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Display software specialist, Portrait Displays, Inc. has acquired the assets, including the staff, brand names and products of SpectraCal, the developer of the respected CalMan colour calibration and testing software. The deal was finalised on 1st April, although the news was released today, 12th April. All of the SpectraCal management and technical staff will join … Read more
Portrait Displays, Inc., a global leader in visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry, today announced the acquisition of SpectraCal, Inc., creating a leading end-to-end provider of display control, custom software, and color accuracy-solutions. From factory production to an end-user’s day-to-day viewing experience, Portrait enables color quality on the world’s … Read more
DISH customers can now stream the Netflix catalog of Ultra HD TV shows and movies from a Hopper 3 DVR. Beginning today, these Netflix titles join DISH’s inventory of Ultra HD content that includes a slate of 4K programming from Sony, The Orchard and Mance Media. The Hopper 3 delivers native 4K support, decoding and … Read more
Sigma Designs®, a leading provider of intelligent system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for Smart TV, Smart home IoT and IP-based set-top-boxes (STBs), announced that Dune HD has selected Sigma Designs’ SMP8758 and Z-Wave® technology for its new hybrid media player, SOLO 4K. Together, the two companies are addressing the full spectrum of market opportunities for the next … Read more
From the earliest cave drawings, to classical paintings, to crayon scribbles, humans just have a thing for visual expression. These days digital art has spurred new opportunities for creativity, going well beyond good old pencils and paper. It’s against this canvas that we bring you Tilt Brush—a new virtual reality (VR) app that lets you … Read more
NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage, and distribute entertainment across all platforms, will feature a broad slate of activities dedicated to the latest trends in virtual reality (VR). The 2016 NAB Show will showcase the latest VR content from around the globe, host sessions that feature Academy-Award … Read more
Acer has refreshed its Iconia Tab 10 tablet, with a new processor and Precision Plus touch technology. It appears to be aimed at new tablet users, as it includes a suite of proprietary software. This year’s Iconia Tab 10 is, like previous models, a 10.1″ slate, but differs in several respects. The first is Acer’s … Read more
Fransat, Eutelsat’s French division, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet, ‘Le Corsaire’, live in UltraHD on the 2nd April, using Ateme’s Titan solution. Content was encoded at 50fps with 10-bit colour, using HEVC.
Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to show seven matches from the Euro 2016 football tournament, in UltraHD on the Tivùsat free-to-view platform. The matches will be broadcast live via satellite, starting with the quarter-finals on the 30th June and ending with the final on the 10th July. Viewers will need an UltraHD … Read more
Eyevis and Antycip Simulation are to deepen their collaboration, having worked together on several successful projects. Eyevis specialises in video wall displays, while Antycip is a provider of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) simulation software, projection and display systems. With this renewed partnership, the companies will be able to offer joint solutions to clients. Antycip products will … Read more
The WSD-F10 Casio smartwatch will be available in Germany this June. German tablet manufacturer MAS Elektronik AG has introduced a 4G 10.1″ tablet called the Telepad 10A3 4G, in its Xoro brand. Described as ‘one of the most powerful Telepads to date’, the tablet features a 1.3GHz quad-core processor (Cortex A53), 1GB of RAM, 16GB … Read more
Image: ITRIElectronics and Optoelectronics System Research Laboratories, under the auspices of Taiwan’s ITRI, is building a roll-to-roll production line for flexible OLED lighting panels. The panels are based on thin glass substrates. The front-end of the production is ready now, and small volume production (around 700 panels per month) will begin next year.
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