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Astro Shows 8K Products

by Chris Chinnock

Astro Design was showing a novel lens on its 8K camera, the AH-4801-D. It was coupled to a fisheye lens to capture a 180º view of the immediate environment. This was then coupled to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

NAB 2018 Introduction

by Chris Chinnock

NAB 2018 was as busy as usual (about 100K attendees), but there was little new from the display perspective. Clearly, 8K continues to be a topic of interest with an 8K displays from Sony, …

Sky Deutschland Announces May Launch for Sky Q

by Andrew Fenn

Sky Deutschland has announced that Sky Q will launch in Germany and Austria in May. The service, which provides viewers with access to Ultra HD content, among other features, will be deployed as a …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Netflix Reached 125 Million Subscribers in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix has released its closing report for the first quarter of 2018, revealing that the platform added 7.4 million subscribers during the quarter, bringing its total subscriber count to 125 million. The company has …

ProLight & Sound 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Absen did not have any new products that we didn’t see at ISE, but where it made a big impact with its CoB technology. The company told us that it had a very positive …

AOTO Exploits GTek Acquisition for Rental

by Bob Raikes

Aoto has a strong emphasis on rental and told us that one reason for its success in the field because its displays are claimed to have particularly good stability over the lifetime of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| ProLight & Sound 2018| Rental and Staging| Vol 25 - Issue 15

ROE Continues to Develop and Impress

by Bob Raikes

ROE had a booth near the front of the show and had two new products. The company has impressed us with its quality in the past and was one of the first companies to …

Lang Uses COTS Products for Uncompressed 8K

by Bob Raikes

As in previous years, Lang Ag had a small booth under the branding of the Lang Academy training school. Staff told us that this meant that it could have a small booth, rather than …

Hox LED Comes Into Branded LED

by Bob Raikes

Hox LED is a fourteen year Shenzen LED maker that told us that it has been making LED displays for other brands ‘for many years’, but is now starting to increase the volume of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| ProLight & Sound 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Eyevis Expecting to Announce a Deal

by Bob Raikes

Eyevis is currently in the German equivalent of ‘Chapter 11’ and told us that that it had hoped to finalise a sale to a new owner in time for the show, but this had …

ColorLight Supports HLG as Well as PQ

by Bob Raikes

Colorlight is from Shenzen and makes LED controllers. It is clear in its aim to compete with Novastar and told us that it is ‘almost the same’ as Novastar, but cheaper. One of the …

Tags:Display Controllers| Large Display Monitor| LED| ProLight & Sound 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Basictech LED Has Reduced Wind Load

by Bob Raikes

Basictech was the first of many LED display makers that we met at the show. The company is based in Korea and also has an office in Japan. It has been in the business …