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Epson PowerLite 800F and 805F Projectors Now Available for Impactful Signage Applications and Laser-Focused Learning

October 4, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide,1 announced it is now shipping its budget-friendly PowerLite® 800F for classrooms and PowerLite 805F for digital signage applications. As businesses and educators continue to adapt to social distancing needs, Epson’s new ultra short-throw laser solutions help boost engagement while delivering impactful and informational content across education, retail, entertainment, … Read more

UHD Alliance Announces Amazon Prime, Hisense Support for Filmmaker Mode

December 21, 2022October 2, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UHD Alliance said that Amazon Prime plans to introduce support for Filmmaker mode in 2021. It also said that Hisense would be the seventh TV company to support the mode (Kaleidescape, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Vizio are already signed). What We Think I’m not convinced by the idea of the … Read more

Vivo X50 Pro+ Camera review: Aiming for the top

October 2, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DXOMark reviewed the Vivo X50 Pro+ phone and found it has a very good camera, hat lands it in third place behind the Huawei P40 Pro and the top-scoring Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra. It also hs excellent video performance behind those two. What We Think Interesting to see these three Chinese brands … Read more

Set-top Boxes: Further Improvements For UIs, UHD And HDR

October 2, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say STBs are being developed and upgraded to meet the need for support of technology features such as HDR and UltraHD and are also being designed to try to minimise additional costs according to Nagra. However, there are a range of solutions needed from DVRs to all-IP devices and hybrid boxes. Nagra is … Read more

Finally full exhibition halls again

October 2, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Infocomm Beijing 2020 took place with 30,000 visitors and 450 exhibitors after being postponed from April What We Think It is good to see exhibitions happening again, but it would take a lot to get me to attend one at the moment. (BR)

Google launches new Chromecast and Google TV

October 2, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has updated its Chromecast Dongle and it has upgraded the product to include an IR/bluetooth remote control and a new user interface. The specification is similar to the Chromecast Ultra, with support for HDR and Dolby Vision. The interface is built around Android TV and the dongle drops support for Google … Read more

Optoma Expands Award-Winning QUAD Series with Groundbreaking 163” All-In-One QUAD Direct View LED Display

October 2, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Optoma, a world-leading manufacturer of large image display products, announced its new QUADZilla FHDQ163 Direct View LED display to the U.S. market, the company’s latest innovation in large display products for the ProAV market. Improving upon the award-winning FHDQ130 QUAD LED display, the QUADZilla delivers 600 nits and stunning, larger-than-life 163-inch imagery with a simple … Read more

The Decision of Streamed vs. Theater is Fading for Consumers

October 2, 2020 by Andy Marken

Netflix’s Reid Hastings had the streaming stage to himself since about 2000 but it got so crowded that this year, the board “encouraged” Ted Sandaros to join him as co-CEO and the two are confident the stage can hold all the new folks that joined them. First, it was just the new members of the … Read more

HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition VR Headset Captures Your Facial Expressions, Heart Rate

October 1, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say HP has announced the Omnicept Solution, a version of its new Reverb G2 Omnicept VR headset which is aimed at B2B applications. The headset includes an SDK for development of applications and uses 2160 x 2160 resolution LCD displays. It also includes extra sensors including gaze recognition technology. HP confirmed that the … Read more

Google Pixel 5 release date, price, specs and big camera upgrades

October 1, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google released its Pixel 5 and 4a 5G at $699/$799 and $499, respectively. The Pixel 5 has a 6″ 1080 x 2340 OLED with 90Hz refresh, a 765G Snapdragon and a dual lens camera. Battery goes up to 4,000mAh and it supports PD charging at 18W. What We Think The Pixel 5 … Read more

Axus Technology Partners with CP Display for Process Development to Accelerate Monolithic 1080p MicroLED Displays to Mainstream AR

October 1, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Axus Technology (Axus), a leading global provider of CMP, wafer thinning and wafer polishing surface-processing solutions for semiconductor applications, announced a partnership with Compound Photonics US Corporation (CP, also known as CP Display), a leading provider of compact high performance microdisplay solutions for Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR), to accelerate sub 5 µm pixel microLED … Read more

Thunderbolt 4 products fix a big USB-C problem

October 1, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Other World Computing will ship a dock with a Thunderbolt 4 port for $150 before the end of the year. The big advantage is that it can convert a single Thunderbolt 4 port to three Thunderbolt or USB Type-C ports. Intel’s Tiger Lake Processors support Thunderbolt 4 as well as USB 4. … Read more