Meynen Leaves Ingram
Ingram Micro’s country director for Belgium, Steve Meynen, has left the company to work for Awingu, a local workspace aggregator. http://tinyurl.com/p4bggv2
Second-Gen Chromecast Seen in Leak
9 to 5 Mac has posted an article about a second-generation Google Chromecast streaming dongle. The site claims to have seen internal documents showing a new, circular design and with improved WiFi connectivity. A new feature, called Fast Play, will reduce the time it takes to connect to a streaming service. The dongle will apparently … Read more
BBC Brings Video Streaming to USA
The BBC has announced plans to launch an OTT video streaming service in the USA. Tony Hall, the broadcaster’s director general, said that thee new service will be launched online next year, with no involvement from US network operators. Neither the name nor programming for the new service have been revealed, although Hall did say … Read more
Amazon Encourages Tablet Bulk-Buying
Although it got the size wrong, the Wall Street Journal was correct in the pricing of Amazon’s newest tablet ($50 Tablet Incoming From Amazon). The 7″ Amazon Fire is a very low-cost model – with a ‘buy five, get one free’ incentive to encourage bulk buying. The new Fire tablet runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core … Read more
TPK’s Touch Technology Investigated by ‘Major’ Vendors
Sources at TPK have said that ‘major’ smartphone vendors, including Apple, have been showing an interest in the company’s ‘touch-on-lens’ technology. New production breakthroughs have apparently raised yields and, thus, lowered the cost of TOL (although it still costs more than one-glass solution panels).
Germany Prepares for T2 Launch
Germany’s Media Broadcast and Eurofins are working together to develop a receiver specification and test suite, in preparation for the launch of the DVB-T2 platform. A soft launch is expected in June 2016. In related news, public broadcaster ARD has issues a preliminary timetable for its T2 switch. The transsition will begin in large urban … Read more
Sony’s UltraHD Phone Isn’t Always UltraHD
When Sony introduced the Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone (Sony Enhances Mobile Display – Will it be Enough?), we wondered how the company would achieve the ‘up to two-day’ battery life claim with an UltraHD display. After being reviewed, it appears that the phone is not always displaying UltraHD graphics. Only photos and videos will b … Read more
UltraHD for $100 With Amazon
Amazon has been active in the TV STB/dongle space for more than a year now, and is stepping up its game to challenge the new Apple TV. The company’s newest Fire TV STB not only includes gaming features (like Apple TV), but supports UltraHD content, too. The Fire TV Stick has also received new features, … Read more
Introducing an Automultiscopic Display
A team of researchers at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (Playa Vista, CA) have developed a system that captures videos in a unique way and then presents full sized images of people on a so-called ‘automultiscopic’ display. The term automultiscopic is used to define a display that allows multiple users to view 3D content … Read more
Kopin Announces Smartglasses for the Cycling Athlette
Kopin has announced a new smartglass device under the Solo brand name. The device is aimed at the sports market and is designed especially for bicyclists. Solo is designed by Kopin to compete with the likes of the Jet by Recon Instruments. It seems that the Solo is aiming more at the competitive athlete rather … Read more
Dolby Explains HDR
Dolby gave a talk as one of the SES seminars at the event. Arnd Paulsen of Dolby started by talking about human vision and its capabilities. The aim is to deliver content that matches that capability. However, moving the content across the networks and delivery systems, the contrast and gamut becomes very limited – which … Read more
Hollywood Excited by HDR & WCG and “The sparkle in actors’ eyes”
Unfortunately the joys of torrential rain and Monday morning Amsterdam traffic meant that we missed the very beginning of the Pixar/ILM keynote. The discussion when we sneaked in was about the use of different levels of brightness available once you move to Dolby Vision as well as the wide colour gamut. Pixar decided early on … Read more
