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Oakley Announces Airwave 1.5 With Connection to Garmin Action Camera

Head-Up Display –  Oakley has announced its latest Airwave 1.5 ski goggles which include Recon Instrument’s Snow 2 head-up display. There are no technical changes to the Snow 2 HUD however, Oakley is now adding support for the Garmin Virb.  The Virb is an action camera from Garmin that will allow the user to see not … Read more

Muxlab Offers Way to Extend 4K Video Signal to 150 Meters

Connectivity – Sending a 4K signal from a camera back to a recorder or production truck often involves using fiber optic cable if the distances are fairly long. Now, a Canadian company called Muxlab (Montreal, Canada) has a solution that uses CAT 5/6 cable to transfer the 4K video to a distance of 150 meters. That’s beyond the … Read more

Microsoft Band – The First Wearable from Microsoft

Wearable – There are plenty of new entries in the wearable market these days, however when a major company like Microsoft announces its wearable device, the world takes notice. The new smartband is called Microsoft Band and it provides the typical functionality of similar devices. Microsoft Band allows for: Guided workouts 24-hour heart rate tracking Sleep tracking … Read more

Broadband: It’s All About The Pipes

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Broadcast & Distribution – It has become increasingly clear that consumers are moving to streaming and cloud downloads to watch TV shows and movies at home. This trend, which has been documented by numerous research firms and news organizations, reached a “tipping point” in 2011 when more video was acquired via streaming and downloads than by … Read more

Professional Cameras Starting to Support Video Streaming Over CAT 5/6 Cable

Content Creation – At a recent SMPTE New York Chapter meeting, three professional camera manufactures talked about their recent introductions from IBC: Sony, JVC and Panasonic (see full coverage here: part 1, part 2, part 3). All support output over SDI and HDMI connectors, but outputting the content over a CAT 5/6 cable is in … Read more

Apple Pay and Current C – The Fight is ON

Wearables – Wearables are the highlight of the consumer electronics industry this year, with many believing that the release of the Apple Watch will further the consumer’s interest in these products. The next step is to figure out what these devices will be used for. One of the key uses that Apple is proposing is … Read more

Kyocera Proteus: a “Wearable and Collapsible Smartphone”

Smartphones – It is easy to become fascinated by some of the high tech product concepts seen at exhibitions. The best of these are a blend of highly creative industrial design and technology that is at, or even just a bit beyond, the state of the art. In the world of displays, perhaps the most … Read more

No Sapphire on Apple iPhones?

Mobile Display – Since Apple’s sapphire cover glass supplier GT Advanced Technologies went into administration, discussion of the the ultra-hard cover glass technology has been pushed to the forefront of the business news world. Comparing the specifications that sapphire delivers with other cover glass, such as Corning’s Gorilla Glass and its variants, and it becomes … Read more

LGD Claims 0.7mm Narrow Bezel Mobile Display

Mobile Display -LG Display said it will launch a new 0.7mm narrow bezel mobile display that boasts full HD (FHD) and with a bezel less than the thickness of a credit card it is targeting the smartphone market with its latest 5.3″ premium display. To achieve this, the company has developed what it calls Neo … Read more

UHD-TV Is Becoming Mainstream – And Fast

4K – After Aldo Cugnini incisively dissected the question of what the 4K in 4K-TV actually means, you may have thought Display Daily was done with UHD-TV articles – at least for this week. Sorry. No such luck. UHD-TV remains in the news, in part because it is becoming mainstream much more quickly than most … Read more