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Dynamic Focus on 23″ Full HD LCD Monitors

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 23″ Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 1920 x 1080 and sizes from 23″ to 23.4″ wide. There are 16 brands featured in the advertising, with Philips, AOC and Asus the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Asus is top … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 24″ Full HD LCD Monitors

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 24″ Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 1920 x 1080 and sizes from 23.5″ to 24.4″ wide. There are 16 brands featured in the advertising, with AOC, Philips and Iiyama the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Iiyama is top … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 42″ LCD Public Displays – Vol 21 Issue 44

This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are eight brands featured in the advertising. NEC Displays is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and Samsung is third. In France, Samsung leads … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 55″ Full HD LCD Public Displays

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 55″ Full HD category covering sizes 53.5″ to 59.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are seven brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and NEC Displays is third. In … Read more

Christie Shows Benefits of 120fps for Simulation…

For several years, Christie Digital has showcased demos at I/ITSEC to demonstrate the benefits of moving to 120fps display solutions for reducing motion artifacts. Last year the company had a nice side-by-side demo showing the trade-offs between increasing the resolution of a solution vs. increasing the frame rate (see video http://tinyurl.com/k4ruosy). The latter was clearly … Read more

42 Christie Offers New “Twist” Option for Simulation Market

Christie Digital is offering end users in the simulation and training market a new option to add the company’s warping and edge-blending software to its projectors. Twist Pro is now an optional fee-based add-on geared for the most demanding applications such as flight simulators, virtual caves and domes. An unlimited number of projectors are supported … Read more

Elbit Systems Introduces New Artillery and Battle Group Trainers

Israeli-based Elbit Systems used I/ITSEC 2014 to describe two training systems: the artillery tactical trainer (ATT) and the fourth generation of the tactical battle group trainer (TBT). About to be delivered to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), ATT is a complete virtual-constructive and networked solution for force-on-force training of field artillery gun crews ranging from … Read more

4K-UHD Delivery Options Getting Real

M-Go, Amazon and DirecTV are all in the news with new 4K-UHD delivery services that are rolling out now or shortly in the US. 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 (LDM Vol 21 No 45) . But it … Read more

4K/UHD Challenge for Animated Movies

The most discussed topic about 4k/UHD technology is the very limited availability of native 4k/UHD content. While studios are working on changing their acquisition process to 4k, the rest of the workflow is still dominated by 2k/FHD solutions. For the most part content is still produced in 2k/FHD. Whoever thought that animated movies would be … Read more

FlightSafety Describes “Largest FOV Collimated Display Ever Built”

At I/ITSEC 2014, FlightSafety International presented a paper that described what it claims is the collimated display with the largest field of view (FOV) ever built. While this system was not demonstrated on the trade show floor, the company did have a full collimated display set up as a helicopter simulator. Collimated displays are highly … Read more

55 ForthDD’s Microdisplays in 97% of US Army’s HMD

Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) (Scotland) is a long time manufacturer of high performance LCOS panels. At I/ITSEC 2014, the company told us that its microdisplays now power over 97% of the US Army’s HMDs used for training, simulation and mission rehearsal. One application where the 1280 x 1024 resolution microdisplays are used is the US … Read more