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Chris Chinnock On 8K Being A Real Thing, And How Pro AV Gets Ready For It

BT Sport 360 capture

What They Say Our own Chris Chinnock was on the Sixteen-Nine.net podcast where he talked about the challenges and advantages of 8K for Pro/AV applications. He emphasises the challenges, but also the opportunities for the use of video-over-ip and the creative use of 8K. What We Think In the discussion there is a brief mention … Read more

IRT Points to the Need for 3D Colour Measurement in HDR

Today, I’m going to dig down into the weeds of a topic that has become important in the display industry in recent years, especially since the arrival of HDR, and that is colour volumes. It’s a topic that keeps coming around and my most recent Display Daily article on the topic was in December (You … Read more

Fraunhofer HHI’s OmniCam-360 Captures „Environment“ – the Opening Project of MaerzMusik by the Berliner Festspiele

What They Say Our friends at 3IT in Berlin are hosting a 360° capture of the opening project of the Festival for Time Issues by the Berliner Festspiele. The festival is also available to view free of charge https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/maerzmusik/start.html The immersive panorama stream on demand will be available on the 3IT Facebook page from 19 … Read more

Bumper Cars Enter the Virtual World with Cyber Blaster, the New VR Bumper Car Attraction from SPREE Interactive

SPREE Interactive, previously known as HolodeckVR, a global leader in, multiplayer, free-roaming commercial VR attractions, is proud to announce the release of their latest VR Bumper Car attraction “Cyber Blaster”. Set in the not so distant future, where humans have uploaded their consciousnesses into a virtual world, Cyber Blaster sees the players jumping into hover … Read more

Bluefin Teams with BrightSign on New Integrated Video Wall Offering

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, announced its collaboration with Bluefin International, Inc. to deliver a pair of new video wall solutions with integrated digital signage capabilities. The BrightSign Built-In Multi-Screen Displays come in two configurations – a 13.3-inch 3×1 display, and a 15.6-inch 3×1 display. “Traditional video walls can … Read more

New Philips Touch Monitors – Advanced In-Cell Touch for the Most Responsive Work Experience, Open-Frame for Points of Information and Self-Service

Displays are all around us, from home use to office environments and public spaces, and many of them meet different needs and serve different applications. Geared towards specific requirements are touch displays. Philips’ monitors provide for a comfortable, fast and responsive touch experience, ready to boost anyone’s productivity. However, there are some scenarios that require … Read more

San’an To Start Trial MicroLED Production

What They Say Wixin of China, quoting the Hubei Daily, reports that San’an will start trial production at its new facility in Ezhou, Hubei Province. The development started in July 2019 and was at one point delayed by Covid, but recovered the schedule and Phase 2 is said to be six months ahead of the … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen Smart TV Streaming Platform Scaled New Heights in 2020

Samsung’s Tizen smart TV streaming platform further extended its lead in 2020 as the number of Tizen devices in use worldwide increased by 21% year-on-year to 162.3 million, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. Strong growth was also seen in Google’s Android TV (+42%), Roku TV OS (+40%) and … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen Smart TV Streaming Platform Scaled New Heights in 2020

What They Say Strategy Analytics put out a press release (Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen Smart TV Streaming Platform Scaled New Heights in 2020) with details of the global installed base of TV streaming platforms. It ranked Samsung as having the largest installed base with 12.7% on a total global connected device market of 1.28 billion. … Read more

IRT Closure almost Done

What They Say The IRT (Institut für Rundfunktechnik) in Munich is in the process of liquidation and has closed more of its activities after a decision to close in the summer of 2020. The IRT was founded in 1956 to perform R&D for the German-speaking (DACH) region and had around 100 staff at the end … Read more

Sharp/NEC Launches the Next Generation of E Series Large Format Displays for Easy-Use Signage at an Affordable Price

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe released the next generation of its NEC MultiSync® E Series large format displays, which offers a professional solution for low-budget signage applications. The E Series comes in sizes from 32 inches to 65 inches and is perfect for a conference-room display or retail signage. With a modern design, high-definition quality … Read more