CTouch Europe Appoints Granteq in ME
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’ Smart Kapp Arrives in Europe
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.
Updates from the SuperComputing Conference
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
Vuzix M100 Smartglasses Now Available on Amazon
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
4K-UHD Delivery Options Getting Real
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
Displays Proliferate at Newark Airport
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
Oculus Rift: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?
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
Update on 4K Cameras from CCW
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
New Metric for Absolute Color Accuracy
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
Samsung Note 4 Wins Display Color Accuracy Shoot-Out
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
Adder’s IP-based KVM Solutions Solving Post Production Problems
Broadcast & Distribution – At CCW (Content and Communications World), we had a chance to take a more careful look at Adder’s KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) extension solutions. KVM extension is needed when computers or servers are located in one location and the keyboard, mouse and monitor are located somewhere else. For example, edit … Read more
The Display Resolution War – How much resolution is enough?
Ever since Apple used the marketing moniker, “Retina Display”, the mobile device and display industry has been asking itself: how far will this resolution arms race go? How high do we need to go before we truly can say that the display meets or exceeds the true limits of the Human Vision System? Apple claimed … Read more
