CCDL Shows Big Polarization-based 3D LED Wall at SMPTE Fall Conference
Central China Development Labs (CCDL) was at the SMPTE Fall conference where it made a big impression with its 3D LED screen using polarization.
SRI International Shows Visual Broadcast Test Methods at SMPTE
SRI International offers test patterns that can look at bit depth, chroma sampling, frame rates, conversions, audio sync and much more – and provide visual feedback on compliance and errors.
SRI International Shows Visual Broadcast Test Methods at SMPTE
SRI International offers test patterns that can look at bit depth, chroma sampling, frame rates, conversions, audio sync and much more – and provide visual feedback on compliance and errors. Driving the system is their newly introduced Sarnoff TG-400 test sequence generator for content creators, broadcasters, and distributors to verify the quality of 4Kp60 digital … Read more
Unparalleled Learning in Stereo 3D
3D in Education After penning Nevada State College Flies High with 3D, I decided to pay a site visit to the venerable college. That’s because it’s always good to test one’s assumptions against hard reality. So, hoping to see 3D in action, hoping to determine if these undergraduate classrooms were indeed using stereo 3D in … Read more
Aries Epica Launches Autostereoscopic Products
3DTV – The Aries Epic Group (Dubai) is a consortium of independent firms with global headquarters in the Middle East and subsidiaries in India and Singapore. Under the Aries Epica brand name, the company is introducing a range of autostereoscopic display products. According to Jeemon Pulley, managing director at subsidiary Epica, the company launched a … Read more
NanoMarkets Issues Report on Transparent Displays
Market Intelligence – Transparent displays are certainly not on the top of the list of exciting display technologies. However, with Samsung and LG introducing transparent displays for professional markets, there is some question of the market potential for this technology. So far the transparent panels were marketed toward applications in retail or appliances like refrigerator … Read more
Pebble Has Sold 250,000 Smartwatches So Far
Smartwatch – Pebble was one of the first smartwatch devices from a start-up company that got into the wearable business early on. Since then Pebble has become a smartwatch made for the technology enthusiast. At a recent developer retreat, CEO Eric Migicovsky spilled some of the beans about his company’s development. Migicovsky mentioned that the company has … Read more
4K and UHDTV Confusion Calamity
As with any new technology, there is often a clash between the engineering developers and the marketeers. (To this day, one my pet peeves continues to be the way audio amplifier power is defined, but that’s another story.) Ultra-High Definition Television, unfortunately, continues that trend. What the term actually means, and how it is modified, … Read more
SiliconCore Shows 1.2mm LED at Gitex
At Gitex 2014 in Dubai, SiliconCore showed the word’s first 1.2mm pitch LED display, enabled by its new driver chip which can drive 640 LEDs. Steve Scorse tells us about it and also about the work that the company has done to overcome moiré in broadcast applications with NRK of Norway.
DYVI Shows Virtualized Visual Switcher at SMPTE Conference
DYVI is the marketing arm of EVS and they were at the SMPTE Conference showing of what is essentially a virtualized visual switcher for broadcast production.
Vefxi Designs ASIC for 2D to 3D Conversion
3D – VEFXI the Oregon-based 3D technology company is changing direction to address the 3D entertainment market. So far the developer of 2D to 3D conversion software has been focused on aftermarket boxes aimed at the consumer market. In the current market for home entertainment, 3D TV sets are not exactly a marketing highlight, however … Read more
Dolby Atmos for Home Theater Now Available
Display Accessories – Last June after CE Week, I wrote an article on Dolby Atmos coming to home theater. While it was demonstrated at CE week, it was not actually available then. At the recent CEDIA Expo 2014, September 10 – 13 in Denver, Colorado, the availability of the Audio/Video Receivers (AVR) and speakers needed … Read more
