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Sony Corporation of America today announced the opening of Sony Square NYC, a showplace for the latest in Sony entertainment and technology. Located in the Company’s New York City headquarters at 25 Madison Avenue, the facility offers visitors the chance to check out select new Sony technologies and products, some of which are still in … Read more
If you want to start an argument, just ask, “Which is better, Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android?” Asking which is a better HDR system, HDR10 or Dolby Vision is a similar question. Both have their advantages and disadvantages and both have their advocates. The introduction on August 5th of the Xbox One S added one … Read more
Tektronix has rolled out a field-installable software update for its WFM/WVR 8000 series of waveform monitors and rasterizers. The update adds support for HDR and Rec.2020; it will be demonstrated at IBC in September.
AUO held a ceremony at its G6 (1500×1850 mm) LTPS fab in Kunshan, China, this week to celebrate the first 5.5″ 1920 x 1080 LTPS LCD panel produced there. The Kunshan fab is expected to begin mass production in Q4 this year. AUO Kunshan fab is the Company’s first front-end LCD fab in China and … Read more
Optoma’s HD27 is the company’s newest DLP projector for the home entertainment space, bringing Rec.709 support and a compact form factor for ease of relocation. Multiple picture modes are built in to the unit, including Reference (replication of Rec.709) and Gaming (maximising contrast and colour while lowering response times). It is able to show 10-bit … Read more
The B2B Philips monitor that MMD previewed last week, and will appear at IFA 2016, is officially known as the 272B7QPTKEB. This 27″ display features a pop-up webcam that is usually hidden in the display frame. MMD says that this makes the monitor more secure if a network is hacked. Like other professional Philips displays, … Read more
Musician, comedian and writer James Veitch was in a tight spot at the opening of his third show, ‘Game Face’, at the Edinburgh Fringe – but Optoma stepped in to help. Veitch contacted the company for a bright, high-resolution and short-throw projector to use in his act; Optoma shipped an EH200ST model up to Edinburgh … Read more
LED-laser projectors from Casio have become the first lamp-free models in the world to achieve TCO 2.0 certification. The projectors are Casio’s XJ-F210WN, XJ-F100W, XJ-F200WN, XJ-V110W and XJ-V100W.
US-based cinema chain AMC and Dolby have, due to very positive guest reactions, announced plans to accelerate the deployment of Dolby Cinema technology. The companies will install Dolby systems at 100 AMC locations before the end of 2017: seven years ahead of schedule. They are also working to expand the original agreement, signed in 2015, … Read more
Asus, under its Republic of Gamers brand, is sponsoring “The International” – said to be the world’s most lucrative eSports tournament. The International 2016 has a prize pool of $20 million. Asus is providing its laptops (ROG Strix GL702) and monitors (ROG Swift PG248Q) for the Dota 2 competition, which runs from the 8th – … Read more
Gerhard Schulz, who worked for Ingram Micro since 2000 and has led the European arm since 2013, is leaving the distributor on the 30th September. Marc Snider, formerly head of the Canadian branch of Ingram Micro, will replace Schulz. Schulz’s departure comes at the same time as a corporate restructuring, which will see all region … Read more
NEC will hold a training day in Germany at the end of September, at Delo Computer GmbH in Recklinghausen. The day will cover NEC’s projector portfolio, product installation and software solutions, as well as an overview of current projection technologies. NEC will run the event from 10:00 till 15:00 on the 28th September. Interested parties … Read more
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