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Sony Readies for Roadshow

by Tom Allen

The Sony Professional Roadshow will return to Germany this year. Partners can visit to learn about Sony’s new developments in the fields of home entertainment, digital imaging and audio. The event will start in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Sony

Sony UK Holds Technology Days

by Bob Raikes

Sony Professional in the UK is holding technology training on 20th and 21st January at Pinewood Studios. The course will have four half day sessions and cover 4K and HDR Production, the use of …

Tags:Back Panel| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Christie’s Laser Arrives in Germany

by Tom Allen

Christie and distribution partner Ecco Cine Supply & Services unveiled the first EMEA preview of the CP2208-LP laser phosphor cinema projector at Filmwoche Munich this week (Christie’s Laser-Phosphor Projectors Arrive in 2016). The projector …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 01

And Finally – Vol 23 No 03

by Tom Allen

Apple spoofs are a long-running joke in the tech industry, but Above Average’s advert for the ‘iPhone D’ – “the iPhone for drunk assholes” – takes the cake. Drunk people can’t be trusted, so …

Tags:Back Panel| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03| YouTube

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Panasonic Signs as Olympic Ceremony Partner

by Tom Allen

Panasonic, for the first time, will be an Official Ceremony Partner of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company will provide more than 100 of its PT-DZ21K2 projectors, multiple broadcast-grade AV-HS6000 series …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| Panasonic| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 01

And Finally – Vol 23 No 01

by Tom Allen

Late last year, Jaguar pulled what some might call ‘a stunt preying on peoples’ expectations’, and others would refer to as ‘brilliant marketing’. Let’s just say that it involves virtual reality – but, then …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 01

STMicroelectronics Has Sky Design Win

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics’ Cannes/Monaco family of SoCs are being used to power the Sky Q set-top boxes. The STBs will be available early this year. (Sky Shares UltraHD Launch Plans)

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Sky| STBs| STMicroelectronics| Vol 23 - Issue 01

And Finally – Vol 23 No 02

by Tom Allen

The frog will haunt my dreams…It wasn’t all displays at CES: lots of news focused on the IoT. From smart wigs to smart socks, we’ve already seen lots of development in the space. But …

Tags:Back Panel| CES 2016| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

HDMI Approaches 5 Billion Devices

by Tom Allen

The installed base of HDMI products is now approaching 5 billion worldwide, says HDMI Licensing. The 1,700 HDMI Adopters that are members of the group are expected to ship more than 750 million HDMI-compliant …

Tags:Back Panel| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

New Exhibits at Computex

by Tom Allen

Taking place from the 31st May to the 4th June, Computex Taipei will focus on areas including the IoT, startups and business solutions. Three new exhibits will be seen at this year’s show: SmartTEX …

Tags:Back Panel| Computex 2016| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 02

Ateme Powers French 4k Channel

by Tom Allen

MCS TV (Altice Group), of France, has chosen to use Ateme’s Titan software compression solution for its new UltraHD channel. The channel will be launched on cable and optical fibre networks in France, before …

Tags:Back Panel| Cable| France| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Awards Season at CES

by Tom Allen

Multiple companies have won awards at CES. Fitbit was honoured with 17 for its Fitbit Blaze wearable. HTC won 22, 14 of them for the Vive Pre headset. Intel won awards from multiple outlets …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CES 2016| Fitbit| HTC| Intel| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 01| ZTE