 4K presentation switching performance technology. The powerful HQView770 scaler-switcher utilizes in-house developed virtual-ASIC video processing technology that provides three …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Switchers| UltraHD & 4K