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Portrait Displays & SpectraCal Together at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Just before NAB, Portrait Displays announced that it had purchased SpectraCal. (Portrait Displays Acquires SpectraCal) Portrait is a supplier of calibration services to OEM display customers and provides the Technicolor certification for colour performance. …

Are SDR TVs Superior to HDR TVs in Bright Environments?

by Chris Chinnock

Some recent testing of 4K HDR TVs by HDTVTest suggests that as the ambient light in the room increases, the benefit of the HDR technology diminishes rapidly (http://tinyurl.com/hnlfmwr). Reviewers came to this conclusion after …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Lasers Light Up CinemaCon

by Tom Allen

CinemaCon is a relatively new show in the industry, with its first iteration taking place in 2011. As well as showing off new cinema technologies and products – The Hobbit in HFR was previewed …

Great Video & IP Battles

by Bob Raikes

We have plenty of news for you this week. We’ve included the items from last week’s Cinemacon and we are publishing our NAB stories as we go along on the website. We’ll have the …

Kyocera Receives Ninth ‘Recycler of the Year’ Award

by Isaac Oburu

Kyocera has been honoured by the City of San Diego with a ‘2016 Recycler of the Year’ award, for its recycling and waste reduction efforts. Kyocera has received the award nine times now, and …

Atomos Adds PQ to Monitor Recorders

by Tom Allen

At NAB, Atomos announced updates to its new Shogun Flame monitors (Atomos Brings HDR to Field Monitors), as well as a new Shogun product. It has only been one month since the Shogun Flame …

Ocean Doubles Grid Network

by Tom Allen

Ocean Outdoor has doubled the size of its ‘Grid’ network – a portfolio of full motion city-centre screens – in the UK (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 36). There are now 14 screens in …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Ocean Outdoor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Sky Subscriptions Continue Upwards

by Isaac Oburu

Sky has recorded 177,000 new customers and 686,000 more products in Sky homes during the company’s fiscal Q3.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Sony Will Host VR Ads

by Isaac Oburu

Sony has announced that Crackle (Sony Discusses Crackle at Next TV Summit) will also include VR-enabled ads. Advertisers will be able to place logos and integrate their own 360º ads. Sony announced this at …

Aten Supports UltraHD on KVM

by Isaac Oburu

Aten’s CS782DP KVM switch supports resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz. The device also enables access to two UltraHD-enabled USB computers from a single USB keyboard, USB mouse,and DisplayPort monitor.

Clear Channel and Zurich Reaffirm Deal

by Tom Allen

Zurich Airport in Switzerland has extended its marketing contract with Clear Channel, for another three years. Clear Channel manages all of the 32, 46″ and 55″ displays in the airport, as well as two …

Tags:ClearChannel| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Dish TV Down in Q1

by Isaac Oburu

Dish Network has released subscriber results for Q1 2016. The company activated approximately 657,000 gross new pay-TV subscribers, compared to approximately 723,000 in Q1’15. Net Pay-TV subscribers declined approximately 23,000, compared to a gain …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 16