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ADB Getting More Nimble

by Bob Raikes

ADB is always an interesting company. Being based in Switzerland, it has to be very flexible and over the years we have seen the company move in a number of different directions. We heard …

Calman Making Life Easier for Calibrators

by Bob Raikes

Portrait Displays and its Calman group were at the show and we took the chance to get an update since PDL took over Spectracal, which created Calman software. The big news, of course, was …

Tags:Display Calibration| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Ikegami Looking to HDR for New Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Ikegami is a specialist supplier of cameras and monitors for broadcast as well as medical applications. There were a number of new monitors as well as what it claims is the world’s first 2/3 …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Canon was showing a number of different displays including HDR reference monitors and an LCOS projector with HDR support. Products shown included the existing DP-V2420 which was introduced last year at IBC. The company …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Canon| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

BBC Updates on HLG Status

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Cotton from the BBC’s R&D department is one of the developers of the HLG EOTF and gave an update on the development of support for the technology as one of SES’s excellent technical …

Comwave Partners with Abox42 on New TV Service

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian communications firm Comwave has selected German set-top-box provider Abox42 and its M30-series STB for the launch of brand new IPTV service, ComwaveTV ComwaveTV, which launched on September 25th, is Comwave’s first television platform. …

Tags:Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Vivitek Projector Produces 12,000 Ansi Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek has a new laser projector high brightness projector, the DU8193Z which produces 12,000 Ansi lumens of output with 10,000:1 contrast and 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution. The unit uses a single 0.67″ DLP …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Poundland Updates POS Technology

by Bob Raikes

Low price retailer Poundland in the UK has installed 1,400 NCR self-service kiosks to speed up check out. 15 stores per week were upgraded over the 16 week project period.

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

USB 3.2 Announced

by Bob Raikes

USB 3.2 has now been published by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group. The new standard can deliver double the throughput of USB 3.1, by using dual lanes. Both source and devices need to support …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Royal Institute of British Architects Transitions to Ultra HD

by Andrew Fenn

London’s Royal Institute of British Architects is in the process of updating its audiovisual infrastructure to UHD technology with the help of long-time AV partner Panasonic. The RIBA is one of London’s largest conference …

Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Frankly, the deal was done so long ago that it had slipped our minds, but now Qualcomm has extended its offer to buy NXP, a deal that was due to be concluded by Oct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 36

OLED Partnership for Idemitsu Kosan and Toray

by Andrew Fenn

Japanese OLED manufacturer Idemitsu Kosan will add Toray Industries to its ever-growing list of partners in the co-development of OLED materials. Idemitsu Kosan had previously stated its intention to expand its production capacity by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 36