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LG Electronics reported net profit for Q3 2015 increased to KR₩ 124.8 billion ($106.8 million). Turnover for Q3 remained flat with a modest 0.7% increase to KR₩ 14.03 trillion ($12 billion). Each reporting segment saw an increase in turnover, particularly Home Entertainment, due to improved sales in UHD and OLED TVs.
Nokia reported Q3 net profits increased by 4% YoY at €475 million ($519 million) compared to €457 million ($500 million). The net profit increased in spite of a decrease in turnover of 2% YoY, helped by a weaker Euro, otherwise 10%, at €3 billion ($3.3 billion). Nokia Networks segment, which reported a 2% decline YoY … Read more
A team of astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have built the world’s largest-ever image of the Milky Way galaxy – so big, in fact, that it would take 5,200 70″ UltraHD TVs to display it as a single object. The whole image is made up of around 46 billion pixels, and would take about 364,000″ … Read more
Comcast has said that it is preparing an HDR-capable UltraHD STB for launch next year. The Xi6 will be ‘more advanced’ than this year’s Xi4, which was Comcast’s first UltraHD STB.
106,000 new TV customers joined BT in Q3, taking its net total to 1.3 million. This quarter saw the launch of BT’s UltraHD package and a new UltraHD STB.
355.2 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q3 this year, according to IDC: 6.8% up from the 332.6 million shipped a year ago. Although the result represented the second-highest quarter of shipments on record, it was lower than IDC’s prediction of 363.8 million units. Limiting factors included slightly lower-than-expected iPhone shipments, and the introduction of … Read more
CGV, a subsidiary of CJ Group and South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, has installed Christie’s groundbreaking 6-Primary (6P) laser projection system in CGV Starium, which houses one of the largest screens in the world. The CP42LH laser projector is designed and configured to achieve a brightness level of over 14fL onscreen in 3D and … Read more
I am at the SMPTE Fall Conference in Hollywood, where I am learning all about the ecosystem for High Dynamic Range (HDR), Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rate (HFR), among other topics. That means ways to capture, process and produce, encode, deliver and display such content. This of course, is a hot topic … Read more
CGV, a cinema multiplex chain in South Korea, has installed Christie’s CP42LH laser projector in the CGV Starium, which houses a 32m-wide screen! The upgrade replaces an existing lamp-based Christie projector. The CP42LH is designed to achieve a brightness level of over 14ft-L in 3D on the large screen, and output up to 108,000 lumens.
BT’s takeover of UK mobile operator EE has been cleared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The watchdog judged that the move, worth £12.5 billion ($19.1 billion), would not cause ‘significant harm’ to any of the 10 markets investigated. John Wootton was chair of the enquiry. He said, “We provisionally think that the retail … Read more
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of video encoder specialist Envivio (Ericsson to Acquire Envivio). The transaction was completed through the merger of Ericsson’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with Envivio. Envivio will now act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson. The deal was worth approximately $125 million.
Etendue is a familiar word among optical engineers especially projection engine designers. It represents how “spread out” the light from a source is. The unit of measure is simply (sr * m²), the product of the solid angle and the area. The end result is a pure dimensional entity. Putting it simply without complicated double … Read more
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