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HP Wins Technicolor Certification, Invests in Skylake

HP came out of left field with a huge raft of product announcements on our print day. Unfortunately all of our points of contact within the company had attended the launch event in Barcelona, and were flying back when we called for specific information. We will update you when we know more. Three AIO PCs … Read more

Chips Boost Samsung Profit Forecast

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 has exceeded analyst forecasts, with the performance of its semiconductor division offsetting a weaker showing in smartphones. At an event in Seoul on the 7th October, Samsung said that its operating profit for the quarter is expected to be KRW7.3 trillion ($6.3 billion): a 78% increase from the KRW4.1 trillion … Read more

New Camera Systems in Support of Virtual Reality Experiences

Virtual reality is often seen as a technology that fits perfectly to gaming, video consumption and some professional applications in the visualization and training markets. Although there is a market for professional applications, the overall success of the technology rests with the acceptance by the consumer. Even with success in the gaming market, the overall … Read more

Vizio Shows Side-by-Side demos with Samsung HDR/WCG UHD TVs

Samsung vs.Vizio

At the New York kick off of Vizio’s new Reference series UHD TVs, there were a number of demo stations set up to showcase the image quality of the TVs. Some of these demos compared the Vizio set to Samsung’s latest 65” UHD TV that features High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a Wide Color Gamut … Read more

Vizio UHD-TVs with Dolby Vision and QD Film now Available for Order

VIZIO ReferenceSeries 2

Vizio, Dolby Laboratories and SpectraCal held a joint meeting and demonstration in New York on Oct. 6 to highlight the availability of the new Vizio Reference TVs along with HDR content mastered to the Dolby Vision Standard. SpectraCal was there to help reviewers and calibrators understand more about these new HDR TVs. Vizio’s Reference series, … Read more

Green Hippo Adds Object Tracking

As well as its presence on the PSCo stand (PSCo Expands With Acquisition), Green Hippo had its own location near the front of the hall. Here it was showing off its Hippotizer products, for the rental and staging market. The images were mapped very precisely onto the moving objectsHippotizer 4.1 is new software for the … Read more

RGBlink is All Modular

China’s RGBlink produces a large variety of digital infrastructure products, including scalers, switchers, routers, mixers and video wall matrices. At Plasa, the company was showing two new products: the Venus X3 video wall controller and X2 router. Housed in a 3RU chassis, the X3 video wall controller is a modular unit that can accept different … Read more

LEDs Light Up PLASA

London’s Excel hosts PLASA every year, a show dedicated to the UK professional light and sound markets. Video, however, is a growing presence at the event, especially with the rise of LED displays for rental and staging. Being focused on the exhibition market, PLASA is full of special effects – this year, artifical smoke was … Read more