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Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock was asked by Digital Projection to give presentations about how to create great home theater images and to highlight DP’s two Insight projectors. On display were the Insight 4K Laser projector and the Insight 4K Dual LED projector. Chinnock started the presentation by describing four key factors in producing a great … Read more
IHS said that touch panel shipments for notebooks were down 7% QoQ in the second quarter at 4.6 million units according to a report in the CTimes. The total market in the first half was 9.5 million from 10.2 million in 2014. However, revenues were down 23.9% to $104.86 million, bringing the total market to … Read more
Eutelsat and Bayerischer Rundfunk ran an UltraHD showcase at the Medientag München 2015 this week. A 6 minute video of Audi and the TU München in Garching were transmitted on Eutelsat’s Ultra HD showcase channel 4K1 on Hot Bird (13° East) according to Broadband TV News. Image:medientage.de
RAI of Italy said that it would boost its HD channel count to 11 on its free-to-air (FTA) satellite platform, TivuSat. The current four channels will be joined by by three additional channels by January and four more in September 2016. There will also be a test UltraHD channel at the end of 2016 or … Read more
The New York Times said that it will collaborate with Google to distribute more than a million cardboard VR viewers to subscribers. The New York Times Magazine will release the viewers on the weekend of Nov 7th to coincide with the release of a new film called “The Displaced”, said to be a “a story … Read more
Roku is to start selling its streaming player technology in France, the first company in Europe outside the UK & Ireland, where it started its European business in 2012. The firm will sell the Roku 2, Roku 3 and Streaming Stick. The devices will be sold through Fnac and will carry some French channels, but … Read more
Researchers have been investigating the creation of biodegradable electronics, in an effort to curb the rapid rise in toxic waste that the industry generates. Illustration showing a theoretical simulation of the distribution of the polymer on peptide nanotubes and an electron microscopy image of the nanocompositeTeams from the University of Missouri and the Federal University … Read more
Epson used CEDIA to update its line of 1080p projectors, but it did not update the 4K e-shifted, laser-phosphor-based model, the LS10000. The 1080p models use conventional transmissive LCD panels while the LS10000 uses a reflective LCD panel set. We saw two demos in the Epson booth. One was the Pro Cinema 1985 model that … Read more
Rumors about the interest of Amazon in augmented reality have been circulating since Amazon received the US patent “Touch control for immersion in a tablet goggles accessory” (No. 9,158,15). This patent describes a method involving a head mounted display showing the images from the video output of an electronic device. Source: Amazon Patent 9,158,115 The … Read more
The Sony brand is alive and well in the custom install market. At Cedia 2015, the company announced that sales, primarily projectors, were up 63% compared to a year ago. Sales of Sony’s 4K projectors is propelling this momentum. Introduced in 2012, Sony claims they now hold an 80% market share for 4K projectors in … Read more
At CEDIA, several companies made announcements that will bring more content – 4K and other enhancements to affluent home owners. This included news from Prima, Bel Air Cinema and Kaleidescape. Barco Residential, for example, partnered with Bel Air Cinema (BAC) to introduce day and date DCI quality Hollywood content and event cinema programming in Barco … Read more
Liberty Global has said that its satellite unit, UPC DTH, has passed 800,000 customers in Europe. The figure is a 60% increase since the formation of the division in 2010.
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