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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “United States Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” report to their offering. This comprehensive report forecasts the market for augmented reality and virtual reality in the United States to grow at a CAGR over 37% during 2015-2020. The market is witnessing growth … Read more
Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, is helping broadcasters, content distributors and other media companies simplify and accelerate their transitions to Ultra High Definition (UHD) and related capabilities by providing the industry’s most comprehensive and versatile portfolio of UHD-enabled solutions. At the upcoming NAB Show, the company will demonstrate its … Read more
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., the developer of the AC-4 standard, today announced a collaboration with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to adopt Dolby® AC-4 in select television models that are scheduled to begin shipping in 2017. A powerful new audio format in the Dolby Audio™ family, Dolby AC-4 is built on decades of broadcast audio experience and … Read more
Japan’s Nikkei newspaper says that Apple has cut iPhone production, due to weak sales of the flagship iPhone 6S/6S Plus and rising inventory levels. 6S production was apparently reduced by 30% in calendar Q1’16. Component suppliers are quoted, saying that Apple told them that the lower output level will continue through June.
Lang AG has purchased 50 of Panasonic’s PT-RZ31K laser phosphor projectors. These are designed for large venue applications, and will be available for rental starting in the autumn.
Optoma is preparing for a sports-filled summer, with three new projectors designed for easy set-up and with low input lag (for gaming). The H114, H183X and S331 DLP projectors all feature Texas Instruments’ BrilliantColor, which is designed to supply more vibrant and accurate colours to the display. Optoma guarantees five years of consistent colour performance … Read more
Video stitching is becoming more and more of a relevant topic for the display industry, assisted by the growth of virtual reality. Stitching the output of several image sensors together is essential in 360° video capture, and must be done in real-time for live video, such as sports or news. Several companies were showing solutions … Read more
Informitv has conducted an independent test of V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The results confirm that Perseus can be used for visually lossless UltraHD video, as well as supporting HDR and 8k video. HD and UltraHD tests performed on P.Link 4K – V-Nova’s contribution encoder and decoder solution. Results indicate that Perseus is visually lossless for video … Read more
Panasonic has supplied the LEDs for Colossus: a set of four large LED screens (6mm pixel pitch) suspended above the Bristol Motor Speedway in the USA. Colossus, which has just been turned on, is three stories tall and required 700 tons of footing, cabling and towers. Each of the four screens is 9m x 19.2m, … Read more
Kyocera is a specialist in producing rugged smartphones, specifically for the US and Japanese markets. The firm’s newest model is the Hydro Reach: a 4G phone with IP57 waterproof certification. Full immersion in up to 1m of water, for up to 30 minutes, will not damage the Hydro Reach. Its 5″ (960 x 540) touchscreen … Read more
At NAB, JVC presented a new range of DT-N studio monitors, each supporting input resolutions up to 2048 x 1080. The 17.3″ DT-N17F, 21.5″ DT-N21F and 23.8″ DT-N24F all feature waveform, vector scope and histogram functions, as well as zebra stripe and peaking focus assist. They have dual DC power inputs. The DT-N17F is supplied … Read more
The Czech Republic has said that it aims to complete its transition to DVB-T2 within the next six years. A strategy for the development of DTT will be submitted by the end of June.
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