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Asus Brings 4k to Vivobook Line

The 15.6″ Vivobook 4K is Asus’s latest UltraHD laptop offering – joining a Zenbook of the same size – covering 100% sRGB and 72% NTSC. Built-in ‘Splendid’ technology is said to allow the adjustment of colour temperature, while also offering four user modes: ‘Vivid’ (optimised contrast), ‘Eye Care’ (low blue light), ‘Normal’ and ‘Manual’ (user-adjustable). … Read more

Magic Leap Shares Its Vision of Augmented Reality

During the recent WSJD Technology Event (WSJ.d Live) held in Laguna Beach, CA, Rony Abovitz , CEO of Magic Leap talked in an interview about their latest developments and further plans. Magic Leap is the secretive company that got a load of money in its latest financing round a year ago. Back then, leading the … Read more

Dance in VR at The Foundry

The Foundry will hold an event in London this Thursday, the 29th October, called ‘Dancing with VR’. Attendees will get to watch VR production company Rewind show their processes for the VR experience of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. Founder Solomon Rogers and creative director Daryl Atkins will speak at the event. Register at http://tinyurl.com/na7gzcj.

Semtech Shows 12Gbps Interoperability at SMPTE 2015

Semiconductor company Semtech is showing the interoperability of its 12Gbps UltraHD-SDI product portfolio at stand 207 of SMPTE 2015 (26th – 29th October, Hollywood). The company is transporting UltraHD video over an UltraHD TV hybrid SDI/IP infrastructure, using Tico compression technology from IntoPix, Xilinx, TVLogic and BSE. Semtech is using its own GS12141 cable equaliser … Read more

Ericsson Writes About Immersive TV

Ericsson has published a paper on immersive viewing, covering UltraHD resolution and other enhancements, such as high dynamic range, high frame rate and wide colour gamut. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/oovc5lk. You can also see our interview with Matthew Goldman of Ericsson at the show. Olie Baumann, Ericsson senior engineer (business line compression), presenting at the … Read more

IHS Expects Significant Reduction in Panel Orders

IHS has released its PriceWise data for October, which tracks panel prices. LCD TVs LCD TV shipment targets for the year have been set to a lower point by most major brands. TV makers need panels for the upcoming end-of-year sales – however, many still have excess inventories, and are under financial pressure. There is … Read more

Milan Expo 2015 says “Si” to AV Stumpfl

Over eighty solid-state FHD Media Players and 10 Wings Engine media servers were deployed in over seven Pavilions at Milan Expo 2015. Highlighting includes the work achieved by Leading Technologies SRL, working with several main contractors to supply, programme, and design AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Install and FHD Media Players as core multimedia technology throughout … Read more

Christie presents ‘total solutions’ at LDI 2015

Christie® is painting stunning pixels everywhere at the Live Design International (LDI) show in Las Vegas October 23-25, and is demonstrating its total solutions approach for both live events and permanent installations. Christie Boxer, Christie Pandoras Box, Christie Velvet and enhanced Christie M Series will be some of the products showcasing how the diversity of … Read more