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We met with Christie at NAB where we had a chance to see their HDR projector in action in the Christie Innovation Theater and more. But first, we wanted to clarify some of the configurations of the more advanced solutions the company offers. For this, we broke the projection solutions down into three blocks: light … Read more
Fusion is a new UK-based company founder by two longtime broadcast industry professionals, Carl J. Dempsey and Steve Farmer. Their first product, a 55” OLED 4K-UHD monitor, is aimed at broadcast and movie production applications. It was debuted at NAB 2016. The ORD-55 features independent processing and quad-mode operation. There are four individual processors to … Read more
Flanders Scientific showed an interesting demo in their booth at NAB. They took one of their standard OLED monitors, the CMS 250, that has a peak luminance rating of 100 cd/m² and they ran it at 300cd/m². This halves the lifetime of the panel but offers some interesting options. To see if this was useful … Read more
Adder debited its DDX KVM switch at InfoComm last year and has been getting great sales ever since, the company told us. It is a lower cost option than their Infinity product, but nearly as functional. It is a 1 Gbps switch. For example, it is a 30 port switch with 7 fixed ports and … Read more
While LCD remains the dominant display technology today, IHS predicts that AMOLED shipments will climb 40% this year, to 395 million units. At the same time, revenues will rise 25%, to $15 billion. Falling costs, wider adoption in end-user electronics and the ramp-up of new manufacturing facilities are contributing to the shift. “AMOLED has a … Read more
LG Electronics reported an operating profit of 505.2 billion Won ($420 million) on sales of 13.36 trillion Won ($11.12 billion). Profit was up 65.5% on the same period last year. Home entertainment sales were down 2.3% from last year at 4.33 trillion Won ($3.6 billion) with weak TV demand in North America and Europe. Operating … Read more
Dolby Labs reported Q2 2016 net profit of $67.4 million, up 16% YoY from $58 million. Turnover was $274.3 million, compared to $271.9 million in the year ago quarter. Dolby Audio inclusion in the iOS was credited with the improved financials.
Sky Italy’s IPTV platform, which is powered by V-Nova’s Perseus codec (Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy), won Newbay Media’s Best of Show award at NAB 2016. V-Nova also used the show to announce the deployment of a Perseus-powered OTT mobile video services in India, by Fastfilmz, and Eutselsat’s use to drive UltraHD contribution of the … Read more
E Ink and Vanzo Technology have co-operated on a turnkey solution to support the development of dual-screen mobile phones using MediaTek chips. The solution combines E Ink ePaper technology with Vanzo’s software and app.
UMC reported Q1 2016 net profit of NT$ 210 million ($6.5 million), down 94.7% YoY from NT$ 3.9 billion ($123 million). Turnover was NT$ 34.4 billion ($1 billion), down 8.6% YoY from NT$ 37.65 billion ($1.1 billion). Financial performance was negatively impacted by the earthquake in February.
Kyocera reported year ending net profit of 109 billion yen ($968 million), down 5.9% from 115 billion yen ($1 billion). Turnover was 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion), down 3% from 1.5 trillion yen ($14 trillion). Declines in telecom and applied ceramics, along with a 23 billion yen ($214 million) charge related to goodwill were responsible … Read more
Microvision reported Q1 2016 net loss of $3.6 million, down 10% YoY from $4 million. Turnover was $3.7 million, up over 4 times YoY from $0.9 million.
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