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One of the demos focused on Dolby Cinema. While we did not sit in a real Dolby Cinema theater (that is being constructed at the site), we did see some real images. The projector is specially designed to deliver ultra-high contrast. It is essentially two 3-chip DLP projectors in series so you get double modulation … Read more
One of the key new initiatives in sound reproduction is the move to create immersive sound. We have moved from monaural to stereo to 5.1 to 7.1 and even more channels. Now, we are adding an overhead layer and the ability to create sounds at any arbitrary point in this immersive audio dome. This is … Read more
Dolby Laboratories invited a number of industry analyst to spend the day with them in San Francisco showing off technology and discussing their business. It was an open and informative day. First, Dolby is doing well. We met in the company’s new headquarters building on fashionable Market Street in downtown San Francisco. It is a … Read more
SMPTE’s Board of Governors has formally approved the creation of the SMPTE UK Region. Bruce Devlin, chief media scientist at Dalet, has been appointed to serve as the new region’s first governor. The SMPTE UK Section grew from 83 members in 2012, to more than 500 in 2015. Any Section exceeding 500 members can petition … Read more
Apple® today announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the revolutionary App Store® across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced that … Read more
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and DISH Network L.L.C have completed long-term carriage agreements for three of SPT’s wholly-owned domestic networks: Sony Movie Channel, Cine Sony Television and getTV. The agreements include first-time nationwide distribution of classic TV channel getTV, the addition of Spanish-language Hollywood movie and entertainment network Cine Sony Television on DishLATINO, and continued … Read more
The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that 3.2 billion people, or 44% of the world’s population, will have access to the Internet in 2016. Of this number, more than 2 billion will be using mobile devices to do so. But what are the world’s Internet users doing online? A new IDC infographic, How the World … Read more
This week we feature two stories that highlight how far down CPT and Hannstar are on a year on year basis. That reflects a range of problems at the moment for the panel industry. CPT and Hannstar are interesting companies because they are the result of a particular point in Taiwanese panel production expansion. Neither … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that its ANX7428 achieved USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) certification for USB Power Delivery (USB PD), receiving the Product Test ID 10970042. The ANX74XX Mobile HD family supports the DisplayPort™ over USB-C™ protocol (formally known as the DisplayPort™ Alt Mode), USB data, and USB Power Delivery. ANX74XX is a fully integrated, … Read more
According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report, 15% of global IP addresses are now classified as ‘4k-ready’ (defined as 15Mbps speeds or higher) – almost triple that of the 5.3% in Q2. YoY, global adoption rate of 15Mbps connections rose 21%. Seven of the top 10 countries/regions saw increases, ranging from 8.9% in … Read more
The sale of LG’s OLED lighting business to LG Display, from LG Chemical (LG Display Takes LG Chem’s OLED Business) has been completed. It is part of the move to consolidate all of LG’s OLED business into one unit.
Netflix has announced a new system of compression called ‘per-title encoding’. This is not a new codec – the company will continue to use H.264 – but a new way of looking at different types of content. For example, a cartoon – which uses ‘simple’ images – could use just 1.54Mbps to reach Full HD, … Read more
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