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intoPIX Announces Availability of TICO-XS IP-cores Supporting HD and 4K with a Low FPGA Footprint at NAB 2019

intoPIX, leading provider of innovative compression technologies, announced the release of their first TICO-XS IP-cores for Intel and Xilinx FPGAs. TICO-XS is the next generation of popular TICO lightweight compression, being standardized as JPEG XS at the ISO JPEG committee. “We are proud to announce the release of our first TICO-XS IP-cores. Their microsecond latency, … Read more

Shipments of Personal Computing Devices for Gaming Forecast to Deliver Solid Growth, According to IDC

IDC

The global market for gaming desktops, notebooks, and monitors is expected to grow 8.2% year over year in 2019 to 42.1 million devices shipped, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Increased consumer interest, the rising popularity of competitive esports, and new hardware from GPU … Read more

NEC Display Solutions Announces World’s First Digital Cinema Projector with Replaceable Laser Module

NEC

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading global provider of digital cinema projectors, announced the world’s first digital cinema projector that offers exhibitors the ability to replace the laser module in the projector head for the ultimate in versatility and future-proofing. The NEC NC2402ML is a 3-chip DLP projector that features RB laser technology delivering … Read more

DuPont Sells its Soluble Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Technology and Associated Assets to LG Chem

DuPont Electronics & Imaging confirmed it has completed the sale of its soluble organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology and associated assets to LG Chem, Ltd. Assets included in the sale are intellectual property related to DuPont’s soluble OLED technology, and certain equipment for the production of soluble OLED materials and devices. The sale did … Read more

Volfoni Confident on Winning Pending Lawsuit Against RealD

Volfoni announced it is confident of victory in the upcoming lawsuit versus RealD in July. Not only is the IP from RealD very fragile and vulnerable to novelty attacks, the products supplied by Volfoni in any case do not implement the features of the patents allegedly asserted against Volfoni. Volfoni looks forward to demonstrating to … Read more

Samsung’s 2019 TV Line Event: “Hey, we sell Ultra HDTVs too, remember?”

Last Thursday, I traveled up to Samsung’s QA Labs in Pine Brook, NJ to get the “skinny” on the company’s 2019 TV lineup. The event was very much low-key, taking place in one of the testing labs with several TVs set up around the side of the room, folding chairs for the press, and sandwiches, … Read more

Samsung Electronics and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Announce HDR10+ Content Collaboration

Samsung Electronics and American global content production and distribution company Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) announced plans to bring to market titles mastered with HDR10+, the next generation of video standard specification technology developed by Samsung Electronics. HDR10+ (High Dynamic Range 10+) is an open source-based next-generation video standard led by Samsung Electronics. HDR10+ transforms … Read more

NovelSat Introduces NovelSat FUSION For Satellite Broadcasters to Address UHD Adoption and Spectrum Challenges

Broadcasters face increased demand for higher resolution video standards that require an order of magnitude more satellite capacity. Meanwhile, spectrum is being challenged by 5G roll-outs. With that in mind, NovelSat has teamed up with igolgi to introduce NovelSat FUSION, an all-in-one solution offering new levels of satellite transmission efficiency so that broadcasters can drive … Read more

8K Association Now Accepting New Membership Applications

First announced at CES 2019 and now presenting a comprehensive 8K Seminar at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB SHOW)on April 10, 2019, the 8K Association has formed key work groups and invites the application of new members to the association. Any companies and organizations planning to design, produce, distribute, or display 8K resolution content … Read more

Esports, a Display Lover’s Paradise

Esports is a branch of the immense computer game industry. According to Wikipedia, game competition is almost as old as electronic games themselves with the first formal video game competition held at Stamford University in 1972. The Grand Prize? A one year subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. Space Invaders Championship in 1980. (Downloaded from Wikipedia … Read more