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4k – Correction of Perception

October 7, 2014 by Insight Media - No PR

4k – Do you remember when YouTube first hit the scene (Feb 2005)? Do you remember people saying, who the hell wants that? Why would I want to look at some dopey home video. How will they ever make money? And all the other usual tripe narrow minded people put when confronted with something new and … Read more

ARRI Alexa 65: When 4k Isn’t Enough

October 7, 2014 by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

Left: ARRI Alexa 65 camera, Right: Camera and accessories can be shoulder mounted.

Camera/Camcorder – ARRI Rental recently announced the Alexa 65 camera, with a 54.1mm x 25.6mm sensor about 65mm in diagonal that has a resolution of 6560 x 3102 pixels. This is equivalent to 6.5K resolution, compared to the more common 4K resolution of 4096 x 2160 or the UHD resolution of 3840 x 2160. The … Read more

Funai/Philips Outsourcing Woes

October 7, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

TV – Philips was one of the household names that we grew up with when it came to any form of consumer electronics, appliances, light bulbs, etc. As a Europe based company, time has not been kind to the company in the field of consumer electronics. Several years ago, Philips decided to give up on … Read more

Cameras for BYOD

October 6, 2014 by Helen Vince

Camera/Camcorder – At the recent Pepcom event on September 29, I saw several small cameras that were targeting the Bring Your Own Display (BYOD) market, where the display in question was a mobile smartphone or tablet display. VSN Mobile (Fort Lauderdale, FL) was showing its camera, the V.360°, that will produce a 360° panoramic image from a single 16MP … Read more

4K is Making Progress in Reaching the Consumer

October 6, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

4K – These days reporting on the display and CE markets must include some news on UHD/4K to be up-to-date. So, here is our update. FlatpanelsHD and 4K News and Reviews are taking a stab at how the consumer can actually watch 4K today. While 4K News and Reviews reports on the 4K shows that … Read more

Next Q Features Canadian Technology Start-Ups in New York

October 6, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

New Technology – Next Q recently held a press event for Canadian technology start-up companies in New York City. The event took place in the LED Lab, a permanent installation from Float 4. There were some interesting aspects affecting the display industry and markets, which are summarized below. Float4 The company is focused on the … Read more

Learning about 3D (Part 2)

October 6, 2014 by Len Scrogan Don't Use

3D in Education – In last month’s article, Learning about 3D (1), we explored one of Google’s free resources for learning about 3D – Google Trends. In this article, we continue our efforts by diving into Google Books Ngram Viewer. Both of these free online resources may be, in fact, enormously useful beyond the bounds of … Read more

UltraHD: A Race To The Bottom?

October 6, 2014 by Pete Putman Don't Use

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

LG is Making Progress in OLED Manufacturing

October 3, 2014 by Helen Vince

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

Lenovo Adds New Horizon Touch Computers

October 3, 2014 by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

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

Thales Upgrades Tiger Simulator with Barco F35 Projectors

October 3, 2014 by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

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

NFC World Congress, Apple Advance NFC

October 3, 2014 by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

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