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TCL-IMAX Launches World Leading Private Theatre System “Palais”

June 19, 2015 by Helen Vince

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 Reveals New Premium Satellite S Series Laptops Packed with Features

June 19, 2015 by Helen Vince

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

Intense Set-top Box Market Consolidation Not Over, According to ABI Research

June 19, 2015 by Helen Vince

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

A Week of AV Trends and Developments in Florida

June 19, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

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 Shows Flexibility in Paris

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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 Vision Laser Projection Shines Bright in the Netherlands

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

Huawei Confuses With ’10-Inch’ Screen – Not Display

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

Fairphone Brings Desktop Modularity to Your Pocket

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

December 21, 2022June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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 Gets Into Windows 10, Pre-Launch

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

Cumbria Police Lower Admin Time With Samsung

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

Around 1,500 police officers in Cumbria (UK) have been issued with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, as part of an effort to modernise policing in the area. The move is part of a £1.8 million ($2.6 million) initiative by the Cumbria Constabulary. Samsung’s phones are pre-loaded with policing apps and services, so officers can … Read more

Romania Trials DVB-T2

June 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

Radiocom, the Romanian national transmission company, has begun DVB-T2 tests. The tests are taking place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. All transmitters for DVB-T2 should be in place by the end of 2016.