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A new display series, the LQ70 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 15), was on show at Panasonic’s stand. Introduced at NAB this year, it consists of 84″ (TH-84LQ70) and 98″ (TH-98LQ70) UltraHD LCD models. Designed for broadcast production and digital signage, Panasonic hopes that the LQ70 series will catch replacement demand from customers replacing the … Read more
Damien Weissenburger is a business director at Sony Professional, whom we have met before. We had a long discussion with him about Sony’s vision for the future when it comes to projectors – the Lifespace UX concept from IFA came up more than once! Most of the roadblocks in the way of UltraHD have now … Read more
Toshiba’s new TD-E signage display series is a lower-cost alternative to the TD-Z series. Unlike the TD-Z products, which can run 24/7, the TD-E screens are rated for 16/7 usage and do not feature DVI chaining (because they don’t have a DVI port!). A 40″ unit was on show at Toshiba’s stand, but there will … Read more
NEC was showing the PX602UL (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7): a laser-LED hybrid installation projector. The projector features UltraHD video processing and HDBaseT, DisplayPort, HDMI (x2), VGA, USB and RJ45 connections, as well as an OPS slot. As a solid-state model, it supports 360 deg projection and will last for about 20,000 hours. Originally … Read more
Pace told us that from the point of view of its STBs, it is “ready for UltraHD”. The company has a new User Interface platform framework (based, we were told, on Adobe tools rather than HTML5), that is said to allow “sexier” interface designs. There were new large (home gateway) STBs on display as well … Read more
Ruwido was showing a “traditional” remote control with a standard button configuration, but the design is a very sleek one, with a thickness of just 2.7mm. That’s why it’s called the “Leaf”. The remote supports BTLE for voice streaming (Swisscom was the first to use this technology) and Ruwido told us that the remote could … Read more
A new vinyl-wrap service was being demonstrated for Peerless-AV’s kiosks. Companies can use this to extend their branding to the stand, as well as the display itself. The service can be applied to any unit, although is more difficult on curved kiosks. It has been very popular, we heard. Peerless is now offering IP68-rated display … Read more
Although we had already heard a lot about UltraHD at IBC and IFA, we had the chance to hear Thomas Wrede of SES give a summary from his point of view at one of the SES seminars held during IBC, so we thought we’d go along. First, Wrede talked about the importance of being closer … Read more
Strangely enough, we saw nothing new from Samsung. The company has had significant digital signage and monitor product launches at Technology Exposed in the past, but this year’s stand was much smaller. Various printers were on show, alongside older signage displays: the ME95C (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 38); UD55D (Display Monitor Vol 21 No … Read more
Sony’s press conference was hard to find – we were sent to three different places before we found it! So, sadly, we missed the start and by the time we got there, there was a discussion of the PXW-FS7 professional camcorder, which uses a new Super 35mm Exmor sensor to give more than 14 stops … Read more
Vixs was in a positive mood at IBC, as it had been at CES, as it has currently the “only fully working UltraHD HEVC chip in production”. The XCode 6400 chip is in five shipping products including units from Sharp and Panasonic. The company is also happy as it can support Rec 2020 colour (as … Read more
We’ve been reporting on the 4Ever government-driven project in France since April 2012 when the project was established to test and develop UltraHD technology. The group has been working on HEVC encoding testing and looking at other “better pixel” features including doing some tests of HDR technology for soccer. These could be particularly helpful where … Read more
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