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DTG Readies High-Res Plugfest

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital TV Group’s UltraHD Forum will hold a 4k Plugfest on 6th May, at the DTG offices. The event will explore HDMI HDCP 2.2 interoperability. Interested parties can contact [email protected].

Innovative Eye2TV Adapter Launches to Transform TV Viewing for Colour-Blind People

by Tom Allen

Spectral Edge (www.spectraledge.co.uk) today announced Eye2TV, its new smart HDMI adapter for colour-blind TV viewers and gaming enthusiasts. The new, UK-developed, product enhances video content for the estimated 4% of the world’s population that …

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Spectral Edge’s HDMI Adapter Compensates for Colour Blindness

by Tom Allen

A UK company called Spectral Edge has announced an HDMI adapter for colour blind TV viewers, called the Eye2TV. The device is meant to make it easier to distinguish between red and green, as …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 16

by Tom Allen

UK and US customers can now pre-order Apple‘s new 12″ Macbook (Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches), which features a single USB-C port. The waiting time is drastically …

HDR Formats Come to HDMI

by Tom Allen

The HDMI Forum has released v2.0a of the HDMI specification, which is available to HDMI 2.0 Adopters through the HDMI Adopter Extranet. Analyst Comments There are a number of different HDR technologies available and …

Asus Chromebit Turns HDMI Display into a Chromebook

by Bob Raikes

Google announced this week that Asus has developed the Chromebit – an HDMI stick that turns any HDMI monitor into a Chromebook, when paired with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. The stick, which costs …

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Gefen Takes Signal Switching to Next Level with the Launch of its New Multi-Format Processor

by Vanessa Browning

Connectivity solutions provider Gefen ups its switching game with the release of its new Multi-Format Processor (EXT-MFP). This simple to use, single box solution provides ample source switching, format conversion with automatic scaling and …

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Acer Chooses Freesync

by Tom Allen

The XG270HU is Acer’s tear-free gaming monitor, set to be released in March. The 27″ unit utilises AMD’s Freesync technology to synchronise the screen’s refresh rate with that of the GPU, eliminating tearing and …

Qualcomm Sets Up Local 4G to Stream UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android …

Brightsign Celebrates Recent Introductions

by Tom Allen

Brightsign rolled out a significant update to its media player portfolio in December, with new models in the HD and XD lines, and a completely new range, the LS players, was announced. The LS …

ISE 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

3M Touch was showing its latest 55″ procap touch monitor being used as a tabletop. The sensor technology is metal mesh (presumably 3M’s own – Man. Ed.) and can support up to 80 touches. …

Atlona Scales and Switches UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Atlona introduced many new distribution products, with a focus on high resolution and framerates. The show marked the company’s largest-ever product launch. Two new HDMI-to-HDBaseT matrix switchers were announced: Atlona’s first able to handle …