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Microlite Screen Enters Production Phase for High Gain Screens

Microlite, the California-based developer of high gain projection screens is entering initial production phase in August 2015. After years of development, the company will be shipping two and three gain screens in 120″ and 144″ diagonal sizes, both in 16:9 format. Other sizes are available as special orders. The screens offer a wide horizontal viewing … Read more

Primeview Shows OLED and Mirrored LCD Displays

Primeview, the New York based developer and manufacturer of industrial display solutions was showing its 55″ OLED display for the first time at a US conference. While already introduced at ISE, Primeview is pushing this new model with HDBaseT connectivity for control room applications. The company also showed a mirrored LCD prototype for special applications. … Read more

Adder Debuts DDX KVM Solution

Rudimentary keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) solutions have evolved over the years to encompass far more features and capabilities. Adder Technologies’ Infinity solution is an example, but there still remains a need for less sophisticated lower cost solutions. That’s why Adder used Infocomm 2015 to show off a prototype of a feature-reduced new product called … Read more

HDR is a BIG Opportunity for LCOS

LCOS has traditionally run a distant third to 3LCD and DLP based projector technology. But with the coming of High Dynamic Range TVs and content, interest in HDR projection solutions will grow. And right now, it looks like traditional transmissive 3LCD and reflective DLP are not up to the task, but LCOS is. For example, … Read more

Canon Develops Laser-Phosphor Projector; Works 4K

Canon has a line of LCOS projectors branded as REALiS, but at Infocomm 2015, the company showed a DLP-based laser-phosphor projector for the first time. It is an 8,000 lumen prototype offering a resolution of WUXGA (1920 x1200). It is slated for introduction in Q1’16. In addition, Canon was showing a 4K prototype in its … Read more

Optoma Shows FHD Short Throw and LED projector at InfoComm

Optoma showed its new EH320USTi short throw projector at InfoComm. The DLP projector uses one FHD 0.65″ chip and produces 4,000 ANSI Lumen with a contrast ratio of 20,000:1 (full on/off). With a noise level of 28 dB and a throw ratio of 0.25:1, the projector aims at the educational and business markets. They also … Read more

Bird is New User Interface Option

At Infocomm 2015, we met with Israel-based MUV Interactive to learn more about their new user interface technology which they call the Bird. It is a device that is worn on the finger that the user can interact with displayed images on any surface as if it were a touch screen. It provides accurate control … Read more

FDA Ruling Causing Headaches for Laser Projector Makers

On June 9, we published an article describing how the recent FDA ruling on laser-based projectors might impact the market (Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk). This ruling, last February, classified projectors containing lasers (RGB laser, laser phosphor and hybrid using a laser) in a much more restrictive way than the EU … Read more

Industry Lacks Definition of Lifetime for Solid State Projector Light Sources

At InfoComm 2015, I asked a number of solid-state light source projector makers to explain what their lifetime measurement meant. The results were widely inconsistent, which means you had better ask the definition of lifetime as there is no way today to do an apples-to-apples comparison of this spec. Some are defining the 20,000 or … Read more

Barco Shows Laser-Phosphor Retrofit Solution – and More…

At Infocomm 2015, Barco was mostly talking about applications, laser retrofit solutions and a new interactive screen solution. The interactive solution features three projectors blended on a curved rear-projection screen. It has an IR camera mounted in the rear that can sense when a finger touches the screen as the reflected light changes at that … Read more

Infocomm Round-up

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3M was showing its latest 55″ procap display which was offering support for 60 touches and can recognise touches in 10ms with refresh rates of the touch in the range 100-120Hz. The display uses 3M’s metal mesh films to support this size of display. The unit was being shown in a table format and the … Read more

LG Pushes UltraNarrow Bezels Further

LG had big news at Infocomm and ran a press breakfast to announce its new 1.8mm ultra narrow bezel monitors in 55″ (and, later, 49″), although no data was released on the asymmetry of the bezel. The displays have FullHD resolution and the internal scaler can compensate for the bezel in images. The brightness uniformity … Read more