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4K – On September 23, Vizio rolled out its new line of UltraHD TVs at an art gallery in lower Manhattan. We’d been expecting these to show up ever since pricing was announced way back at CES in January, and there weren’t any real surprises in the line-up: five models, ranging in size from 50” … Read more
OLED – TechRadar reports that LG has made considerable progress in its OLED TV manufacturing. This report is based on an interview with K I Kwon, president of LG Electronics UK. This follows our article “LG Slashes Prices on 55? Curved OLED TV” and gives a possible explanation for why LG lowered the prices on its existing … Read more
Monitors/All-in-Ones – At the Pepcom Event on September 29th, I had a chance to talk to Lenovo about its two new all-in-one touch screen computers that had been introduced earlier in the month at IFA. Both computers are unabashedly targeting the home market, not professional applications. These units are ‘little brothers’ compared to the Lenovo … Read more
Tiger Helicopter operated by the Australian Army Professional Projectors – On September 5th, The Thales Group (Neuilly sur Seine, France) announced that it had successfully delivered a significant upgrade to the Australian Tiger helicopter simulator using Barco F35 projectors. The improvements to the full flight mission simulator’s (FFMS) visual display system (VDS) mean the Australian … Read more
Mobile Displays – While Apple has received a lot of press for its introduction of near field communications (NFC) in the iPhone 6, this is not the only NFC news worth hearing. The NFC World Congress has just ended in Marseille, France, an annual trade show for the NFC industry. The exhibition at the NFC … Read more
Smartphone – The goal of the team at Arubixs (San Francisco, CA) is to “create a device that combines advanced smartphone technology with the convenience and mobility of smart watches and fitness trackers”. The device that the company proposes to develop is called Portal. This Android based smartphone is envisioned to be flexible, water resistant, shatterproof … Read more
Professional Monitors – At PEPCOM’s Holiday Spectacular, a press-and-analysts-only show held on September 29 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on New York City’s West Side, I came across the new ASUS PG278Q 2560 x 1440 gaming monitor. In discussing the monitor with ASUS personnel, and then with Nvidia’s Bryan Del Rizzo, I learned things about the way … Read more
Connectivity – There are lots of ways to deliver UltraHD video, but each solution has its own limitations and/or idiosyncrasies. In the home and some professional AV installations, HDMI 2.0 is emerging as the next generation solution for UltraHD. In the broadcast market, 12G solutions are being shown for those who want to stick with … Read more
Connectivity – In the broadcast market, one of the key trends is the need to consider IP-based infrastructure solutions for routing of video and audio. The BNC-based SDI standard has dominated for years, but Ethernet centric solutions are gaining ground as there are no distance limitations and users can leverage the vast IT industry for equipment … Read more
Market Intelligence – The budding world of wearable devices is about to change even before it goes mainstream, so says a recent report on wearable technology by Juniper Research. The group recently published its Smart Wearables: Fitness, Glasses, Watches, Multimedia, Clothing, Jewellery, Healthcare & Enterprise 2014-2019 forecast and report. It includes key findings that wearables, like the coming Apple Watch, and a … Read more
TV – With TV sales somewhat recovering from a recent downturn, many hope that the TV market is returning to normal. There are also many analysts that have a different view based on changes in the viewing behavior of the consumer. There have been many discussions about the future of the broadcast industry and if I … Read more
Digital Cinema – In a special visit to Christie Digital in Kitchener, Ontario, Insight Media had a chance to see something few have seen yet – a new Christie projector that offers a significant increase in contrast and will soon be suitable for projecting high dynamic content in theatrical venues. The secret behind the innovation is … Read more
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