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At the Technology Summit for Cinema, Frederik Zilly of Fraunhofer IIS told a very interesting story about the making of their first movie using light field production techniques. Over the last couple of years, his team has developed the technology for light field capture and processing using a 4×4 array of cameras creating short stop … Read more
Eizo has a new feature on the color calibrating 4K monitors that allows the operator to see what colors are out-of-gamut. This was demonstrated by playing 2020 graded content into two identical monitors, both calibrated for Rec. 709. One showed the transform from the 2020 grade to the 709 grade. The other overlaid a gray … Read more
NAB 2015 was the first place that JVC showed new High Dynamic Range (HDR) monitors it has in development. On display was a 70″ and a 32″, both based on rear projection architectures.
Astro Design used NAB 2015 to show off what it believes is the world’s first 55″ 8K resolution display.
During this past week, there was patent activity that indicates a continuing interest on the part of major cellphone makers in devices that can be mechanically switched from a conventional flat form to a wearable, bracelet format. Backing up just a bit, an early patent application related to this technology was filed by Apple in … Read more
The OLED Association has released news about a new 5.5″ AMOLED display presented to the organisation by Tianma. According to the article the new AMOLED display comes with full HD resolution, a first for any mobile OLED display made in China. Source: OLED Association The report claims that is has been difficult for OLED makers … Read more
ARRIS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) (ARRIS) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (Charter) announced today that they established a joint venture that has agreed to acquire ActiveVideo® for approximately $135 million. ARRIS will own 65% of the joint venture company and will be the sales channel for ActiveVideo’s CloudTV platform. Closing of the transaction is … Read more
We spoke in a telephone interview with Phil Gaut of Samsung UK about the recent release of the firm’s curved desktop monitors (Samsung Brings its Curve to Europe) These were launched a couple of weeks ago with the support of a document endorsed by Prof. Stephen Westland, Professor of Colour Science at the University of … Read more
A combination of company announcements, seemingly reliable reporting and just plain rumors make it reasonable to believe that OLED television is finally getting its second wind. The reliable reporting centers on LG Display increasing its panel production, with LG Electronics modestly decreasing some set prices. The rumors center on Samsung re-entering the OLED-TV business, but … Read more
US-based Touch International has expanded its range of display enhancements. The company can now design, develop and build custom dual-mode sunlight-readable LCD units, which also support night vision use. The custom displays can be up to 19″ and have an operating temperature of -30° – 85°. In night vision mode, these units comply with the … Read more
Eyevis and IVC Technologies are working together to build an automated visualisation wall; they are also working with the R&D headquarters of an unnamed ‘major international client’. The system will be built for research and monitoring in the medical, security and military sectors. The prototype uses Eyevis’ 58″ UltraHD LCD displays.
More than a year after it was announced at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), Sony’s Lifespace UX projector – the LSPX-W1S – has been launched in Europe. It is an ultra-short throw model producing DCI-4k resolution images, up to 147″. Sony’s projector will be available bundled with a new short-throw projection screen … Read more
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