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DTG Reveals Short-Listed Innovation Finalists

10 media technology start-ups in the UK have been short-listed for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards). The finalists include goHDR (promoting an end-to-end HDR solution), Motive Television (live TV on a tablet, without an internet connection) and Criffin (omnidirectional treadmill and body tracking for VR applications). The companies will … Read more

Canon Demonstrates Industry-Leading 4K ‘Glass-to-Glass’ Workflow at IBC 2015

Canon Europe will be demonstrating its end-to-end professional 4K workflow at IBC 2015, the leading global tradeshow for media and broadcast professionals in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Canon, having exhibited at IBC for more than three decades, will showcase its first-class 4K range in its entirety for the first time in Europe – with 4K lenses, … Read more

Digital Projection Signs European Rental Partner

Digital Projection has signed FilmGEAR as its official rental partner in Denmark. The company recently purchased 20 3-chip DLP Titan Super Quads to add to its 16 single-chip DLP M-Vision 930 projectors. The deal also allows FilmGEAR to cross-rent Digital Projections products throughout the European market.

Eizo: DisplayPort Might Cause 6-Bit Image Display

A fault has been found in several Radiforce monitors from Eizo. These products could mistakenly show 6-bit (64 gradations), rather than 8- or 10-bit (256 or 1,024 gradations, respeectively), when connected to particular graphics board through the DisplayPort input. This can lead to banding. The affected monitors are certain models of the RX440, GX540, RX650 … Read more

Acer Announces Full 2015 Windows-Powered Product Lineup Ready for Windows 10

Acer announces that its full 2015 Windows-powered product lineup and currently-shipping Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 portfolio will support the free Windows 10 upgrade1 when it becomes available on July 29, 2015. “Acer’s diverse range of products designed for Windows 10 will be able to deliver its value to our customers across multiple device form … Read more

BOE Reaches Out to Korea for OLED JV

Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out to “several Korean parts suppliers” in June, to propose a joint venture being set up in China. To tempt its proposed … Read more

Continental Claims OLED Mirrors Are Safer and Fuel-Efficient

Continental has demonstrated how cameras and screens can be used to replace a car’s exterior and interior mirrors. Three cameras were installed in a test vehicle in the USA, as well as two 12.3″ (1920 x 1080) OLED displays in place of a rear-view mirror; these showed the sides and rear of the vehicle. Continental … Read more

Interactivity Everywhere – Samsung’s Office of 2025

Samsung, in its ‘Smart Futures’ report, claims that companies that fail to adopt new, smart technologies may not be around in 10 years’ time. Samsung’s report was produced in partnership with The Future Laboratory, MIT, Google and IBM. It details Samsung’s view of ‘the office of the future’. The company predicts that interactive smart surfaces … Read more

Asustek Expects to Break-Even on Tablets

Asustek Computer said it expects its tablet business to break even this year, after reporting losses for its tablet operations in 2014 and the first half of this year. The company has taken measures to adjust its supply chain and reduce the number of models produced to bring down total operating costs. Asustek’s tablet shipments … Read more