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Blackmagic Design was showing its new 4K URSA camera, which was introduced at NAB. After NAB, Chris Chinnock wrote about it and posted a video http://tinyurl.com/pkyxsmq. The big news about URSA from CCW is that the camera has started to ship at a price point of $5,995 for the version that takes EF mount lenses … Read more
The Tab 8W from Acer (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is now available in Europe, starting at £135 ($210). The company has also started to sell the Liquid Leap smartband (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18), for £65 ($100). The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order. … Read more
CTouch Europe has appointed Granteq Distribution in the Middle East to expand its presence in the region. Granteq will sell and distribute CTouch Europe’s large format touchscreens across the Gulf states.
Steljes has launched Smart kapp, its digital capture board, in Europe. Steljes says this is the first time that Smart kapp has been available in the region and will be distributed exclusively by Steljes through its offices in Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia and the UK.
High Performance Computing – The SuperComputing Conference being held in New Orleans is an interesting event if you have high performance computing (HPC) needs, like those in broadcast, post production and some ProAV applications. This is where the latest CPU, GPU and high-speed connectivity hardware is showcased, so a quick summary of some top items … Read more
Augmented Reality – The Vuzix Smartglasses M100 have been around for quite some time and have been used in various industry applications. While the smartglasses have been available to the public directly from Vuzix, the company had no marketing plan to create more sales. However, this has now changed, with Vuzix announcing that it is … Read more
Home Entertainment – M-Go, Amazon and DirecTV are all in the news with new 4K-UHD delivery services that are rolling out now or shortly. Last week, we reported that DirecTV was getting ready to roll out 4K-UHD delivery using it satellites and Genie HD-DVR set top box. But it must be connected to a 4K-ready … Read more
ipadusaTablets – The Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey will soon feature iPads in United Airline’s Terminal C. This is United’s main terminal at the Newark Airport and is a critical hub for United, a launching point for many of the airline’s transatlantic flights. The update will cost $120 million and will see every … Read more
Personal Eyewear – Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by the head mounted virtual reality (VR) system. A more common type of headline is “Oculus Rift at SXSW: Is Virtual Reality … Read more
Camera/Camcorders – I had a chance to visit several manufacturers of 4K cameras at the recent CCW 2014 (Content and Communications World) in New York November 12 – 13 and get updates on cameras I had written about before, after the presentation for SMPTE. The JVC representative said the GY-LS300 camera, a compact 4k camera … Read more
Display Metrology – A new display color accuracy metric was developed by DisplayMate and used by the lab, to help identify the mobile display panel with absolute color accuracy. The lab made famous by its Industry Display Shoot-Outs, tested AMOLED and LCD display panels from a field of the Top Six Mobile Display Devices and … Read more
Mobile Display – Once again Samsung OLED display panel struts its stuff claiming the top Display Color Accuracy prize in the latest shoot-out data from Dr. Ray Soneira’s DisplayMate labs. Soneira announced: “The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is the winner in Absolute Color Accuracy, coming in first place in all categories in its Basic Screen … Read more
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