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Tom Schubert has joined Tech Data as its dedicated Android business development manager. He will be tasked with providing additional support for customers taking Android-based smartphones and mobile devices to the business and consumer markets. Schubert has worked in the mobile sector for six and a half years, in both customer-centric and purchasing roles.
European start-up Sphericam has announced that it’s going into full-scale production in the U.S. this summer with the a 360˚ VR camera capable of live streaming in 4K. The camera, called Sphericam 2, is roughly the size of a baseball and will retail for a mere $2,500 but packs in market-leading features such as 360˚ … Read more
At NAB, Nokia Technologies announced new solutions to complement the company’s OZO virtual reality (VR) camera, including live VR broadcasting, 3D stitching, and a VR player software development kit (SDK). The new tools and solutions expand the Nokia Technologies VR ecosystem portfolio, which includes OZO, the first commercially available VR camera to capture full 3D … Read more
Canon was busy at NAB showing how its cameras can capture HDR content that can be used in movie as well as broadcast production. It had a number of cameras set up including an Arri Alexa camera, the Grass Valley LDX 86 with HDR HLG and SDR outputs and some Canon cameras. Some of Canon’s … Read more
Epson was showcasing their new Pro L25000U, a 25,000 lumen laser phosphor projector at NAB in a big way. Not only was it lighting up a big and visible screen, but the colors were purposely over saturated to accentuate the wide color gamut and high brightness. It definitely looked over saturated, but it made an … Read more
Ikegami was showing a new DCI 4K (4096×2160) monitor with HDR capabilities. It has a 31” diagonal and is based upon LCD technology. It will have quad 3G and 12G SDI inputs, plus HD/3G SDI and HDMI 2 inputs. The company plans to have it offer wide color gamut but no specification was offered. Two … Read more
Sony has introduced a new HDR monitor, the 55-inch PVM-X550 OLED monitor, which offers quad view display among its other features, and is aimed at client viewing in UltraHD. The monitor will also be available in August for around $27K. It joins the BVM-X300 30” 4K OLED monitor (although that one is 4096 x 2160 … Read more
MPEG LA, LLC has announced that coverage of its DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License was recently updated to include the latest DisplayPort standard specification, VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1.4, March 2016. The DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License is offered for the convenience of DisplayPort users enabling them to obtain coverage under essential patents owned by multiple patent … Read more
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™ today announced that Kevin Ho, president of the Handset Product Line of Huawei Device, will deliver the opening keynote address at the upcoming CES Asia™ 2016. Owned and produced by CTA, and co-produced by Intex Shanghai, CES Asia 2016 will run May 11-13 in Shanghai, China, at the Shanghai New … Read more
The most impressive display at NAB was undoubtedly the giant 8K LED video wall in the Planar/Leyard booth. It was 30’x 18’ (9.1m x 5.5m) and built using cabinets with 1.2mm pitch LEDs. It was stunning and even looked good from quite close up. Of course it is a little pricey – about $2M for … Read more
We met with the UHD Alliance at NAB 2016 to get any updates since their big news at CES, where they issued requirements for content creation and displays, plus a certification program. According to Victor Matsuda, who works for Sony but serves as the communications manager for the Alliance, there are now about 30 certified … Read more
One of the more important needs as HDR and WCG content and displays become available is the need to do color remapping. That means taking content from the rec 709 content and expanding it to a wider color gamut and taking content mastered in a DCI-P3 or 2020 color gamut and shrinking it to a … Read more
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