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Scalable Display’s Huddlewall Turnkey Display System

Scalable Display Technologies is best known for its ScalableDesktop automatic camera-based warp and blend software but they have also started to ship a turnkey display system called Huddlewall, introduced last November at I/ITSEC. At the recent Sapphire Marketing road show, I had a chance to see this system in operation and get a demonstration of … Read more

Technology and Marketing – Not Quite Identical Twins

In recent years I have seen an increasing trend using powerful technical terms in the general marketing activities of companies. This is combined with an increase in the number of press releases for new consumer electronics products and underlying technologies. At the same time I have also seen an increase in the misuse of technical … Read more

Over-the-Top Video Track at Streaming Media East Conference to Focus on Live and VOD Workflows and Business Models

StreamingMedia.com announced that its annual Streaming Media East Conference and Exhibition, taking place May 10–11 at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City, will feature sessions focusing on over-the-top video deployments, business models, and workflows. Developers, premium content owners, and broadcasters will speak or present on multiple business and technical topics including: Hands-On … Read more

Rovi to Acquire TiVo, Creating $3 Billion Entertainment Technology Leader

Rovi Corporation and TiVo Inc. today announced that Rovi will acquire TiVo for $10.70 per share in cash and stock for total consideration of approximately $1.1 billion. The new company combines two media and entertainment technology innovators with complementary products, services, and intellectual property assets and a common mission to write the next chapter of … Read more

Digital Projection Shows Laser Projectors

At the recent Sapphire Marketing road show, I had a chance to talk to Michael Bridwell, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Entertainment at Digital Projection. Digital Projection was showing three laser projectors at the road show, the E-Vision Laser 8500, E-Vision Laser 6500 and the Insight Laser 4K. Key specifications on these projectors are … Read more

IDTEchEx Predicts Huge Investments in Flexible Displays

Research firm IDTechEx holds printed electronics events twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April. In the past, IDTechEx held other events throughout the year focusing on topics such as wearables and energy harvesting; recently, the firm has combined all of them … Read more

Glass-on-Glass Lamination for Large OLEDs by Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer FEP has developed a way to fabricate flexible OLEDs on ultra-thin glass, and encapsulate them with an ultra-thin glass foil as part of the same process. These OLEDs will be shown at AIMCAL in Dresden from the 30th May – 2nd June. Fraunhofer believes that OLEDs will become a more widespread light source if … Read more

HP Hides Webcam in Slim Bezel PC

A new AIO PC with very slim bezels, and a colour-critical professional monitor, have been announced by HP for a release this summer. A stand-out model among the three new AIO PCs is the HP Pavilion All-in-One with Micro-Edge Display, which is a bit of a mouthful. This 23.8″ (non-touch) unit has a narrow bezel … Read more