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Samsung Electronics was at the CE Week event in New York City showcasing their new HDR calibration disc along with a complete UHD/HDR calibration workflow featuring the CalMan software from SpectraCal. The disc and accompanying instruction manual won’t be ready for distribution for a couple of months, but the demo provided a great preview of … Read more
Samsung, with Best Buy, has launched a new convertible PC that can support HDR content – a first, as far as we’re aware. The new ‘Video HDR’ mode on the Notebook 7 Spin can be used when watching HDR content, meaning that – for example – streaming certain videos from Netflix will use the format. … Read more
The BBC has said that it is ‘stockpiling’ UltraHD footage, which Advanced Television states is in preparation for the launch of a dedicated channel about a year from now. The channel will be launched with long-form coverage of the 2017 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Litemax Electronics, a leader in enabling intelligent vertical market platforms for industrial displays and computing, announced today they will be hosting the company’s first UK channel conference on 16th September 2016, together with their UK partner Display Solutions. The one day event will include a variety of presentations and panel discussions presented by key figures … Read more
Blackberry reported Q1 2016 net loss of $670 million, compared to a net profit of $68 million in the previous year. Turnover was $400 million, down 40% YoY from $658 million. An overall dismal financial situation was characterized by nearly $600 million of write-offs and continually declining sales volumes.
The Information claims that Huawei is developing its own smartphone OS, to reduce its reliance on Android. The company currently uses a custom skin for the Android OS (which has been criticised for looking too much like the iPhone), but has apparently built a team – which includes former Nokia engineers – to develop its … Read more
S[quadrat] of Germany recently completed an installation of its Sky LED display product series – also known as the NEC LiFT series – for Porsche Chicago. Porsche’s new showroom uses a 30m² Sky SI display, with a 3.8mm pixel pitch and 1,200 cd/m² of brightness. The high brightness and image quality, with 14-bit greyscale, were … Read more
NEC showed its LiFT (3M Slims Touch at ISE) LED displays at Infocomm, which are developed with Germany’s S[quadrat]. One of the products – the L015Si – won an award for Best Direct View LED Product. The display was said to be differentiated by its pixel card construction and magnetic quick-lock system.
A source speaking to PC Games N has said that AOC will launch a pair of UltraHD monitors this year: one flat and one curved. Both displays will use Nvidia G-Sync, said the source. The flat model will use a 27″ IPS panel with a 75Hz refresh rate; the curved model will be 35″ and … Read more
Road to VR‘s Ben Lang spoke to Emmanuel Marquez, CTO of Starbreeze VR, at E3 this month. We first began covering the firm about a year ago, when its HMD became famous for its massive field of view (StarVR More Than Doubles Oculus FoV). Starbreeze’s latest StarVR 1.4 prototype has a 210° FoV. One of … Read more
Last week, the UK public voted to leave the European Union – despite warnings about such a move by business leaders and independent bodies like the IFS. Although there have been questions raised about what will happen next (as several of the Leave leaders are already distancing themselves from the campaign’s promises), here we will … Read more
Interactivity is currently enabled through the BBC Red Button serviceThe BBC has announced that it will move away from its current MHEG standard and begin to use HbbTV – the hybrid broadcast standard used in mainland Europe. The BBC has said that it will work with bodies such as the DTG and Digital UK on … Read more
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