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NEC Display Solutions to offer an immersive experience to visitors at ISE 2016

NEC Display Solutions Europe is set to impress the audience at ISE 2016 trade fair, taking place in Amsterdam February 9 – 12 2016, through an engaging and unique applications showroom. Every day we receive an increasing amount of visual information through digital displays, be it for communication, entertainment or professional purposes. On our way … Read more

Glass, Projection and UHD at CES

Corning, LG and the UHD Alliance have announced their plans for CES 2016 (6th – 9th January, Las Vegas). Corning caused a stir with its 2011 promotional video, A Day Made of Glass (http://tinyurl.com/8psw74h). Now, the company says that the vision has become a reality for retail, automotive, home and other uses. Corning will be … Read more

Sinclair Uses ATSC in UHD HDR Demo

Sinclair Broadcast Group has demonstrated the first end-to-end transmission of UltraHD HDR Scalable High Efficiency Video (SHVC) encoded content, using ATSC 3.0. The signal came from Sinclair’s facility on Black Mountain, near Las Vegas, using a prototype Teamcast modulator. It was sent 15 miles away, over IP, to a prototype receiver, developed by Technicolor and … Read more

AUO Execs Found Guilty of CSOT Leak

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The Hsinchu Court in Taiwan has found two former AUO executives guilty of leaking information, including AMOLED technologies, to CSOT (AUO Alleges Industrial Espionage, Display Monitor Vol 19 No 42). The executives were named as Tsung-Yi Hsu, a former OLED R&D department manager, and a former R&D assistant manager, Chung-ching Hsieh. Hsu will be jailed … Read more

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 49

Germany’s Hy-Line is now stocking a 19″ LCD a-Si IPS panel from LG Display. The LB190E02-SL04 is an ‘almost square’ unit (1280 x 1024, 5:4), capable of operating between 0° and 50°. It is protected by an anti-glare coating. The unit has a 900:1 contrast ratio, 14ms response time, 178° viewing angles and 700 cd/m² … Read more

DTG Clears 4k Confusion

The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) has launched a new website called UHDReady.co.uk, with the aim of helping retailers to understand and sell the benefits of UltraHD technology. Users can look up TVs by manufacturer and see what services they support, or search by service, brand and screen size. Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony and TP … Read more

Canon Working on Simulation Projector

Canon was at I/ITSEC 2015, but was not really disclosing much. They had a theater where they were showing a demo of their laser phosphor projector, but they did not want to let us have a look. Apparently, it is a laser phosphor model with 4K resolution. The demo was a blend of two of … Read more

General Dynamics Focuses on Fire Fighting VR Application

Last year at I/ITSEC, General Dynamic was just starting to develop a VR application to help with fire fighter training, especially in military and commercial applications. This year, they showed the progress they have made. Over the year, the team has been working on adding a number of features and modules to the simulation and … Read more