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CineEurope Attendees Are Positive

by Tom Allen

2016 marked the 25th anniversary of CineEurope, which was held in Barcelona in mid-June. The 29° heat was a nice break from the rain that is the hallmark of a British summer! A key …

Tags:CineEurope 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Speckle| Vol 23 - Issue 25

RealD Promises ‘Breakthrough’ in Screen Technology

by Tom Allen

We had a chance to see RealD’s ‘Ultimate’ screen in action at CineEurope. We first heard about this development at Cinemacon 2015 (Screen Technology Gets More Attention), and got more information at this year’s …

Tags:CineEurope 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Projection Screens| RealD| Speckle| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Christie is Proud of its Lasers

by Tom Allen

Although Christie, like most companies at the show, was not launching any new products, it did have a clear focus on one particular area: laser projection. The company had provided one of its Solaria …

Tags:Christie| CineEurope 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Sony Favours HPM Over Laser

by Tom Allen

Sony, unlike other big names in the cinema projection space, did not have a stand on the show floor. However, we were able to sit down with David McIntosh – the head of the …

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Horizon Boosts 3D Brightness

by Tom Allen

Masterimage 3D specialises in 3D display technology, and its most recent advancement is the Horizon: a new and very efficient passive 3D polariser. It was launched several months ago. Light efficiency in the Horizon …

Tags:3D Cinema| Brightness| CineEurope 2016| Large Display Monitor| Polariser-based 3D| Vol 23 - Issue 25

CineEurope Roundup

by Tom Allen

During an informal meeting, Korea’s CJ Group said that its 4DX technology is spreading across Asia and Latin America. Take-up is now accelerating in mature markets such as Western Europe and the USA. The …

Tags:CineEurope 2016| Cinema| Codecs| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Polariser-based 3D| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Barco is Pro-Laser, Anti-Speckle

by Tom Allen

I had time to sit down with Bill Beck of Barco to talk about speckle, which is inherently related to laser projection – which was a theme at the show for just about everybody! …

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NEC Ready for “Laser, Laser, Laser”

by Tom Allen

Gerd Kaiser, senior product manager for large venue projectors, said that the overarching theme for NEC at the show was, “Laser, laser, laser”! This was certainly borne out in the models on display, few …

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