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InfoComm Connected 2020 and Pro-AV

As anyone who follows the Professional Audio-Video (Pro-AV) business already knows, InfoComm 2020, originally scheduled to be a real event in Las Vegas, was transformed into a virtual event, InfoComm Connected 2020. This is not surprising since Covid-19 has converted most scheduled live trade shows into virtual events this spring, summer and fall. “Virtual” is … Read more

Mitsubishi Electric Announces End of Production of TFT-LCD Modules

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will end the production of TFT-LCD modules manufactured by its wholly owned subsidiary Melco Display Technology Inc. (MDTI), aiming at June, 2022. The production termination is due to the changes of business environment. The company will shift its and MDTI’s operating resources from LCD business to its business growth … Read more

intoPIX Releases the FastTICO-XS SDK v1.2.4 for Nvidia GPU

intoPIX, the leading provider of innovative image processing and video compression technologies, announces the official release of the FastTICO-XS SDK v1.2.4 for GPUs, its newest JPEG-XS GPU software development kit (SDK) for AV and broadcast app developers. An All-in-One JPEG-XS solution This major intoPIX update introduces the first GPU encoder release, increased GPU decoder performance, … Read more

Four Companies with Augmented Reality Enterprise Platforms Named IDC Innovators

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International Data Corporation (IDC) published an IDC Innovators report profiling four companies that provide augmented reality (AR) platforms for enterprise use. The four companies are: Atheer, Scope AR, Ubimax, and Upskill. Augmented reality overlays digital information or objects within a person’s current view of reality. The included companies provide AR enterprise platforms that enable customers … Read more

The Rebirth of Home Projection

The upside of so much “home time” may just have been the re-discovery of the ease, convenience and portability of digital projection. With dramatically improved technology advances including high bright light valve DLP / LED or lamp-less (laser/LED) based engines, plus improved battery life and short-throw capabilities that make doing the 100-inch image after sunset … Read more

JOLED Concludes Capital and Business Alliance with TCL CSOT

JOLED Inc., which develops, manufactures, and sells OLED displays, announces the conclusion of a capital and business alliance with TCL CSOT, a display manufacturing subsidiary of Chinese high tech company TCL Tech. Under the alliance, JOLED will raise JPY20 billion in capital through a third-party allocation of new shares underwritten by CSOT-JAPAN. Also, JOLED will … Read more

What Does the Korean Display Industry Do Next?

Japan’s once-unconquerable liquid-crystal display-panel industry has long-since migrated to Taiwan and then South Korea. And South Korea, after many years of great success (if not always great profits) is now dumping it. The problem is oversupply and margins that vary between slim and none. So LG Display (LGD) and Samsung Display Company (SDC) are moving … Read more

ViewSonic Launches New All-in-One Direct View LED Displays

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of display solution products, launches a new line of direct view LED displays. As an all-in-one cost-effective alternative to the traditional custom-made video walls, the 135-inch LD135-151 and 163-inch LD163-181 are designed to make an impactful impression in a variety of environments, including lobbies and boardrooms. These two direct … Read more

The Means to Extend the Life of LCDs is Under Development

Failures in the operation of liquid crystal displays are often associated with a change in the ionic conductivity of the liquid crystal material. More specifically, an increase in conductivity can degrade the quality of the image produced by a display by reducing the contrast and introducing artifacts that include image sticking and flicker. Failures can … Read more

New Project Launched @3IT: TeleSTAR

We are extremely proud to announce a new project at the 3IT: TeleSTAR. The project is funded as part of EIT Health, which is supported by EIT, a body of the European Union. TeleSTAR stands for Telepresence for Surgical Assistance and Training using Augmented Reality. In today’s surgical training, the transmission of surgeries for physicians … Read more