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Ultra HD Blu-ray Plans Firming Up

At CES 2015, we met with the Blu-ray Disc Association to learn more about how the specification is developing and when we can expect products in the market. It now looks as though the BDA will begin licensing the new spec in the summer of 2015 with products expected in the market by the end … Read more

Philips Explains its HDR Solutions

At CES 2015, we had a chance to meet with Philips to discuss its activities in developing High Dynamic Range (HDR) solutions. It turns out, the company has been working on this for some time and is now very active in helping to standardize the approach and bring solutions to market. Philips first dabbled in … Read more

Giraffic Technology Speeds Streaming and File Transfer

Israel-based Giraffic was at CES showing off the latest advances to its Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) technology and demonstrating how it can increase video quality within a given bandwidth, or reduce bandwidth needed for high quality video delivery. Video delivery over the Internet is one application for the technology, but it can also be implemented … Read more

Toshiba Shows Glasses-Free 3D Display at CES 2015

Toshiba 3D 1

Toshiba Corporation used CES 2015 to showcase a new glasses-free 3D 15.4” 4K resolution display. By using a GRIN (GRadient INdex) lens, Toshiba was able to achieve very low cross-talk between the left and right views. More importantly, the GRIN lens is switchable allowing 4K resolution in 2D mode and FHD resolution per eye in … Read more

Skymedia to Launch Glasses-free UHD 3DTV using Dimenco Technology

Glasses-free 3D technology developer Dimenco was at CES, but we did not get a chance to meet with them. The company has just signed a technology license agreement with Skymedia, the third largest TV manufacturer in Korea, to launch a Glasses-free 3DTV. Dimenco adds an optical layer (Dimenco Clear View) to the LCD imaging panel to help direct … Read more

Samsung Shows 8K Glasses-free 3D Display

Samsung took the prize for the biggest and the highest resolution glasses-free 3D display at CES 2015. It was 110 inches in diagonal and had a native resolution of 8K. It has a switchable optical layer and looked very good in 8K and 3D modes. Samsung was not revealing any details about the structure of … Read more

Other HDR Updates

Netflix reaffirmed an earlier announcement that it would be adding support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) to its 4K content later this year. It is apparently partnered with LG and Sony to deliver this option. Warner Brothers will release three movies in Dolby Vision HDR in 2015: The Lego Movie, Edge of Tomorrow and Into the Storm. … Read more

CES 2015 – The State of Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift Crescent Bay

At CES 2015, virtual reality was a topic of great interest. In our special coverage of this segment, there are lots of news stories on the personal eyewear and head mounted displays that will be needed for this experience. But the question remains: does this current wave of euphoria over virtual reality (VR) have legs?  … Read more

Oculus Crescent Bay VR Headset is a Big Improvement

Oculus used CES 2015 as the platform to publicly demonstrate its latest virtual reality headset called Crescent Bay. The demo we received was very impressive as the image quality and performance are now approaching some of the very best professional HMDs, but at a 10x to 50X lower price point (it is expected to retail … Read more

Dolby HDR Updates from CES 2015

We had an opportunity to meet with Dolby while at CES 2015 and learn more about the company’s efforts to bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) to the mass market. This involves getting the entire ecosystem from content creation to home TVs to adopt the technology. Dolby has been a clear leader in HDR, but it … Read more

Innovative DLP Demos in the TI Suite

In addition to the HUD technology described in a separate article, TI showed a number of products using DLP chips – mostly the newest TRP chip set. One very cool new product from HP is called the Sprout (HP’s PC Unit Sprouts Anew). This is an all-in-one PC with a 23″ monitor and pico-projector built-in … Read more