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Taiwan’s E-Lead Electronics has developed a low-cost automotive HUD, showing it at the Taipei AMPA & AutoTronics show earlier this month. In-car HUDs usually take the form of a dedicated transparent display (‘combiner type’) or a windscreen and projector combination (‘windscreen type’); information is projected onto these displays. Another form factor uses projectors and mirrors … Read more
Market researcher Accenture has bad news for the TV market. In a new research report titled ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, TV was the only product category to experience double-digit usage declines across different media types, worldwide, among viewers of ‘nearly all’ ages. Consumers are instead turning to PCs and mobiles to consume video … Read more
On April 13th, Vizio issued a pair of press releases on its Reference Series LCD displays and its partnership with Dolby. The partnership with Dolby will allow Vizio to incorporate Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology into its displays. According to Vizio, these are the first Dolby Vision-enabled televisions. That evening, I attended the … Read more
I’ve often written on the Nanosys blog about the chicken and egg problem that exists between content creators, broadcasters and display makers. When it comes to next generation UHD video features like 4k resolution, wide color gamut and High Dynamic Range (HDR) these three groups have had a hard time agreeing. Netflix says they’re shooting … Read more
Each year, SMPTE produces the NAB pre-show called the Technology Summit on Cinema (TSC), which I find a very worthwhile event to attend – if you have an interest in cutting edge technology as applied to the art and science of making movies. We have full coverage of TSC and NAB in our special show … Read more
A 27″ UltraHD monitor has been introduced by ViewSonic, after it was previewed at CES this year (ViewSonic Sets New UltraHD IPS Price). Featuring a professional-grade H-IPS panel, the VP2780-4k covers 100% sRGB, 80% Adobe RGB, 99% EBU and 75% of the NTSC colour gamuts. It also displays 10-bit colour, with 14-bit processing, a 3D … Read more
Christie® , the industry’s preferred brand for digital projection solutions for entertainment venues – including cinema and location-based venues such as theme parks, museums and planetariums – as well as rental-staging projects, today officially announced its laser projection system platform and products. Anchored by the Christie Freedom® laser illumination system, the Christie Solaria CP42LH (Cinema), … Read more
NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN) a leading technology product and service provider that specializes in the digital video broadcasting, distribution and monetization of live and on-demand content to Internet-enabled devices, announced that it has renewed the license agreement with LG Electronics to integrate the DivX® HEVC solution for 4K video streaming across LG’s Ultra HD TV … Read more
We hear that Corning is working with OLEDWorks to create OLED lighting panels, using its Willow Glass product. Corning claims that the new OLED panels will be twice as bright as conventional units. The plan is to use Corning light extraction technology to boost output.
Grundig’s Vision 8 UltraHD TVs and TP8 remote control have won Good Design Awards.
Spain had more than five million pay-TV subscribers at the end of 2014, up 31.6% from the 3.8 million posted in 2013, according to regulator CNMC. Telefonica was the market leader, with almost 1.9 million subscribers; the company also had the highest growth, rising 65% (741,126). DTS followed (up 2.9%) and Ono (down 0.7%).
38 new products were launched by Blackmagic Design at the show, although only a few were relevant to us. Last year, Blackmagic introduced a high-end digital film camera called URSA, which was designed to be upgradeable. The reason was the new generation of sensor technology introduced at NAB 2015, which is compatible with last year’s … Read more
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