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Panasonic Displays Fashion

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Paula Knorr used Panasonic high brightness displays for her Spring/Summer ’17 collection During London Fashion Week. Four 55″ LCD displays (two TH-55LF8s and two TH-55LF80s) were employed and Knorr said that the matt screens …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Rogue One Reaches Dolby Cinemas

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Walt Disney’s film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be available in over 50 Dolby Cinema locations around the world when it arrives on December 15th. Dolby boasts high dynamic range and accentuates …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Shooting Stars For Olympics

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Project Sky Canvas plans to have shooting stars in the sky for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. A micro-satellite will be launched which will fire up to 1000 tiny particles into the atmosphere. As …

Tags:Back Panel| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Indian Cinema Chain Goes 3D

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Indian cinema chain Inox Leisure is adopting French company Volfoni’s SmartCrystal Diamond 3D system for screens across the country. It is the first Indian chain to use this technology. Last month, Volfoni said that …

Tags:3D Cinema| Back Panel| India| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Oculus Confirms Touch Titles

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Oculus has just launched its touch controllers, and pre-orders will get 8 free titles. The company has released a list of 53 titles which are available here.

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Italy Stops Harmful Transmissions

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Since 2005, Italian TV transmissions on 61 frequencies have been causing harmful interference in neighbouring countries – Slovenia and Croatia in particular have complained. The Italian government has made all broadcasters on these frequencies …

Tags:Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 48

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CEO Will Step Down When Sharp is Profitable

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When Foxconn took control of Sharp, its vice chairman Tai Jeng-wu (Innolux and Sharp See Changes at the Top) became the CEO and president of Sharp. Sharp’s shares had been demoted to the second …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Hulu Supports 4K

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Hulu has added 4K UltraHD quality to its offerings. It is supporting 4K streaming on the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One S, starting with four original TV series and 20 James bond …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 48

German Rental Provider Takes PX1004UL

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NEC launched its PX1004UL projector at the end of October, and it has now been adopted by German rental provider Gahrens + Battermann. The projector is recommended for staging and digital signage.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Rental and Staging| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Cyberlink Offers World’s First 4K Media Player

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Cyberlink’s PowerDVD has been certified for playback of ultra HD Blu-ray discs, which the company claims is a first for a software media player. This will allow PC users with the right hardware to …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Netflix and TiVo Reach New Agreement

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Netflix and TiVo have updated their intellectual property agreement. TiVo will continue to integrate Netflix into its STBs, but now Netflix will license TiVo’s technology for its OTT service. This is one of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Tivo| Vol 23 - Issue 48

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Panasonic and Atlona Join for Videoconferencing

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Panasonic is working with US AV distributor Atlona to put together a complete platform for videoconferencing. The bundle includes Panasonic’s TH-84EF1 and TH-75EF1 LCD displays combined with Atlona’s AT-UHD-HDVS-300-KIT conferencing system. There is no …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| VideoConferencing| Vol 23 - Issue 48