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One of the hot topics at Streaming Media East was, of course, how streaming will affect the existing TV infrastructure. There was no debate about whether streaming video could challenge existing platforms, but observations on how the existing platform can cope with this development. As can be expected from the name of the conference, the … Read more
While streaming media may be seen as a format for mobile devices, it does include all forms of streamed video including streaming UHD content to TVs and is, in fact, the only way the consumer can get UHD content in most countries today. At Streaming Media East, one of the topics was the appearance of … Read more
QD Vision, the leading manufacturer of quantum dot solutions for display products, continues to drive quantum dot technical and market development discussions at the Society for Information Display’s (SID) Display Week 2015. The event will be held at the San Jose Convention Center from May 31-June 5, 2015. Highlights: In booth 1025, QD Vision will … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced the V302H projector, its first 1080p projector under $1,000. The 3,000-lumen projector in a new V Series chassis delivers horizontal and vertical keystone correction, which produces square images and aids in installation flexibility. From a connectivity perspective, the … Read more
According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the overall tablet market in Western Europe remained challenged in 1Q15, declining 10.5% year over year with total shipments totaling 8.5 million units. The contraction, however, was mainly the result of sluggish consumer demand as the expansion of tablets in the commercial space accelerates with volumes … Read more
There were several breaks throughout the conference programme, which gave delegates the chance to view demonstrations from companies that were not speaking. This year, of course, the focus was on UltraHD and its enhancements. Arqiva had an HTML5 UI, which will be available to operators. It is compliant with Freeview Play’s specifications. A catch-up app … Read more
The DTG Summit is always an interesting look into the UK broadcast industry, which we at Display Monitor tend to focus on less than the European or US markets. Nevertheless, this year’s event showed some clear thoughts about the direction of the industry that could be applied worldwide. UltraHD remains a fluid subject, with even … Read more
The final panel of the day had the much-mocked title ‘CollaborVation’ – even the panelists didn’t seem to know what it was really about! The chair was Nigel Walley (MD of Decipher), and the panelists were present as members of the DTG. They were Simon Maison (DTT Platform Steering Group and Dynamic Spectrum Alliance); Chris … Read more
It used to be that organizations would set up multiple wired infrastructure networks to handle phone, data, video, audio, control, security, KVM, etc. Now, multiple options are emerging that can allow one or two networks to do all the stuff of multiple networks in the past. That is creating lots of new opportunities for hardware, … Read more
Ron Martin of Panasonic, Paul Hide of TechUK, Tom Christphory of SES and Simon Fell from the EBU took part in a panel titled ‘Beyond HD: Can we deliver it, and how?’ The panel was chaired by Barbara Lang, executive director of SMPTE. Lang asked what the definition of UltraHD is – although if the … Read more
Katie Noland is an R&D technologist at the BBC. She spoke about a survey undertaken last year, investigating average viewing distances in the UK. A small but growing number of people are sitting in a position where they will see a difference between HD and UltraHD. This isn’t because people have started sitting closer – … Read more
Panasonic Hollywood Labs (PHL) was originally a joint venture between Universal Studios and Panasonic, before Panasonic took sole ownership. The organisation moved to a new building in February, which director Ron Martin helped to open. Martin has been in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, working with many big names. He told an … Read more
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