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In the most recent Apple show of their newest gadgets, we saw the announcements of the Apple watch Series 2 and the iPone 7. As no surprise, Apple showed us their “BEST iPhone” ever together with the second iteration of the Apple Watch, which they call Apple Watch Series 2. A little more on that … Read more
Insight Media has released a new white paper showing the similarities and difference between HDR10 and Dolby Vision. The analysis shows that HDR10 is really a subset of the more comprehensive Dolby Vision HDR solution. The white paper takes a methodical approach by comparing the differences of HDR from content creation to playback and distribution. … Read more
TCL used IFA to showcase a broad range of display expertise including HDR LCD TV, 8K displays and laser projection TVs. Just prior to IFA, it also announced plans to invest $7 billion to develop a Gen 11 LCD and OLED production line in Shenzhen through its subsidiary panel display maker, China Star Optoelectronics Technology … Read more
LG announced new 21:9 aspect ratio IPS LCD curved monitors along with a new pico projector at IFA this year. It did not announce any new TV products or deals at IFA, but it did have an impressive booth that highlighted the growing opportunities for OLEDs. Most interestingly, the company said it would offer quantum … Read more
There was no talk of display or TVs at the Sony press conference, but they were showing the new ZD9 TV in the booth along with other high-end TVs, plus the Backlight Master demo shown previously at CES 2016. The XD93, XD94 and ZD9 are current models that meet the performance level of the UHD … Read more
Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK) that enhance the safety, productivity and capabilities of UAVs … Read more
Epson has announced that it has partnered with DJI, maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses. The Epson Moverio BT-300 AR smart glasses will start shipping in late Q4 16 and DJI will optimize the DJI GO app for it. The smart glasses will be available … Read more
According to the August 2016 Steam hardware survey, adoption of virtual reality headsets in the US market has slowed dramatically. Instead of a runaway success this market segment looks right now more like a dead market. According to the numbers only 0.18% of the respondents are using a HTC Vive and 0.1% own an Oculus … Read more
David Mercer of Strategy Analytics has said that by 2020, 250 million viewers around the world will be ready to watch HDR content, as the annual sales of ‘HDR-enabled’ sets will be 58 by then, with an installed base of 107 million households. Penetration of HDR TVs will reach nearly 25% of homes in the … Read more
NMHH has revealed that more pay-TV homes are now receiving digital services in Hungary. Data provided by top ten providers of pay-TV services showed that the figure was at 73.5% of the subscribers are receiving digital services as of July 2016. The total number of cable and IPTV subscriptions was 2,272,063, where 1,401,667 of these … Read more
The Digitalisation Report for 2016, published by the German media authorities, says that 35 million (or 92.3%) of German households now receive digital TV services. The percentage is 82.1% of those using cable, the last networks offering analogue TV. This means that the expected 2018 analogue switch-off looks achievable. Most households use DTH satellite (46.5%) … Read more
Ikegami was showing a new 31.1″ DCI 4K 4096 x 2160 broadcast monitor with 350 cd/m² of brightness, 10 bit processing and 1,450:1 contrast. The monitor can support the Rec 2020 gamut (although coverage was not confirmed other than ‘wide’). The IPS display will cost around €18,000 and should be available in December. It has … Read more
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