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Meeting only several times a year, it can be hard to keep up with Synaptics which started out with touch pads and then bought the display driver business from Renesas. That meant more display and touch integration. Then in July, the company bought Conexant Systems, which has audio and voice software for smart homes. It … Read more
CinemaNext, a European specialist in cinema exhibitor services has completed the installation of three new auditoria at the CNC’s (France’s National Centre of Cinematography and Moving Image) headquarters in Paris. The site has been equipped with EclairColor HDR, 3D-capable Sony Digital Cinema UHD projectors and Twavox audio description technology. CinemaNext account manager Virgile Fridemann commented: … Read more
Planning to meet someone, we dropped into a second session at the IBC conference, after the Immersive Media session (Immersive Media at IBC). It turned out to be quite an interesting session that followed up on our report on volumetric capture from the Fraunhofer HHI event just before IFA (3IT Holds an Open Day). The … Read more
Recent trends in large flat screen displays have me wondering if we are seeing the beginning of the end for home theater front projection. (We are already seeing pressure on front projection for commercial markets, but that’s a topic for another time.) Earlier this month, both Samsung and LG announced they would release 80″-class 8K … Read more
The OLED Association attended the recent OLED Summit and made an interesting comparison between the OLED revenue forecasts from IHS and from DSCC. OLED Revenues – data source: IHS/DSCC Image: OLED-A The Association has also reported that Skyworth plans to spend $73 million to expand its OLED TV module capacity from 300,000 units to 1,000,000 … Read more
Roku has launched its Premiere range of streaming devices, both capable of outputting Ultra HD and HDR video, alongside a refreshed Roku Ultra bundle. Both the Premiere and Premiere+ streaming players have a quad-core processor and built-in Wi-Fi. The difference lies in the packaged remote; the Premiere model comes with an infrared remote, whereas Premiere+ … Read more
Screen Visions, the Stuttgart-based LED specialist, was commissioned to provide, install and oversee all the visual equipment used at the European Track & Field Championships at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium — 550 m² of 10mm pixel-pitch displays and two LED screen boxes with a 26 m² area. Image: Pierre Johne At the European Mile in Breitscheidplatz, … Read more
Comcast has beaten 21st Century Fox at the recent sealed bid auction for Sky, with a bid of £17.28 per share (about $22.50). Comcast initially acquired 30% of Sky shares, while the company’s success at the auction made its offer mandatory for any shares it didn’t currently hold, with Fox officially out of the running. … Read more
Ruwido of Salzburg was at the show in its usual immaculate booth and with the very established team that the company has had for a number of years. We spoke first to Regina Berghaupt who was previously an Invited Professor at the University of Toulouse, but is now a full Professor at the University of … Read more
Rob Koenen, VP of the VR Industry Forum gave a talk about immersive media and we had gone along to hear about lightfields. Unfortunately, the event over-ran and we had another commitment, so we didn’t get to hear that talk, but we got an interesting perspective on VR. Koenen started by saying that the hype … Read more
Royole’s Michael Williams wears a top hat with a Royole flexible OLED Display. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Royole Corporation was at the recent Pepcom event in New York to talk about their flexible OLED technology. One thing they showed was a top hat with a flexible OLED wrapped around it – a real attention getter. In … Read more
The fifth Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit (EWTS) will be held October 9-11, 2018 in Austin, Texas. This meeting will bring together people who are using or are considering using wearable technology in the enterprise. As discussed in a previous Display Daily, wearable technology, especially augmented reality (AR) head-mounted displays (HMDs), have already found a place … Read more
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