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Panasonic’s newest solid state projector is a 1DLP unit using laser phosphor technology and a four-segment colour wheel: the PT-RZ570U. Designed for use in mid-size classrooms, the projector is intended to be maintenance-free. Light source lifetime is 20,000 hours, and the product is filter-free. It also has a sealed optical engine block. As a solid-state … Read more
Vivitek’s newest laser projector will be shown off at ISE 2016 in February, but is available now. The DU8090Z features an automatic colour sensor, for brightness and colour consistency; and blending, warping and geometry correction. Lens shift, zoom and focus are all powered. The projector can display picture-in-picture, using different input sources (HDMI, DVI-D, component, … Read more
Colnatec is supplying technology to a European firm building an OLED deposition machine that is headed for China. The machine will adopt Colnatec’s temperature-controlled Tempe system and is said to be larger than any previous machine. The Tempe system was originally developed to stabilize OLED device performances, for its material characterization capabilities, and for in-situ, … Read more
Samsung has announced plans to establish its own film studio for the production of VR movies and stories in New York. Samsung also announced a long-term partnership with the Sundance Institute with the aim of promoting the film production of VR contents and creative talents.
Sony has acquired Altair Semiconductor, for $212 million. The company expects to complete the transaction in early February. Altair is an Israeli company, which owns modem chip technology and related software for the 4G-LTE standard. Sony says that, by combining Altair’s technology with its own sensing technologies and image sensors, the company will attempt to … Read more
20.8 million PCs were shipped in EMEA in Q4’15 – an 18.2% decrease YoY, says IDC. Shipments were strong between summer 2014 and January 2015 thanks to Microsoft’s Bing promotion, so comparisons were unfavourable. Since then, hardware manufacturers and their channel partners have focused on lowering stock levels. Shipments were down 18% for the year … Read more
The oversupply issue currently affecting the LCD industry – exacerbated by China’s aggressive investment in production capacity and high fab utilisation – will continue well into 2016, says IHS. Large-area LCD supply is forecast to be 14% higher than demand this year, compared to 12% higher in 2015. Partly thanks to Chinese government subsidies, LCD … Read more
Nintendo is developing a new games console known as the Nintendo NX, which appears to be set to challenge the offerings from Sony and Microsoft in a way that the Wii could not. A leak, purporting to be from an internal survey in the company, points to UltraHD video streaming at 60fps being supported by … Read more
In my last Display Daily I was trying to condense the recent CES show into a short article and one of the topics was the abundance of AR/VR solutions. As my colleague, Steve Sechrist, also reported, the interest at the show among visiting professionals and journalists was strong in this field. While I have written … Read more
Were you aware broadcasters still exist? I’m not talking about networks like CBS, ABC, NBC or Fox in the US. I’m talking about companies like WCBS-TV in New York that own transmitting antennas and send RF TV signals out into the wilderness in the hope that someone is watching using their receiving antenna and a … Read more
Two additions to Barco’s ‘wePresent’ range were on show: the SharePod and WiPG-2000S. The SharePod is similar to Barco’s ClickShare, which is a collaboration tool designed to simplify content transfer from personal devices to large screens. Unlike ClickShare, the SharePod is completely wireless; a source connects via HDMI, and the SharePod sends content wirelessly to … Read more
Sony does not traditionally use BETT to show off new products, but has more of a focus on solutions. At the show, the company was showing off its Vision Presenter tool, which can be used for a variety of applications. A distance learning concept was being showcased. The University of Bath has rolled out an … Read more
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