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NextFlex is Born

In August, the FlexTech Alliance received funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation ...

Oculus Slashes Prices for the Rift VR Headset

Oculus / Facebook announced that they are lowering the price of their headset Oculus Rift to $499 and the controllers Oculus ...

SID, IHS Market Focus Conference Delves into the Future of Wearable-Flexible Technology

The Society for Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS, today unveiled the final program for its Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference ...

Blur Busters Pushes Refresh Rates

The Blur Busters website has reported on a new Zisworks UltraHD 120Hx monitor that has alternate modes that support frame rates ...

Two Colour Modes in Lenovo’s Z2 Pro

Lenovo has unveiled the latest phone in its ZUK online-only brand, known as the Z2 Pro. Currently it has only been ...

Wearable World Congress Also Covers IoT

The Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, organized by the Wearable World organization, addresses the development of all wearable technology and ...

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Huawei to Start Making Phones in India

by Isaac Oburu

Huawei and EMS provider Flex will start producing phones in India according to Evertiq. The phones will be produced at Flex’s assembly near Chennai.

Tags:Flex| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 37

SMIT and CryptoGuard Launch New CAM

by Yvette Raikes

The latest version of the CryptoGuard CAM (conditional access module) has been released by the Swedish CA system developer, using SMIT’s CAM devices. The companies say that Pay TV security is now even more …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Security| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Canada’s VMedia launches live TV on Roku TVs and players

by Isaac Oburu

VMedia Inc. today announced the launch of its VMedia TV streaming channel on the Roku® streaming platform in Canada. With VMedia TV, consumers will be able to watch up to 20 live TV channels, …

Tags:Roku| Streaming Video

VMedia Now Live on Roku TVs and players

by Isaac Oburu

VMedia Inc. has announced today that it has launched its streaming channel, VMedia TV, on the Roku streaming platform in Canada. VMedia TV will have up to 20 live TV channels such as CTV, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| North America| OTT Video| Roku| Vol 23 - Issue 37

FCC Proposing Radical Changes to Set-top Box Rules

by Aldo Cugnini

In a move that has rattled quite a few cages, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed adopting new rules affecting cable and satellite distribution and consumption of content. What does that mean for the …

Tags:Broadcast| FCC| Legislation| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Epson Upgrades LS10500 for HDR Support

by Chris Chinnock

Epson has a new flagship model for its home cinema line: the LS10500, the successor to the LS10000. The major difference is the addition of support for HDR10, which apparently, cannot be done as …

Tags:3LCD| Cedia 2016| Epson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Home Theatre| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Polymedia to Distribute Altona Products in Russia

by Isaac Oburu

Atlona and Polymedia inked a distribution deal. The deal will see Polymedia distribute Atlona’s commercial AV products in Russia effective as from 1st October.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Voice is the Next User Interface Revolution say Amazon

by Chris Chinnock

Charlie Kindel, the Director of Alexa Smart Home at Amazon, gave a thought provoking keynote speech at CEDIA. His main message was that computer interaction must and will move beyond the keyboard and mouse. …

Tags:Amazon| Cedia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 23 - Issue 37

SIM2 Launches HDR SIM2 Dual Projector System at CEDIA

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s CEDIA, we saw a prototype of a dual projection solution capable of showing HDR images. This product was launched in Europe, but at this year’s show, it was officially released to …

Tags:Cedia 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Sim2| Vol 23 - Issue 37

SIM2’s NERO4 is a 4K Single Chip DLP Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Three single-chip TRP DLP projectors were shown at CEDIA that use the 0.66” 4M mirror chip and image shifting optics to create a 4K image (8.3M pixels). This included Digital Projection, Vivitek and SIM2. …

Tags:Cedia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Sim2| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 37

SIM2 Launches xTV Laser Projector

by Chris Chinnock

As we have noted many times, the Laser TV category featuring an ultra short throw projector mounted below a screen in a living room scenario is a hot topic – especially in China. The …

Tags:Cedia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Sim2| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Screen Updates from CEDIA

by Chris Chinnock

There were a few new screen introductions at CEDIA which we summarize below. Vutec introduced a new thin frame for their screen materials that is only 3/8” thick (9.5mm). It is targeted at commercial …

Tags:Cedia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Vol 23 - Issue 37