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SMPTE Webcast on Projector Colour Grading

by Yvette Raikes

SMPTE is holding one of its Emerging Technology webcasts on Thursday 6th October at 1pm EDT, 10am PDT, 5pm UTC and 6pm BST. The theme is Uber Master Creation using an HDR Movie Projector …

Tags:Back Panel| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 23 - Issue 38

And finally….

by Bob Raikes

Well, it wasn’t April Fools day, but we doubt, anyway whether anybody would have actually been fooled into attacking their iPhone as shown in this video. (Funnily enough, because of a defect in my …

Tags:Back Panel| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

NFL Network Chooses Planar

by Yvette Raikes

The sports-oriented NFL Network has taken delivery of six Planar 55″ LookThru OLED monitors. The FHD transparent displays, which use Samsung’s OLEDs, are installed in its GameDay studio. Analyst Comment There won’t be many …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Planar| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 38

MTV Awards Feature Multi-screen Display

by Yvette Raikes

The MTV Video Music Awards held at Madison Square Garden in New York were shown live on cable networks, smart TVs, mobile devices and the internet. There were multiple video screens at the venue, …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 38

3M Hosts Multi-Touch Workshop

by Yvette Raikes

Interactive Scape of Berlin is holding a free multi-touch workshop, hosted by 3M, in Neuss, Germany, on 13th October. Aimed at project managers, designers and experts in the field of digital signage, the workshop …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Back Panel| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Epson Uses SiBeam Wireless in Home Cinema Projector

by Milos Pavlovic

Lattice Semiconductor said that its SiBeam 60GHz wireless technology has been integrated into the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UBe 3LCD projector to support wireless transmission of UltraHD and HDR content. HDCP 2.2 content protection …

Tags:Back Panel| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wireless

SID Announces New Peter Brody Prize

by Isaac Oburu

The Society for Information Display (SID) has announced a new award to honor young researchers under the age of 40 who have made innovation of design and enhancement of the performance of active matrix …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 38

LG Criticised for RGBW Again

by Bob Raikes

LG is continuing to get bad coverage for its RGBW UltraHD TV panels. A recent 4K blog site published an article titled “These three LG TVS offer RGBW pseudo 4K and a raw deal …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| RGBW| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Zytronics Enables Wroclaw Museum

by Bob Raikes

Zytronic said that its PCap technology has been used by touch screen specialists Videofonika and has been installed in the recently opened Pan Tadeusz museum in Wroclaw, Poland, has been designed with numerous multimedia …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 38

New Cameras Use OLED Viewfinders

by Bob Raikes

At the biennial Photokina camera show in Cologne, Sony and Panasonic have both announced cameras that use 1024 x 768 OLED displays in their viewfinders. The Sony a99 Mark II is a high end …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Viewfinders| Vol 23 - Issue 38

New Sony Bravia Ad Set in Romanian Casino

by Isaac Oburu

Sony shot an advertising campaign in a casino in Romania using its new range of Sony Bravia 4K HDR TVs. The ad was made by American director Andre Stringer and DDB Berlin using 4000 …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 37

LG’s RGBW Panels Criticised

by Milos Pavlovic

An article on the Techhive.com blog has drawn attention to some of the resolution issues on LG TVs using the LG Display M+ RGBW technology. A reporter from the blog visited retailers with test …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| RGBW| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 37