rpVisuals Shows Ribbon of Content on Multiple Display Technologies
rpVisuals had a very nice demo where the same content was shown on a number of displays all side by side. This included front and rear projection, LCD and LED.
Sony Shows First Laser Phosphor Projector Capable of HDR
Sony showed several new 3LCD projectors with laser phosphor technology, but the most interesting one is a new 4k SXRD projector that will show 80% of the 2020 gamut. It is also the first true high dynamic range projector with a native contrast of 20,000:1.
Anoto Shows Novel Pen-Display Interface with 600 dpi Resolution
Anoto has a new film for pen input that offers very fine detail reproduction – up to 600 or more dpi. (This technology was also used by Panasonic on its ToughPad 4k tablet as well as being used in the LiveScribe note taking system.)
Cumulative Wearable Device Shipments to Surpass 750 Million Units by 2020, According to Tractica
The market for wearable devices is experiencing a period of heady growth, thus far driven primarily by consumer adoption of fitness trackers, but with smart watches catching up fast and expected to eclipse fitness tracker unit volumes by the end of 2015. According to a recent report from Tractica, wearables adoption among consumers and business … Read more
BenQ Wants Brightness Measured with sRGB (DS9)
Felix Pementel of BenQ looked at what makes a great image on a projector. “Do you really give the consumer the specifications they really need to make a good buying decisions?”, he asked. He agreed with Chinnock that sRGB brightness is often very different from the marketing brightness. (See Insight Reports on ColorSpark Testing (DS8)). … Read more
TV Makers Choose China
TV outsourcing will reach a record high this year, says IHS DisplaySearch. TV sets made by outsourcing specialists will represent 43% of LCD TVs shipped worldwide in 2015. Outsourcing is now one of the most important strategies for TV brands; it can improve both supply chain cost management and time-to-market business opportunities. Constraints in TV … Read more
Insight Reports on ColorSpark Testing (DS8)
Chris Chinnock of Insight Media gave more details about the testing of solid state projectors that it carried out to help get a sense of what users thought of the new ColorSpark technology, side by side with existing systems. The firm set up a number of different projectors with hybrid (LED & Laser), laser phosphor … Read more
NEC Chooses LCD for Education
NEC’s UM352Wi is a UST 3LCD projector for education, supporting multiple pen inputs at the same time. Up to 50 devices can be connected to the projector at the same time, wirelessly, with screen mirroring via Miracast and NEC’s Displaynote software. A maximum of 16 devices can be mirrored at once. Alternatively, content can be … Read more
Philips Boosts LED Projection With ColorSpark (DS7)
Peter Vankan is R&D Director for Philips Lighting which also has responsibility for projection light sources as well as general lighting. First, Vankan looked back to 1994, when the company first made the UHP lamp and changed the projection industry. In 2004, the Vidi version of the lamp came along to improve the colour quality … Read more
Delta Shows First Laser Cube and Updates Interactive Display
Delta used InfoComm 2015 to show the world’s first rear-projection cube based on a laser-phosphor DLP engine. It increases brightness from 350 nits to 750 nits, but does sacrifice lifetime and color gamut. The company also showed updates and a lower price for the 2 or 3 projector blended wall collaborative solution.
LCD Shooting Ranges
Three rival gangs face-off. Someone fires a shot. Bullets fly. People die. Such typical scenes in a John Woo film illustrate the concept of stochastic battles. Lanchester first developed useful mathematic models of such conflicts during WWI, when machine guns changed the nature of warfare. The US Navy developed Lanchester’s ideas further when executing its … Read more
IT Life Cycles Differ by Company Size in Poland
PMR’s latest research report covers the IT market in Poland, which is dominated by large companies as customers. These companies invest heavily in advanced implementations, despite relatively high saturation and short lifespan of computing systems. However, in the current economic climate, even these clients have to optimise their spending. Of particular interest to our readers … Read more
