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Markus Ries of Lang Ag in Germany liked the slide from Compound Photonics (DS6 Compound Photonics Challenges Projector Makers) that said that projector makers do not listen to customers. He explained that Lang is a rental and A/V company based in Germany, near Cologne. The company works with flat panel displays, but is also interested … Read more
Tim Anderson is the VP of Product Management from Compound Photonics which is “the largest projection company that you have never heard of”, as it has been, somewhat, in stealth mode. The company has been developing a number of projectors including a small 1080P unit (with a volume of 2 cc), 4K engines and 4K … Read more
The last speaker in the first session was Rod Sterling, Chief Engineer of JVC Kenwood, who spoke about HDR projection. He pointed out that most of the morning had been spent on flat panels. Projectors can get up to 1 million to 1 contrast using dual modulation (an image generator and a light source modulator), … Read more
Florian Friedrich was the next speaker and is an occasional guest writer for Display Daily. As we reported recently on a visit to his AVTop company in Munich, he has worked a lot on HDR (AV-Top Exploring HDR & UltraHD in Munich). His talk was about HDR10, which is a container for video with 10 … Read more
Sri Peruvemba, already a member of the board of Quantum Materials Corp., will take also on the role of CEO as of the 30th June. QMC founder and current CEO Steve Squires will remain with the company, but will focus more of his effort on subsidiary Solterra, which develops solar cells. Squires will maintain his … Read more
Lenovo today launched the much anticipated PHAB2 Pro – the world’s first Tango-enabled smartphone to enable augmented reality experiences – plus the dual-camera PHAB2 Plus and full-sized PHAB2 smartphones. PHAB2 Pro: World’s First Tango-Enabled AR SmartphoneUnlike any other phone, the PHAB2 Pro, powered by Tango technology – a set of sensors and software from Google … Read more
The new CEO of Samsung Display, Kwon Oh-hyun (Samsung Electronics CEO Joins SDC), is already making changes. According to Business Korea, SDC will sell some of its G7 LCD production line at the Tangjeong plant and convert existing LCD lines to produce flexible OLEDs. A KRW3 trillion ($2.6 billion) investment will be made by the … Read more
China’s OnePlus continues to produce flagship phones at comparatively low prices, with its most recent offering – the OnePlus 3 – featuring a 5.5″ AMOLED display. Called ‘a big step up’ from the OnePlus 2, the handset uses an all-metal design with a slight curve on the back. The display is 1920 x 1080, with … Read more
DOOH screens are common in the mountainous parts of Switzerland and Austria, and are used for communication, wayfinding and advertising. APG | SGA is installing four new ‘ePanel’ LCD screens in the southern Swiss resort of Zermatt. One will be 70″ (installed at Gornergrat Bahn), one 72″ (Zermatt train station) and two will be 80″ … Read more
Trekstor GmbH has expanded its range of ‘SurfTab Breeze’ Android tablets with three new models: two 9.6″ and one 10.1″. The SurfTab Breeze 10.1 has a 10.1″ display (1024 x 600) and, unusually for a tablet, a mini-HDMI port. This is in addition to the conventional micro-USB. The tablet is a 7.9mm-thick budget model, with … Read more
ZURICH — albis-elcon announced today the launch of SceneFlex, a new set-top box (STB) integration approach that features a completely open business model. With SceneFlex, operators have the flexibility to select specific hardware, architecture, and operating systems as well as respective supply chain and logistics schemes. By allowing service providers to implement a STB system … Read more
The next speaker was Dr ZhongShen Luo of Nanosys, who talked about quantum dots. First he spoke about the company (we covered this recently in our SID report: QDVision Summarises Quantum Dots). Then he went on to talk about the standards needed to deliver a great consumer experience, especially in TV. Luo explained how Nanosys … Read more
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