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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.
Vuzix has signed an agreement with action camera brand GoPro, gaining access to to the GoPro Developer Programme toolkits. Vuzix has developed the capability to connect its M300 smart glasses to GoPro cameras. Multiple cameras can be connected and controlled from one pair of glasses.
Crystal Display Systems‘ Lucid Vue transparent OLED display is now in stock. The 55″ display has 45% transmittance, 1920 x 1080 resolution and uses poly-Si TFTs. Peerless AV has developed a new range of trolleys and wall mounts for the 55″ and 84″ versions of the Microsoft Surface Hub. The MIS988 (55″) and SR598-HUB (84″) … Read more
CN-VOLET structure diagram. Image: OLED-InfoThe University of Florida developed an organic TFT (OTFT) backplane technology back in 2011, which is especially well-suited for OLED panels. The technology is called carbon nanotube vertical organic light-emitting transistor, or CN-VOLET. At SID 2016 (24th – 26th May), researchers from UFL and the University of Seoul will jointly demonstrate … Read more
Crystal Display Systems is now a distributor for Portuguese company Displax, which manufactures after-market touch films. CDS will stock Displax products across the UK and the rest of Europe.
Himax has said that its HX8396-C display driver IC is being used in the HTC 10 smartphone. The chip is designed for high-end TFT-LCD phone displays. Neither Himax nor HTC said why the IC was chosen, although the device is intended to lower the power consumption of the application processor to extend battery life.
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