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Ultra HD Blu-ray Plans Firming Up

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, we met with the Blu-ray Disc Association to learn more about how the specification is developing and when we can expect products in the market. It now looks as though the …

Tags:Blu-ray| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Philips Explains its HDR Solutions

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, we had a chance to meet with Philips to discuss its activities in developing High Dynamic Range (HDR) solutions. It turns out, the company has been working on this for some …

Tags:CES 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Giraffic Technology Speeds Streaming and File Transfer

by Chris Chinnock

Israel-based Giraffic was at CES showing off the latest advances to its Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) technology and demonstrating how it can increase video quality within a given bandwidth, or reduce bandwidth needed for …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Video Quality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

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Toshiba Shows Glasses-Free 3D Display at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Toshiba Corporation used CES 2015 to showcase a new glasses-free 3D 15.4” 4K resolution display. By using a GRIN (GRadient INdex) lens, Toshiba was able to achieve very low cross-talk between the left and …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Skymedia to Launch Glasses-free UHD 3DTV using Dimenco Technology

by Chris Chinnock

Glasses-free 3D technology developer Dimenco was at CES, but we did not get a chance to meet with them. The company has just signed a technology license agreement with Skymedia, the third largest TV manufacturer in Korea, …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| CES 2015| Dimenco| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Samsung Shows 8K Glasses-free 3D Display

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung took the prize for the biggest and the highest resolution glasses-free 3D display at CES 2015. It was 110 inches in diagonal and had a native resolution of 8K. It has a switchable …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Other HDR Updates

by Chris Chinnock

Netflix reaffirmed an earlier announcement that it would be adding support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) to its 4K content later this year. It is apparently partnered with LG and Sony to deliver this option. …

Tags:CES 2015| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Panasonic| Philips| Samsung| sharp| sony| TCL| toshiba| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 03

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CES 2015 – The State of Virtual Reality

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, virtual reality was a topic of great interest. In our special coverage of this segment, there are lots of news stories on the personal eyewear and head mounted displays that will …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Oculus Crescent Bay VR Headset is a Big Improvement

by Chris Chinnock

Oculus used CES 2015 as the platform to publicly demonstrate its latest virtual reality headset called Crescent Bay. The demo we received was very impressive as the image quality and performance are now approaching …

Tags:CES 2015| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Dolby HDR Updates from CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

We had an opportunity to meet with Dolby while at CES 2015 and learn more about the company’s efforts to bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) to the mass market. This involves getting the entire …

Tags:CES 2015| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Innovative DLP Demos in the TI Suite

by Chris Chinnock

In addition to the HUD technology described in a separate article, TI showed a number of products using DLP chips – mostly the newest TRP chip set. One very cool new product from HP …

Tags:Asus| CES 2015| DLP| Hitachi| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 03| ZTE

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Other HUDs at CES

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, automotive technology was huge.  One of the items we tried to take a look at was Head-up Displays (HUDs). There was very little information available at most companies, so we have …

Tags:CES 2015| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03