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Will TV live past China? by Dr Jon Peddie Philo T. Farnsworth invented Electronic TV in the US and demonstrated it on September 7, 1927, in Los Angeles. In Scotland in 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated a mechanical scanning disc television set. And before that Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin filed a patent on December 29, 1923, … Read more
Since Google discontinued distribution of the Google Glass device, many have speculated that Google is retreating from the augmented reality field all together. However, the company has made substantial investments in Magic Leap and has now acquired Launchpad Toys, an app developer for augmented reality. The description of augmented reality is a little loose in … Read more
Rockwell Collins hosted a series of demos at its facility in Sterling, Virginia on January 29. We were there to hear and see what the company was showing. The first demo was a JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers) scenario. This demo was similar to one I witnessed in November 2013 in its UK facility. JTACs … Read more
Rockwell Collins hosted Insight Media and other press here in Sterling, Virginia where the company revealed the results of a new sponsored study and gave a demo of some of the latest technologies to support virtual training. One of the key conclusions of the report: Military leaders are worried about their ability to be prepared … Read more
Rockwell Collins in co-operation with the Government Business Council (GBC), has released a new report entitled Going Virtual to Prepare for a New Era of Defense. In a special briefing for the press, the company laid out its findings (Can Virtual Training Address the US Military’s Readiness Crisis?) but also identified areas of improvement, which … Read more
LG Display says it is aiming to produce 600,000 OLED TV panels in 2015, predominantly in 55″ sizes but also 65″ and 77″. LGD’s current monthly capacity is 14,000 Gen-8 substrates, which is expected to grow to 34,000 by the end of the year.
From April 2015, Datacolor is to expand its direct sales and service organisation in Italy. The company said it will directly run the entire sales and service business and thanked its Italian agent, URAI, for their successful co-operation over the last 35 years.
Renesas Electronics Corporation posted a third quarter net profit of ¥38.2 billion ($321.9 million) on turnover of ¥191.9 billion ($1.6 billion), which compares with a net profit of ¥23 billion ($193.9 million) on turnover of ¥215.6 billion ($1.8 billion) in Q3 of last year. For the first nine months of the year, the company reported … Read more
Apantac LLC (Portland, OR) announced on February 2nd that it will launch a 4K to Display Port 1.2 converter into the European market at ISE 2015 February 10 – 14. It had previously been announced at NAB 2014 for the North American market. APANTAC Micro-4K-DP – 4K to Display Port 1.2 ConverterIn some pieces of professional video processing … Read more
Haier has signed an agreement to put the Foxxum smart TV platform on its TVs. The deal will cover units sold in CEE, LATAM, Russia and the Middle East.
Planar Displays has announced that it will show a 55″ transparent OLED prototype at ISE. The company has built part of its business proposition around transparent displays, but until this point all units have been LCD. OLED technology will be used to improve the transparency of see-through displays – mainly due to the lack of … Read more
In my Display Daily on January 28th, (See LDM for January 30, 2015) I discussed Sensio’s introduction of its new 3D/4K format. I had a chance to talk directly to Nicholas Routhier, president of Sensio, about the technology behind the 3D/4K format, which turns out to be quite simple. The Sensio 3D/4K format is essentially a … Read more
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