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Epson Introduces PowerLite 975W Projector with Ultra-Long Lamp Life for K-12 Classrooms

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced the PowerLite® 975W projector – Epson’s first classroom projector to offer up to a 10,000-hour lamp life in Bright Mode1. Featuring 3,600 lumens of color brightness and 3,600 lumens of white brightness2 and WXGA resolution, the new projector delivers vivid, widescreen images, even in well-lit classrooms. … Read more

LG To Unveil Spectacular Monitor Lineup At CES 2017

Already renowned as an industry leader for integrating cutting-edge technology into premium, high-resolution monitors, LG Electronics (LG) is pushing the industry to the next level with plans to introduce a High Dynamic Range (HDR)-compatible 32-inch Ultra HD (UHD) 4K monitor at CES® 2017 in Las Vegas next month. “As the availability of HDR (high dynamic … Read more

HEVC Advance Announces ‘Royalty Free’ HEVC Software

HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced a major software policy initiative to rapidly accelerate widespread HEVC/UHD adoption in consumer mobile devices and personal computers. Under the software initiative, HEVC Advance will not seek a license or royalties on HEVC functionality implemented in application layer software downloaded to mobile devices or personal computers after … Read more

Beamr Imaging Gets Investment

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Video optimisation specialist, Beamr Imaging Ltd, has received $4 million in funding from Verizon Ventures. The money will be used to develop improved network performance and and video quality. Analyst Comment Verizon has an OTT video streaming service, go90, aimed at mobile video users so it seems reasonable to assume that it believes that Beamr … Read more

HEVC Advance Drops Some Royalties

HEVC Advance, which is a licence pool of patents for H.265, said that it will not “seek a license or royalties on HEVC functionality implemented in application layer software downloaded to mobile devices or personal computers after the initial sale of the device, where the HEVC encoding or decoding is fully executed in software on … Read more

Panasonic hybrid lighting projector gets brightness boost

The new laser projector integrates in to an existing lighting rail system and comes equipped with 2,000 lumens of brightness and a 20,000 hour laser light source, making it suitable for extended use within retail and leisure environments. The new Space Player (PT-JX200) uses newly developed Content Manager software, which enables simple signage functionality such … Read more

Digital Projection Used in Basilica

Digital Projection Inc said that its Titan Quad 2000 projector is being used in the St John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, USA. The site attracts 18 million visitors per year and a space has been set up with two 180º theatres, a multi-touch interactive table, a 6-screen interactive wall, Planar Matrix and Mosaic … Read more

Zytronic Formalises Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass Release

We reported on the adoption by touch screen maker Zytronic of Corning’s Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass in our Electronica report and now the company has formally announced it. (Zytronics Wins PCI Approval for Touch). The company told us at Electronica that it is already supplying the glass to Diebold. Zytronics said that Antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass … Read more

VESA Has Test Spec for USB Type-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode

VESA said that it has completed its compliance test specification (CTS) for products incorporating the USB Type-C connector and the DisplayPort Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) standard. The new CTS documents allow VESA members to have their products compliance tested through VESA’s Authorized Test Centers (ATCs) worldwide, or by completing self-testing and posting their certified product … Read more

AMD Makes Big Claims for Zen-based CPUs

AMD has announced at a ‘fan event’ new high performance CPUs based on its ‘Zen’ archicture and also revealed Ryzen as the new brand for Zen-based desktop and notebook processor families. AMD also gave some info on its SenseMI technologies. AMD said that SenseMI technology is an enabler of an increase of greater than 40% … Read more