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ANC and GLAAM (formerly G-SMATT) America Form Partnership to Introduce, Integrate and Operate the World’s First Digital Media and Interactive Glass Building Material to the United States

What They Say ANC of the US and Glaam of South Korea said that they would promote Glaam’s Media Glass which would be integrated by ANC for sale in the US. The glass has embedded LEDs so that it can act as a window in daylight, but become a display after dark. It is said … Read more

Innolux Ushers in Cutting-Edge Technology

Innolux made a giant leap to commercialization of innovative display technology for customer and consumer market. In the 2020 OPTO TAIWAN exposition taking place at TaiNEX during Oct 21-23, Innolux is going to premiere the exclusive Color-Conversion-Based Retina AM-MicroLED Tiling Display and a series of miniLED advance display technology and solutions. LC Meta-Surface Antenna will … Read more

Connect Americans Now Urges FCC Action on White Spaces

What They Say An association of 51 companies, under the name ‘Connect Americans’ has backed the FCC’s plan to allow the use of 600MHz spectrum and TV broadcast ‘white space’ for non-broadcast applications including rural internet provision. What We Think I have a close relative that lives in rural America and understand the frustration of … Read more

Many of the World’s Leading Consumer Electronics Brands Announce New Eyesafe Products at Blue Light Summit

Eyesafe, UnitedHealthcare Vision and TÜV Rheinland Group presented the Blue Light Summit 2020, bringing together world leaders from consumer electronics and health care, for a first of its kind cross-industry event. Brands including Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, ZAGG Brands, AMD as well as display maker BOE, shared in broad discussion with health care professionals from … Read more

Fire TV boxes are getting a host of new hands-free features via paired Alexa devices

What They Say Amazon is rolling out new features to allow its Alexa-enable devices to access more features in Fire TV devices. Previously, only the Fire TV Cube had the integrated microphones to allow access to the service and functions were limited on other devices. What We Think Effectively, this can turn a TV system … Read more

Philips Brings New Features to MediaSuite pro TVs with Major Android Update

Philips Professional Display Solutions is offering a complimentary Android upgrade across its range of HFL5014 and 6014 Google-certified MediaSuite hospitality TVs, bringing all the latest entertainment, control and security features to new and existing models, whilst extending product lifetime, maximising return on investment and reducing e-waste for a more positive environmental impact. As part of … Read more

Optoma Offers Trio of Solutions for Immersive Installations: BX-CTA17 Short Throw Lens for Optoma ZU Series and Optoma Nano

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Optoma has expanded the capabilities of its ZU series high brightness laser projectors with its dedicated 0.65-0.75:1 short throw projection lens, the BX-CTA17. The short throw lens is the latest edition to Optoma’s U series of interchangeable lenses, which are compatible with the Optoma ZU series of high brightness laser professional installation projectors: ZU660e, ZU750, … Read more

Technicolor Teams with Google to Promote Hybrid Android TV Devices

Technicolor announces it is partnering with Google to accelerate the development and deployment of the Google Broadcast Stack software platform onto a wide array of customer premises equipment (CPE) and consumer electronics devices used to access video services. This is the latest development in Technicolor’s Connected Home’s ongoing commitment to leverage open and innovative technologies … Read more

Deutsche TV-Plattform Launches CI+ 2.0 Initiative

Deutsche TV-Plattform is launching an initiative to prepare a possible market launch of the new version of the CI Plus Interface – CI+ 2.0. CI Plus enables the reception and use of encrypted audiovisual content without an external set-top box. For example, encrypted HDTV channels can be used with television sets in which no encryption … Read more

Great Animation at Brussels Airport

What They Say Here’s something a bit lighter for the weekend – a dynamic presentation using a steerable projection system from SkullMapping of Belgium. What We Think I have been following the projects from SkullMapping since 2017 which are really great and exploit dynamic projection. I have been impressed over the years with the creativity … Read more

I’ll Be Watching You (While You’re Watching Me)

Last Friday, Sony announced a new Ultra HD autostereo display. It’s called The Spatial Reality Display (SRD), employs a proprietary eye-tracking system (Eye-Sensing Light Field Display) that was first demonstrated at CES 2020, and looks to be a clever product – if a bit on the small size for everyday work. Click for higher resolution … Read more