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Nature abhors a vacuum, and the Consumer Electronics Association abhors a season without one of their trade shows in it. For some years, the one-time early-summer lacuna has been filled by CE Week in New York. The event began haltingly, but has now hit its stride with more big-time participants and greater press coverage. CE … Read more
Smart announced its ‘Kapp’ dry erase whiteboard at last year’s Infocomm and this year it announced the Smart Kapp 84, a larger (84″) version that sells for $1,190. It can capture and share the images on the board, but is not a display. On the other hand, the two new Smart Kapp iQ (55″ – … Read more
NEC organised its booth at the show around applications, as it has done in Europe for a while. We rather spoilt the fun of NEC staff as we had seen most of the new things at the recent NEC showcase in London! The X754HB is a 75″ IPS panel-based monitor that is fitted with a … Read more
Coolux, the Germany-based video interaction tool provider came to Infocomm 2015 for the first time after the acquisition by Christie was completed. The makers of Pandora’s box showed their software and hardware solutions for the acquisition and interaction with live video streams in real time. They can work on 4k/UHD video and larger if necessary, … Read more
Display Devices. the Colorado, USA based developer of kiosk solutions demonstrated its latest kiosk display at Infocomm 2015. The solution is based on a 65″ AUO panel and is protected by an external glass panel against vandalism. It also includes a touch interface for user input. The company has just completed an installation in downtown … Read more
HDBaseT is the multi-company alliance organized to develop, promote and certify HDBaseT products and technology based on chip set technology from Valens Semiconductor. At Infocomm 2015, we met with the company and came away impressed with the efforts it is undertaking and the success it is having in moving this technology into mainstream usage. HDBaseT … Read more
Clary.Icon, the California-based developer of collaboration systems, announced a new user interface for its One Screen collaboration system at Infocomm 2015. The One Screen system is a room based collaboration system that also allows up to eight users to update content over the web. It allows access from other devices, including tablets and smartphones from … Read more
Christie had a good demonstration of what it could do with different LED pitches on the front of its booth. Christie has been selling its LEDs under the “Velvet” brand since last year. 4mm, 3mm, 2.5mm and 1.9mm products are already available, while 1.5mm pitch is under development, but was being previewed at the show. … Read more
IntoPix is the developer of the Tico ‘light’ codec. Previously, the company told us that it had been looking at working with VESA on the next generation of the DisplayStream codec. (However, it has changed emphasis now and is looking at standardisation through SMPTE, which may be complete by August.) The company also has JPEG2000 … Read more
We stopped by the Xilinx booth. The company makes FPGAs (programmable chips) and has been on our radar for a couple of years as it has been developing its business in the broadcast space. As its expertise has developed there, it has added resource to better address Pro/AV – hence its appearance at Infocomm. First … Read more
We met up with Brian McClimans of Peerless AV and he explained what Peerless is doing with optical bonding which helps to boost performance in bright sunlight – useful in Florida!
As it is in Europe, Toshiba is investing to move away from the TV and consumer business to try to establish itself in the B2B segment with professional displays. At Infocomm, the company was highlighting its addition of 16/7 displays as well as ultranarrow bezel monitors which are rounding out the product range. The company … Read more
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