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Infocomm had a good buzz this year. It was the first Infocomm that this reporter has attended personally for around ten years. The event now sits in second place after ISE in terms of importance in the global A/V industry, which is testament to the work that the ISE team has done. However, Infocomm saw … Read more
At Infocomm, Philips announced it’s ColorSpark high lumen density (HLD) LED technology. (See the June 17 Display Daily) At the time, Philips said that both Coretronic and Hitachi would produce ColorSpark-based projectors, with the Coretronic appearing under the Optoma brand. Since then, I have learned more about both ColorSpark and the Coretronic/Optoma and Hitachi plans. … Read more
On June 17, TCL-IMAX, a joint venture formed by TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited and IMAX Corporation, held a press conference in Shanghai, China, during which it announced the launch of the IMAX Private Theatre “Palais”™. This product marks another important move by TCL Corporation in the home theatre market following the launch of its … Read more
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced a refresh to its Satellite® S Series of performance laptops timed with the Back-to-School selling season. The series features slim styling, premium design, includes two screen size options – 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch – and comes configured with the latest high-performance … Read more
ARRIS’ acquisition of Pace created the largest set-top manufacturer, with 22% worldwide market share of the set-top box market. ARRIS is about three times larger than most competitors including EchoStar, Technicolor, Cisco, and Humax. Set-top semiconductor leader Broadcom was also acquired by relative newcomer Avago, an acquisition not directly impactful to the set-top market, but … Read more
This week in Orlando provided a full set of news for the Pro AV market on all levels. First, we had Display Summit 2015 and then InfoComm opened its doors to all things Pro AV. While InfoComm is still in full swing as I am typing this article, by the time you get to read … Read more
V-Nova has demonstrated the practicality of its Perseus signal compression technology in the Airbus Group pavilion at the Paris Air Show 2015. V-Nova wanted to show how Perseus was not limited to broadcasting, but could be used in industries such as aerospace and medical imaging.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and JT Bioscopen today announced that JT Hilversum will be JT Bioscopen’s second Dolby Cinema™ location in the Netherlands. Dolby Cinema, featuring Dolby Vision™ and Dolby Atmos®, is a premium cinema offering for moviegoers that combines spectacular image and sound technologies with inspired design to make every visit a completely captivating … Read more
The name of Huawei’s new tablet, the T1 10″, is slightly misleading, as it isn’t actually a 10″ (or even 10.1″) model at all – the display is 9.6″. According to Techradar, which asked Huawei for clarification, the company’s response was, ‘[T]he Huawei T1 has a 10″ screen and offers a 9.6 inch IPS LCD … Read more
Dutch company Fairphone is a phone maker with a difference. The company’s self-named smartphone uses ethically-sourced materials and is designed to have a long lifespan: it is modular, but in a different vein to Project Ara. Rather than users replacing the display module when they want a larger screen, or adding better speakers, the Fairphone … Read more
According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to transfer UltraHD signals at 60fps. Instead, users are recommended to use DisplayPort. Commentators agree that this will severely hinder the chip’s … Read more
Toshiba has announced a range of laptops that will go on sale at the start of July, just before the launch of Windows 10. Each one uses either a new AMD Carrizo or a fifth-generation Intel chip; they will run Windows 8.1, with a free upgrade to Windows 10 later in the month. The four … Read more
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