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The New Atomos Shinobi 7 Is Here

Atomos is proud to announce the New Atomos Shinobi 7. The new big, bright and beautiful monitor-only provides the expansive screen real estate of the large 7” screen with the lightweight Monitor-only function of the original Atomos Shinobi. The New Shinobi 7 Shinobi 7 is a bigger and brighter screen and takes the foundations of … Read more

A New Compression Paradigm

What They Say SMPTE interviewed Matthew Goldman, a SMPTE Fellow and past SMPTE President and previously with MediaKind, about developments in codecs and why there is more proliferation of different technology. He pointed out that in the past, codecs were optimised to make the most of the hardware that was available to decode the stream. … Read more

Nanosys, QDs and Vacuums

Vacuums were much on my mind when I listened to the last couple of talks in the DSCC/SID Business Conference in the TV section, given by Jason Hartlove of quantum dot (QD) developer, Nanosys and Rachel Cassidy and James Murphy of GE, which is developing phosphors. Both companies are really helping develop technical solutions to … Read more

Sony’s unmanned Malaysian factory to slash TV production costs  

What They Say Nikkei reports that Sony has ‘sharply’ expanded the automation in its TV factory in Malaysia to compete more effectively with Korean and Chinese brands. The aim is to reduce production costs by 70% between 2018 and 2023. The company is reported to have a completely unstaffed production line and plans to move … Read more

iPhone 12 Series Captures One-third of Smartphone Industry Revenues in Q1 2021

Apple’s iPhones dominated the best-selling models’ list for Q1 2021 both in terms of volume as well as value, according to the Counterpoint Research Global Handset Model Tracker, Q1 2021. Analysis by Revenue The global smartphone revenues crossed the $100-billion mark in Q1 2021, setting a first-quarter record driven by the flagships, which grabbed most … Read more

Another Kind of USB Type-C Monitor?

What They Say We reported on the latest update to the USB Power Delivery specification yesterday. This boosts the peak power available under the specification to 240W (48V @ 5 amps). (USB Promoter Group Boosts PD to 240W) What We Think I was thinking about this after I wrote yesterday’s article and it occurred to … Read more

PMA Research Tracking Reveals Best-Selling Projectors in April

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted highlights from their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 25 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading U.S. projector dealers, retailers, web resellers, and distributors. Their Tracking Service … Read more